“There is something about the outside of a horse,” said Winston Churchill, “that is good for the inside of a man.” Horse-drawn civilization endured for 400 years, from the 16th to the 20th century, until the First World War and its modern machinery. After the 1920s, the use of horses for work and travel dwindled, and the animals were relegated to leisure time. This exhibition, the largest ever on the subject, celebrates man’s noble companion. On view: Portraits of Queen Victoria’s Arabian Horses, Charles XI of Sweden’s collection of horse portraits, equestrian ceremonial armor, and drawings by Andrea del Verrocchio and Leonardo da Vinci. Yet another reason to gallop to Paris! —Elena Clavarino