EditorialVisitors relaxing on the two levels inside the great white sphere of “Free the Air” a Tomás Saraceno’s exhibition at the Shed in New York on Feb. 12, 2022. (George Etheredge/The New York Times)
EditorialEuropean garden spider, diadem spider, Araneus diadematus. Mass of spider eggs and young 1, and spiders spinning cobwebs and silk lines 2,3,4. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's "Bilderbuch fur Kinder" (Picture Book for Children), Weimar...
EditorialTablecloth, Medium: silk, cotton Technique: embroidery and cutwork on plain weave, Round tablecloth has embroidery and cutwork in an elaborate design of irises and spider webs with spiders. Cutwork areas have spoked grey threads worked with thinner gre...