+ Now visible: a Cupid formerly overpainted on a well-known Vermeer.

+ Online seminar on Sigrid Undset’s Vows, with Katy Carl, starts Oct. 4.

+ Three ways Dante’s 700th death anniversary was observed this week.

+ Recent publications by Dappled Things editors and a contributor.

+ A retreat for artists and art lovers, with Dana Gioia and Kevin Turley, Sept 29.