For many women with a chic and sporty fashion sensibility, a Vera Neumann silk scarf—or a dozen of them—has long been a wardrobe essential.
An Extraordinary Map of an Imaginary World
Jerry’s Map Exhibition Set 2 is currently on view at Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art in Chicago
Openings & Closings: Exhibitions, Shows, Fairs 10/15/19–10/21/19
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The Green Jewel
Most of New York City’s Victorian heritage has vanished so thoroughly that few of the locals have any idea that it ever existed.
Thomas Hart Benton on the Block
The artist’s original painting used in a liquor ad comes up for auction in Chicago
Nevertheless, she persisted: Commemorating the Nineteenth Amendment
On August 18, 1920, the Nineteenth Amendment to the US Constitution was ratified, granting women the right to vote in political elections. The road to suffrage had been a long one.
When Edith Met Abby
When Edith Gregor Halpert opened a gallery in Greenwich Village in 1926, the art world was a different place.
Openings & Closings: Exhibitions, Shows, Fairs 10/7/19–10/14/19
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Crazy Eight
Second Empire France—ruled by Napoleon III from 1852 to 1870—bequeathed a varied and colorful legacy, especially in matters of architecture.
Capture the Flag
We hadn’t heard much about Betsy Ross for—oh, about forty years or so. At the time of the Bicentennial, she was the most famous woman in American history, a figurative mother of the country who “gave birth to our collective symbol.”