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Artwork by Alanna Fields of an enslaved individual.

The Dark Underside of Representations of Slavery

Will the Black body ever have the opportunity to rest in peace?
by Latria Graham via The Atlantic on September 16, 2021
Illustration of Edgar Allen Poe looking out window at raven, painted by Eduard Manet

Edgar Allan Poe Needs a Friend

Revisiting the relationships of “a man who never smiled.”
by Matthew Redmond via Lapham’s Quarterly on September 7, 2021
Man kneeling in crowd in front of police

On Our Knees

What the history of a gesture can tell us about Black creative power.
by Farah Peterson via The American Scholar on September 7, 2021
Join or Die woodcut of a chopped up rattlesnake representing un-unified colonies.

The Serpents of Liberty

From the colonial period to the end of the US Civil War, the rattlesnake sssssssymbolized everything from evil to unity and power.
by Zachary Mcleod Hutchins, Matthew Wills via JSTOR Daily on August 30, 2021
A family posing for a picture on a porch

Porch Memories

An architectural historian invites us to sit with her awhile on the American porch.
by Federica Soletta via The Public Domain Review on August 4, 2021
Text that says "Can a font be racist?" in the font "Won Ton."

Karate, Wonton, Chow Fun: The End of 'Chop Suey' Fonts

For years, the West has relied on so-called 'chop suey' fonts to communicate "Asianness" in food packaging, posters and ad campaigns.
by Anne Quito via CNN on April 7, 2021
Lawd, Mah Man's Leavin' by Archibald Motley Jr.

How Should We Understand the Shocking Use of Stereotypes in the Work of Black Artists?

It's about the satirical tradition of 'going there.'
by Richard J. Powell via Artnet News on February 16, 2021
Duncanson landscape painting

Robert S. Duncanson Charted New Paths for Black Artists in 19th-Century America

Deemed “the greatest landscape painter in the West,” he achieved rare fame in his day.
by Alex Greenberger via Art In America on January 29, 2021
Mother with a laptop, surrounded by noisy children.
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Suffrage Movement Convinced Women They Could ‘Have it All’

More than a century later, they’re still paying the price.
by Allison K. Lange via Made By History on August 25, 2020
Tiled pattern of 2020 presidential campaign signs.

How Candidate Diversity Impacts Color Diversity

We looked at 271 presidential candidate logos from 1968–2020 to find out how race and gender intersect with color choices.
by Champe Barton via The Pudding on August 1, 2020
Warner Sallman's "Head of Christ" painting.

How Jesus Became White — and Why It’s Time to Cancel That

Nearly a century later, both ‘Head of Christ’ and criticism of its role in enshrining Jesus as white endure.
by Emily McFarlan Miller via Religion News Service on June 25, 2020
Seal of the CIA nestled against a background of modern art.

Was Modern Art Really a CIA Psy-Op?

The number of MoMA-CIA crossovers is highly suspicious, to say the least.
by Lucie Levine, Jonathan Harris, Christine Sylvester, Russell H. Bartley, Frank Ninkovich via JSTOR Daily on April 1, 2020
Caricature of Oscar Wilde in between a sunflower in a vase with the U.S. dollar symbol on it, and a lion with sunflower petals for a mane.

The Wilde Woman and the Sunflower Apostle: Oscar Wilde in the United States

Victoria Dailey looks back at Oscar Wilde’s wild ride through the United States in the early 1880s.
by Victoria Dailey via Los Angeles Review of Books on February 8, 2020
The Bullion Mine, Virginia City, Nevada, in a village at the foot of a mountain.

Gold Diggers on Camera

Creating the myth of the gold rush with the help of daguerreotypists.
by Jane Lee Aspinwall via Lapham’s Quarterly on October 28, 2019
Engraving of Harriet Beecher Stowe in profile.

How the Camera Introduced Americans to Their Heroines

A new show at the National Portrait Gallery spotlights figures including Harriet Beecher Stowe, Lucretia Mott and Margaret Fuller.
by Meilan Solly via Smithsonian on July 9, 2019

What Maketh a Man

How queer artist J.C. Leyendecker invented an iconography of twentieth-century American masculinity.
by Tyler Malone via Lapham’s Quarterly on June 10, 2019

An Unreconstructed Nation: On Henry Louis Gates Jr.’s “Stony the Road”

A new history of Reconstruction traces the roots of American “respectability” politics through artwork.
by Robert D. Bland via Los Angeles Review of Books on May 10, 2019

How a Small-Town Navy Vet Created Rock’s Most Iconic Surrealist Posters

The story of one of rock's most prolific poster artists.
by Ben Marks via Collectors Weekly on March 28, 2019
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The Drunkard’s Progress

Two hundred years ago, it was hard for Americans to miss the message that they had a serious drinking problem.
by Benjamin Breen on January 17, 2019

A Wretched Situation Made Plain on Paper

How an engraving of a slave ship helped the abolition movement.
by Cheryl Finley via Lapham’s Quarterly on July 25, 2018

The Premiere of 'Four Women Artists'

In this 1977 documentary, the spirit of Southern culture is captured through four Mississippi artists who tell their stories.
by Nicole Rudick via The Paris Review on May 29, 2018

Are Our Genes Really Our Fate?

DNA’s visual culture and the construction of genetic truth.
by Kathleen Pierce via Nursing Clio on April 24, 2018
Civil War era envelope with a political cartoon with Confederate leaders hung as traitors.

When the Government Refused to Use Slavery to Recruit Soldiers, the Media Had No Qualms

With questionable motives, America finally saw black Union soldiers living and dying alongside their white countrymen.
by Brendan Seibel via Timeline on April 17, 2018

The Heart of the Matter: A History of Valentine Cards

A digital exhibit from the collections of the Strong National Museum of Play.
by Strong National Museum Of Play via Google Arts and Culture on April 11, 2018

How Portraiture Gave Rise to the Glamour of Guns

American portraiture with its visual allure and pictorial storytelling made gun ownership desirable.
by Kim Sajet via Smithsonian on March 23, 2018

Uncola: Seven-Up, Counterculture and the Making of an American Brand

Advertisements for the soft drink presented it as a soda revolution.
by Claire Payton via The Devil's Tale on December 4, 2017

The 1960s Photographer Who Documented the Peace Sign as a Political Symbol

Jim Marshall photographed the spread of the peace sign between 1961 and 1968, with his images now published for the first time by Reel Art Press.
by Allison C. Meier via Hyperallergic on October 20, 2017
Stereograph titled 'The Toucans' depicting three toucans and a snake amid plants and rocks

Stereographs Were the Original Virtual Reality

The shocking power of immersing oneself in another world was all the buzz once before—about 150 years ago.
by Clive Thompson via Smithsonian on September 21, 2017

Woodcuts and Witches

On the witch craze of early modern Europe, and how the concurrent rise of the mass-produced woodcut helped forge the archetype of the broom-riding crone.
by Jon Crabb via The Public Domain Review on May 4, 2017

The Rise of the Image: Every NY Times Front Page Since 1852 in Under a Minute

Every single New York Times front page since 1852 in under a minute. Hint: Pay attention to the images!
by Christopher Jobson via Colossal on February 22, 2017
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