Researchers in Williamsburg identify a building that housed an eighteenth-century school for black children
A portrait takes shape (From our Archives)
In late October 1916 the American impressionist artist William Merritt Chase lay dying at his town house on East Fifteenth Street in Manhattan
Openings & Closings: Exhibitions, Shows, Fairs 12/25/19–12/31/19
See what’s going on this week in the art and antiques world
Pastoral Imperfect
A current exhibition examines American art old and new through the lens of the environment
City Folk
A new exhibition at the American Folk Art Museum explores the relationship between commerce and folk art in old New York
“Traveling to see what is around the corner”
Painter, ceramist, couturier, and bon vivant—introducing the prolific Edith Varian Cockcroft
Art, science, and the Second Great Awakening
The American Folk Art Museum examines the work of Orra White Hitchcock, scientific illustrator and minister’s wife
Events Calendar
EuropeUnited KingdomLONDON Benjamin Franklin House Georgian Gems, through July 3st AlabamaBirmingham Museum of Art: Silver & Ceremony: British and American Decorative Arts from the Collection Through September 13, 2026 American Art Galleries Reinstallation Ongoing, featuring paintings, sculpture, furniture, and decorative arts from the colonial period through the early 20th century Asian Art Collection Highlights Ongoing, featuring Chinese ceramics, Japanese screens, Korean ceramics, …
A portrait takes shape
The artist Annie Traquair Lang begins to emerge from the shadow of her mentor and paramour, William Merritt Chase.
Review: Sanford R. Gifford In the Catskills at the Thomas Cole House
Among members of the Hudson River School of painting, Sanford Robinson Gifford has long been considered one of the most brilliant painters of light and air.