EditorialDangling nose hairs, spiky ear hairs — what gives? As men age, typically as they enter their 40s, 50s and 60s, testosterone’s effect on hair growth may start to become apparent in new, sometimes perplexing, ways.(Joyce Lee/The New York Times)
EditorialWindow shade, Block-printed and flocked, Printed in gold, burgundy flock and gold mica flakes. Wide band of gold across lower edge. Overprinted with flock creating spiky shapes, each highlighted with mica flakes. Band of stylized floral motifs alternat...
EditorialSidewall, Block-printed, applied color lithograph, stamped foil motifs, In center, vertical oval medallion brought to a rectangle by rustic framework printed in blue and overstamped in gold. Diagonally repeating on field, conventionalized spiky foliate...
EditorialPanel, Medium: sik embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in brick and ouline stitches, Small hanging or shawl of fine, loosely woven linen, embroidered in silk in blue, violet, red, olive green, pink and white. Design symmetrically arra...
EditorialTextile, Medium: cotton Technique: printed by engraved plate on plain weave, Red and white chinoiserie-themed toile with small vignettes showing a fishing scene, a standing figure playing a horn before dancing children, and other figures standing near ...
EditorialStanding cup, silver, A) egg-shaped bowl and B) cpver from stemmed cup; all-over repousse pineapple pattern. Bent spikey forms at base and at top where finial with four spiky leaf-like forms joins cover., possibly Nuremberg, Germany, 17th century, meta...
EditorialLarge, spiky urn of earthenware with a separate upright neck. Unstable old bonding and additions, some loose fragments and additions, chips from the edge. Contains cremated residues., Urn, earthenware, h: 30 cm, diam: 28 cm, prehistory -1200.
EditorialRed-bellied spiky urn with high necks. Unstable old bonding and additions, surface damage, chips from the edge, 1 loose shard. Contains cremated residues, urn, earthenware, h: 17.7 cm, diam: 17.2 cm, prehistoric, The Netherlands, Friesland, unknown, un...
EditorialDavid Halls, the music director at the Salisbury Cathedral, which is being used as a vaccination center, at the cathedral in England, Jan. 23, 2021. (Tom Jamieson/The New York Times)
EditorialVincent van Gogh: Still Life (Nature morte), Vincent van Gogh, May 1888, Oil on canvas, Van Gogh often called his still life paintings 'color studies.' Flowers in particular, arranged in different combinations and set against saturated fields of color,...
EditorialThe bracelet, a cuff with spiky transducers, has 24 speakers that emit ultrasonic signals when the wearer turns it on, at the University of Chicago in Illinois on Feb. 13, 2020. (Petra Ford/The New York Times)
EditorialVincent van Gogh: Still Life (Nature morte), Vincent van Gogh, May 1888, Oil on canvas, Van Gogh often called his still life paintings 'color studies.' Flowers in particular, arranged in different combinations and set against saturated fields of color,...
EditorialLuster-Painted Bottle, second half 17th century, Attributed to Iran, Stonepaste; luster-painted on opaque white glaze, with silver fittings, H. 14 in. (35.6 cm), Ceramics, In the seventeenth century, lusterware production was revived in Iran. Painted w...
EditorialTraveling Box, Ming dynasty (1368?1644), early 15th century, China, Leather, wood, iron, gold, and pigment, H. 21 in. (53.3 cm); W. 15 in. (38.1 cm); D. 12 1/2 in. (31.8 cm), Lacquer, This extraordinary box, most likely made for a Tibetan visitor to th...