Patricia Zohn
In Search of Lost Homes
A road trip around France, with stops at the houses of literary stars Colette, George Sand, Marcel Proust, Émile Zola, and Victor Hugo along the way
Marriage Stories
Works about marital strife made by artist duo Ed and Nancy Kienholz go on view at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art
A Look Inside England’s Artists’ Houses
From Sussex to London to Cambridge, a tour through the extraordinary British homes of writers, artists, and architects now open to the public
A Moveable Feast
A road trip along France’s Côte d’Azur, with stops at five 20th-century modernist houses along the way
Paradise Found
Grandi Giardini Italiani, which works to protect and manage Italy’s best gardens, celebrates its 25th anniversary with a heavenly new book
A Grand Tour of Italy, but Make It Modern
The intimate, under-the-radar homes and studios of 20th-century Italian architects, artists, and designers, from Achille Castiglioni and Gae Aulenti to Giorgio Morandi, are as stunning as the country’s ancient and Renaissance treasures. And they’re open to the public
Joan of Art
Joan Mitchell, who revolutionized postwar American art alongside “Ninth Street women” Lee Krasner and Elaine de Kooning, finally gets her due
Big Picture
A 21st-century mind living in the 20th century, Niki de Saint Phalle rejected artistic and social norms. Her sculptures go on display at MoMA PS1 this week
Color Her World
Exhibitions in Oxfordshire and New York capture Cecily Brown, the British painter of bold, energetic works, at her finest
Cloud Atlas
Dana Schutz, the artist behind the Emmett Till controversy, debuts her first solo show in London, “Shadow of a Cloud Moving Slowly”
Parks and Wreck
As cries for help from U.S. national parks fall on the deaf ears of an administration set on environmental rollbacks, a new book emphasizes their beauty
Lina’s World
The radical architect and designer Lina Bo Bardi transformed Brazil with her ambitious creations
Feat of Clay
Being Rodin’s muse and mistress was no easy thing. After her death, Camille Claudel finally got a museum of her own, now open to visitors again
The Stone Age
The artisan who taught the artist the secrets that led to the Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum in Japan
MoMA Mia—a New Museum!
Following a familiar script, the Museum of Modern Art has re-invented itself yet again. But first it had to be invented
A Modernist Marie Kondo
The architect and designer Charlotte Perriand went from Le Corbusier disciple to fearless visionary
