NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE) .- “In a dark time, the eye begins to see,” the poet wrote. And after the dark, dark time we’ve been through, this year’s winter solstice, marking the start of slow climb back into light, may carry more metaphorical weight...

Jean Honoré Fragonard, Young Girl Reading , c. 1769, oil on canvas, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Mrs. Mellon Bruce in memory of her father, Andrew W. Mellon. WASHINGTON, DC .- Combining art, fashion, science, and conservation, the revelatory...