Ovid’s Metamorphoses may be 2,000 years old, but the narrative poem remains completely relevant, especially for those in the arts. In 1604, the Dutch painter Karel van Mander called the work a “Bible for artists.” Written in 8 A.D., the Metamorphoses contains over 200 stories set between the world’s creation and the rise of Julius Caesar, and exploring themes of transformation involving vindictive gods and mighty heroes. In a special collaboration with Rome’s Galleria Borghese, the Rijksmuseum exhibition “Metamorphoses” brings together over 80 works by artists who include Caravaggio, Bernini, Bourgeois, Brancusi, Magritte, Rodin, and many more. —Maggie Turner