While I’m taking a break, I thought you might enjoy this encore presentation of a popular episode from 2019—the gorgeous Woman Holding a Balance at… Read More »Encore: Woman Holding a Balance by Johannes Vermeer
And you thought YOU were gonna have a lot of holiday company! Poor Mary, who’s only given birth a week or so ago, now faces… Read More »The Adoration of the Magi: Fra Angelico and Fra Filippo Lippi
Today’s episode is all about relaxing, taking a little break after a long year and before the holidays hit. So I offer you a quiet… Read More »On the Coast of New Jersey by William Trost Richards
Welcome back! I hope you all had a great summer. We’ll be spending the rest of 2024 at the National Gallery of Art in Washington… Read More »Symphony in White, No. 1: The White Girl by James McNeill Whistler
“A Long Look” returns with new episodes soon! Meanwhile, I’ve been looking down the road trying to figure out the future of the show and… Read More »What’s Ahead for A Long Look?
Just in time for your Memorial Day travels, here’s an extended episode celebrating the anniversary of Impressionism! We take another look at three of the… Read More »Happy Anniversary, Impressionism!
Merry Christmas! For this year’s holiday episode we’re looking at this kind of unusual Nativity scene jammed packed with the detail those Northern European Renaissance… Read More »The Nativity by Petrus Christus
Just in time for Thanksgiving, we take a look at this sumptuous feast by one of the stars of still-life painting, Pieter Claesz. We’ll find… Read More »Still Life with Peacock Pie by Pieter Claesz
In today’s episode we’re looking at “Childhood” by Thomas Cole. It’s the first of a series of enormous paintings he did called “The Voyage of… Read More »The Voyage of Life: Childhood by Thomas Cole
Autumn is a season of change, so it seemed like the perfect time to announce a few changes happening with the show! First, I’ve got… Read More »Changes in the Air!
