Rare Artwork by a Prominent Black Artist Is Found at a Thrift Shop in Philadelphia
A watercolor by artist William H. Dorsey dates back to 1864 and is now on display at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
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A New Year for Old Masters? 5 Exhibitions Set to Make a Splash in 2025
From 3D prints of Michelangelo to a debut for still life virtuoso Rachel Ruysch, these Old Master exhibitions are set on ...
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Rare 19th-Century Painting by Beloved Black Artist Found in a Thrift Store
A painting bought for $10 at a thrift store near Philadelphia may be a unique masterpiece by Black painter William Henry ...
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This painting found in a Glenside thrift store came out of Philly’s 19th-century Black cultural elite
A painting from a thrift store in Glenside is by William H. Dorsey, of Philadelphia’s elite Black society circa 1864.
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Bidders were in a holiday mood at Morphy’s stylish $2.6M Fine & Decorative Arts Auction
Morphy’s December 17-19 Fine & Decorative Arts Auction made the holiday season merry and bright for discerning gift-buyers ...
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Aleksander Gierymski – the great poet of light
Aleksander Gierymski – the great poet of light Dr Maria Wąchała-Skindzier Disregarded during his lifetime and still overshadowed by his great brother Maksymilian, Aleksander Gierymski is now <a class= ...
Survey of the Visual Arts: Bringing art into the home with stained glass
Stained glass depicting figures from the Bible made its way into churches in France and other parts of Europe. England is ...
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Kovel's Antiques and Collecting: Merklen Brothers catered to nouveau riche
Sometimes, people like to think of the past as a steady, stable time where tradition ruled the day. Ironically, learning about antiques can prove that notion wrong; and some of ...
Amy Sherald’S ‘American Sublime’ Portraits Light Up Sfmoma
Continuing through March 9, "Amy Sherald: American Sublime" features paintings made from 2007 to 2024. Curated by SFMOMA's Sarah Roberts, it includes iconic portraits of Michelle Obama and Breonna ...
Barcelona’s Majestic Hotel & Spa Builds A Sterling Art Collection
Barcelona's Majestic Hotel & Spa displays some 1,000 fine pieces of art throughout the property, all collected personally by ...
These Renaissance masterpieces cost multiples of Michelangelo’s paintings
It only lasted a few hours. It was really a rout. But the Battle of Pavia, which changed the balance of power in Europe, was an event of such sweeping action and teeming complexity that perhaps only a ...