A new exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery traces three different 1800s forms of photo-making: daguerreotypes, ...

A 1699 letter from an enslaved boy portrayed in a 17th-century painting sheds light on Black identity and agency in early ...

As a historical interpreter, researcher, artist, and designer, Cheyney McKnight incorporates 18th and 19th-century African American design skills to create pieces with a modern twist.

Beginning on Juneteenth, a restored Virginia schoolhouse where enslaved and free Black students were taught to read is on ...

It depicts the prominent Black abolitionist, composer and writer with a reverence usually reserved for white subjects. However, that kind of artistic representation was rare at the time.

The preponderance of wealthaganda is odds with reality for most Americans. So what do these stories of status aim to do?

The award-winning Harvard historian presents an intimate portrait of the experiences of her family and ... In Washington, D.C ...

The artist is currently the subject of a solo show at Dartmouth's Hood Museum and has featured in over 10 group exhibitions ...

In 1979, the Nebraska Legislature recognized the museum's fledgling collection as the official collection of the state.

The drama in the audience rivaled the spectacle on stage Wednesday at the Kennedy Center, where Trump went to the opening ...

The museum’s director chooses a personal selection of highlights from the world’s oldest public art collection ...