A conversation between Dr. Kimberly Kutz Elliott and Dr. Beth Harris on Thomas Nast's 1874 cartoon "The Union As It Was—Worse Than Slavery."
American Art
The exhibition brings together works that address black grief as a national emergency in the face of a politically orchestrated white grievance.
Mary Cassatt’s painting Two Little Sisters sold on Friday, August 7 for $519,000, making it the highest value lot at an online sale of American art at Christie’s in the five years they’ve held online…
"Norman Rockwell: Imagining Freedom" explores themes and events in American history that still resonate today. On view at the Denver Art Museum through September 7. Watch this video sneak peek and…
When historian and journalist Eve Kahn encountered a trove of letters from artist Mary Rogers Williams in 2012, there were scarce references to the late painter online, and her work had barely been…
The American Art Fair
The American Art Fair celebrates its 12th year from November 16-19, 2019 at the Bohemian National Hall, 321 East 73rd Street, New York City.…
In 1892 at the age of 14, Olaf Carl (O.C.) Seltzer (1877–1957) emigrated with his mother from Scandinavia to Giant Springs, Montana near Great Falls. It was a new world for the young Dane who,…
It was considered to be taboo when, ten years ago, we decided to establish a summer sale that deeply discounted many of our best American paintings. It was something sophisticated galleries didn’t…
