The history of colonial America in 5 objects

The millions of people who inhabited colonial America left traces of their lives behind—from George Washington’s bed to a ...
The Atlantic

How America Gave Up on Its Own History

On a July afternoon in 2019, I found myself in a large, sun-dappled room within one of America’s great estates. An assemblage of distinguished jurists, Ivy League professors, nonprofit leaders, ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Meet Hilma af Klint, the Occultist Who Believed Otherworldly Spirits Told Her What to Paint. Now, She’s Considered One of History’s First Abstract Artists

The Swedish painter created bold, vibrant works as early as 1906—several years before contemporaries like Wassily Kandinsky. A new exhibition in France celebrates her sweeping “Paintings for the ...
Forbes

Celebrating Women Abstract Artists Across America In Women’s History Month

This month, throughout the spring, and continuing all year at museums across America, great women abstract artists of today, and their predecessors, receive a hard earned spotlight. Women have never ...
New York Post

Mamdani distorting St. Patrick’s Day, Irish history just the latest example of his shameful obsession with Israel

See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google As the saying goes, when you’re a hammer, the whole world looks like nail. Exhibit A is the case of Mayor Mamdani, who ...
Observer

“Abstract Expressionists: The Women” Adds an Essential Chapter to the Movement’s History

Grace Hartigan, Cedar Bar, 1951. Oil on canvas, 39 x 31 ¾ in. Courtesy of Grace Hartigan Estate, The Levett Collection, and FAMM. Photo: Fraser Marr “We’re not writing them back into history,” ...
esa.org

Call for Contributed Abstracts

Please Note: The submission website supports the latest version of Chrome, the current and previous release of Firefox, Safari and Microsoft browsers. Cookies and ...
STAT

Plain language abstracts can help reduce misuse of science

Matthews is a fellow of science and technology policy at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. Russell is the Huffington fellow in child health and L.E. Simmons senior fellow in health ...
Colossal

Layers Upon Layers Root in History in Li Songsong’s Impasto Paintings

Li Songsong (previously) has long centered his practice around translating archival imagery, whether it be a portrait printed in a newspaper or still from a film. The Chinese artist is broadly ...
Forbes

Dyani White Hawk Corrects History Of Abstract Art To Include Native American Influence

It has been written about Dyani White Hawk (Sičáŋǧu Lakota, b. 1976) that she honors Lakota culture while expanding its expression through new art forms and innovations. Better stated, she honors ...
CNN

Charlie Kirk’s murder is the latest example of violence tearing through American politics

The fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk this week on a Utah college campus marks the latest example of violence tearing through American politics across centuries and the ideological ...