So you've discovered a piece of art you love. Fantastic. On to step two — take the Mind Eraser Test (TM, patent pending). It’s like this: you see a bunch of art and intentionally forget about it.

But it’s not just the creator who hopes their art might be found; it’s us, the audience, who are looking for it as well. Which is why we all love rediscoveries so much.

Kay Sage found love in Europe. So why does death haunt her paintings? The immaculately enigmatic “Quote-Unquote,” at Hartford’s Wadsworth Atheneum, is one of the painter’s final works.

These couples found artistic inspiration—and love—amid the Harlem Renaissance and remained committed to serving their communities, too. Jacob Lawrence and Gwendolyn Knight were art school ...