THE old-fashioned novelists drew the curtain when the situation became intimately personal. ‘Let us now,’ they said, ‘leave the happy lovers to themselves.’ We have changed all that. Instead of ...

The exterior of the Hirshhorn’s iconic cylindrical building is the site of internationally renowned Swiss artist Nicolas Party’s newest artwork. Draw the Curtain (2021) wraps 360 degrees around the ...

A room is not properly dressed until the draperies are hung. Regardless of the style of the space -- modern, traditional or something in between -- draperies complete a well-dressed space. Window ...

It is human nature to want a place for everything and everything in its place. Yet how that is achieved changes from person to person. Take tent camping for example: Some people carefully organize ...

A new exhibit highlights Sendak’s set and costume designs for opera and ballet. By the 1970s, Maurice Sendak was one of the greatest living writers and illustrators of children’s books. He had written ...