Still-life is not still. Especially not in Happenstance Theater's "Vanitas," a play inspired by the work of 17th-century Dutch still-life painters. But also not in reality: Petals fall from those ...

Located in the original Phillips house, "Jeanne Silverthorne: Vanitas!" juxtaposes 13 paintings from the museum's vaults with 15 of Silverthorne's silicone rubber sculptures. The paintings range ...

VANITY of vanities,'' says the Book of Ecclesiastes, ''All is vanity.'' Vanitas - Latin for vanity - did not refer to how long you spent looking in the mirror fussing over your emo fringe.

The great "Vanitas I" by Georges Braque, at the Kreeger Museum in Washington, is a classic example. This bold and intensely colored composition was painted in 1938, the first of several related ...