How John Sloan used the nude as a vehicle for artistic experimentation and political expression.
A portrait takes shape
The artist Annie Traquair Lang begins to emerge from the shadow of her mentor and paramour, William Merritt Chase.
Handle with care #5
The fifth installment of our web-only column on ceramics and glass.
“Miss Dimock is not orthodox at all”
The life and career of Edith Dimock Glackens.
Genius at work and on view in Queens
AFAM’s Self-Taught Genius Gallery opened on September 26 in LIC with an exhibition of some fifty-five works culled from the museum’s huge Self-Taught Genius: Treasures from the American Folk Art Museum exhibition that toured the country, appearing in seven venues over three-and-a-half years.
Nate DiMeo’s audio erudition
If you have your computer or smart phone handy and aren’t already familiar with Nate DiMeo’s podcast, “The Memory Palace,” hasten to the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s website.
Handle with Care #4
The fourth installment of our web-only column on ceramics and glass.
A William Henry Rinehart Leander comes to the surface
William Henry Rinehart was among the considerable group of American artists—both sculptors and painters—who took up residence in Italy, perhaps initially for additional training and exposure to the world of classical antiquity, but ultimately because it was the ideal place to get commissions from both American and European tourists.
Tokens of friendship, tools of diplomacy
Presentation medals in the Age of Exploration
The Met snares a splendid piece of southern stoneware
Face jugs crafted in the mid-nineteenth century by slaves and freedmen working in the Edgefield District of South Carolina are among the rarest and most historically significant of American folk art ceramics. The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York recently acquired a superb one.