A new exhibition at the crossroads of art, history and technology chronicles the beginnings of early American photography. Titled “The New Art: American Photography, 1839-1910,” the show at the ...
Claire C. Carter speaks about the museum’s “At the Crossroads of American Photography” exhibit, examining the symbiotic artistic relationships between the exhibit’s three principals, a.k.a. the “holy ...
Art Surveying Surveys of New American Sculpture and Photography Concurrent surveys of new American art in two specific media — New American Sculpture at FiveMyles and Under Construction – New ...
You may have to visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art more than once to fully appreciate “The New Art: American Photography, 1839-1910”; there is such a lot to see. With only a few exceptions, the more ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Chadd Scott covers the intersection of art and travel. Joel Sternfeld’s Domestic workers waiting for the bus, Atlanta, Georgia, ...
Hooks Brothers, "Pullman Porters," undated, silver emulsion photograph, Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Dr. Robert L. Drapkin Collection, Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H.
Though they may not always like to admit it, Americans have known for centuries that sometimes the best way to get a good picture of the U.S. is to see it through foreign eyes. Alexis de Tocqueville ...
A groundbreaking traveling exhibition that redefines the narrative of Native American representation through photography and lens-based art has arrived at the Blanton Museum of Art in Austin, Texas.
Arresting portraits, now a part of the Smithsonian collections, illuminate the little-known role these artists played in chronicling 19th-century life Rhoda Goodridge in a 2 ¾-by-3 ¼-inch ambrotype ...