And artists have been fascinated by them for millennia – think Monet, Georgia O’Keeffe, Robert Mapplethorpe and Frida Kahlo; even The White Lotus honours the humble flower. Artist and curator ...

Textile weavers, tassel-makers, lighting restorers, cabinet makers and muralists forged new traditions at the sumptuous Beaux-Arts museum. By Patricia Leigh Brown The National Endowment for the ...

Tiny Sugar Ant flowers grow in clusters along the tree’s thin, woody branches. (Photo Gail Karlsson) A morning of heavy rain brought out the Sugar Ants. Not insects, but flowering trees that grow in ...