Prom marks the rite of passage that teens have celebrated since the 19th century. But it wasn't always about 'promposals,' ...

1827 fusion of art and cartography, A Bird's Eye View of Niagara Falls, likely struck 19th-century viewers as highly imaginative. Private Collection / Smithsonian American Art Museum At the start ...

a curator at New York’s American Folk Art Museum, where an exhibition of art representing Black subjects from the 17th to 19th centuries opens in November. During that era, Black figures in art ...

The portrayal of "America’s iconic West," is meant to help ... The exhibition embraces a variety of artwork from diverse makers in the 19th to early 20th centuries. It will be available until ...