Sebastian Smee

2 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Sebastian Smee

From natural and political disaster, she became one of America’s great artists (washingtonpost.com) From natural and political disaster, she became one of America’s great artists By Sebastian Smee 2025061215421900 By the time she painted this mysterious work in 1975, Miyoko Ito — the Chicago-based painter born to Japanese parents in California in 1918 — had survived the Great Kantō earthquake of 1923; spent six months incarcerated with her husband in a detention facility for Japanese...

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Sebastian Smee

By the time she painted this mysterious work in 1975, Miyoko Ito — the Chicago-based painter born to Japanese parents in California in 1918 — had survived the Great Kantō earthquake of 1923; spent six months incarcerated with her husband in a detention facility for Japanese Americans during World War II; raised two children; beaten breast cancer (a double mastectomy); and pulled through a second nervous breakdown, the first having occurred during childhood.

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Sebastian Smee

Hours before JFK’s death, Jackie’s quiet moment with a painting (washingtonpost.com) Hours before JFK’s death, Jackie’s quiet moment with a painting By Sebastian Smee 2025052215104400 The night before her husband's assassination, Jackie Kennedy slept under this painting. "Swimming," by Thomas Eakins, had been lent to the hotel in Fort Worth where President John F. Kennedy and the first lady were staying.

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Sebastian Smee

Air Traffic Controller Left 'Traumatized' and Placed on Leave After Being Only One on Duty During Terrifying 90-Second BlackoutAn air traffic controller was left so "traumatized" by a recent 90-second blackout incident at Newark Liberty International Airport that she's had to go on leave. While speaking anonymously to The Times, the woman, a 39-year-old New Yorker, recalled being the "only operator on deck" when "the system …

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Sebastian Smee

Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience.Generate Key TakeawaysThe night before her husband’s assassination, Jackie Kennedy slept under this painting. “Swimming,” by Thomas Eakins, had been lent to the hotel in Fort Worth where President John F. Kennedy and the first lady were staying.