Both, however, are part of "Facing the Issues: William Sidney Mount and Current Events," an exhibition at the Long Island Museum of American Art, History and Carriages that seeks to link paintings by Mount, who lived in Stony Brook and did much of his work here, with the political, economic and social events of his time.
The Museum of Modern Art's superb survey links paintings, sculptures and spiders — and gives the artist's printmaking new prominence.
Attempts have been made in the past to link thefts of paintings to political causes.
The Virgin of the Rocks is a missing link between his paintings and the uninhibited playfulness of his drawings.
In fact, there is a link between the paintings on sale tomorrow - apparently done by the young Hitler to earn a little money when he was unemployed before 1914 - and one of the most notorious frauds of modern times.
Also on Thursday, the Swiss authorities said they had seized three valuable paintings linked to the investigation - one Van Gogh painting and two Monet paintings, following a US request.
Mr. Leeman, the historian, said that "in hindsight, many pointers in his letters and entries in catalogs of the 1900s have been linked to other paintings or misidentified," adding, "Here, we see a painting that fits those descriptions exactly".
The service will also recognise restaurant signs, wine labels, paintings, linking users to sites giving more information about them.
Thematically linked to three paintings by Deborah Patterson displayed behind the performers, the work proceeds through unease and lamentation to end with a tone of resilience and hope.
"What can one say about silence?" he said, then deftly passed the microphone to musician Toshi Tsuchitori for an explanation that linked prehistoric cave paintings, nose flutes and the way primitive hunters used silence to stalk their prey.
Along the way there are clues linked to Bosch paintings and an even stronger set of connections to contemporary Hollywood sleaze, which makes a fine all-purpose scapegoat and provides the drama of a movie director's highly publicized trial.
