The year 1937 is haunting the culture news just now. That is, the “Degenerate Art Show” comes up a lot. “It’s classic ‘degenerate art’ stuff,” I hear someone say, shaking their head, referring to ...

Earlier this semester, a group of scholars gathered at Yale for a day-long discussion about a subject of surprising weight: feathers. The workshop, called “Feathers: A Transcultural Art History,” grew ...