Three Things: Summer Gathering Edition

For those of us in four-season climates, summer is the time to be outside. That means we hike, bike, and boat, yes, but we also eat, greet, and gather out-of-doors. Simply because we can. Here’s to summer barbecues, picnics, and potlucks; any excuse, really, to lounge around outside.

Florine Stettheimer, Picnic at Bedford Hills, 1918. Oil on canvas. Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia.

Mike Sinclair, Untitled from Popular Attractions series. Photograph. www.mikesinclair.com

Paul Gauguin, The Siesta, ca. 1892–94. Oil on canvas. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.