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Ruth Angus, associate curator of the Department of Astrophysics at the American Museum of Natural History, leads a tour of the exhibition "Cosmic Splendor: Jewelry from the Collections of Van Cleef & Arpels," running through January 4, 2026, in the Melissa and Keith Meister Gallery. The show features over 60 pieces from the Parisian maison's archives and private collections, each inspired by cosmic phenomena such as galaxies, stars, and planetary nebulae. Angus served as curatorial advisor alongside Denton Ebel, Kate Kiseeva, and Alexandrine Maviel-Sonet, with thematic sections covering the Moon, Sun, distant galaxies, meteorites, and the Zodiac. Highlights include the Trappist transformable necklace (2021) inspired by the TRAPPIST-1 star system and the Explosion Stellaire necklace (2021) depicting a supernova.

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Explore 200 years of American landscape art in Hagerstown

The Washington County Museum of Fine Arts in Hagerstown, Maryland, opens a new exhibition titled "In Nature’s Studio: Two Centuries of American Landscape Painting," running from September 13, 2025, to January 4, 2026. The show features nearly 90 paintings from the museum's own collection and that of the Reading Public Museum, spanning movements from the Hudson River School to Impressionism, Tonalism, and modern trends, with highlights including Frederic Church's "Cotopaxi" (1862) and Thomas Cole's study for "The Voyage of Life: Childhood."