In the spring of 2024, Interlochen Arts Academy will present the staged premiere of the opera Edmonia by award-winning composer William Banfield. The opera celebrates Edmonia Lewis (1844-1907), the ...

Emma Stebbins was the toast of 19th-century Rome and an art-world trailblazer. Her work is still being celebrated today.

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An assortment of notable 19th-century American art, headlined by mainstays of the Hudson River School, will go under the hammer live on Jan. 18 at Christie’s Rockefeller Center in New York City. The ...

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John Singer Sargent, A Venetian Woman, 1882, oil on canvas, Cincinnati Art Museum, The Edwin and Virginia Irwin Memorial, 1972.37. The exhibition “Sargent, Whistler, and Venetian Glass: American ...

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To recognize bravery and public service in America, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History will feature a 19th-century fire pumper—a predecessor to the modern fire engine—at its ...

In HBO’s new series “The Gilded Age,” a frequently glossed-over aspect of Black history is put in the spotlight. Textbooks documenting this time in history would have you believe that the era’s rapid ...

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It wasn't just cakes. According to the New England Historical Society, Hemenway was said to have roasted a pig on the ...

The United States has sent more than 10,000 troops to the Caribbean, along with an aircraft carrier, warships and fighter ...