There are precious few introductions to the subject of sculpture, so Eric Gibson of The Wall Street Journal addressed that void with this collection of 36 clear and learned essays.

As both commercial and nonprofit art spaces pivot to an online setting, viewers still hunger for art out of the virtual sphere. A number of spaces and a special outdoor exhibition this weekend are making interactions with art objects possible again in real life.

Cyril R. Fitzsimons, an Irish barkeep whose duneside roadhouse on the Napeague stretch lives on in memory as an emblem of carefree summers past — when the rum flowed and sunburned people sang along to the sweet pulse of a steel-pan band — died on April 24 from complications of Covid-19.

With school closures extended through the end of the academic year, educators are beginning to consider what the opening of next year might look like.