Outside, it’s raining cats and dogs. Inside, galleries are opening new exhibits and artists are showcasing fresh work. HELLO!

“George de Forest Brush may not be a household name to most Americans,” said I-Ching Ng in Roll Call. But in the late 19th century he was among the nation’s foremost artists.

In traditional Indian art, there’s a word to describe that visceral mood or emotion the work is meant to provoke within its audience: bhava. Up until the 1690s, paintings of people in this ...