The artists’ contracts stipulated that they must illustrate American life in some way. I am particularly saddened that more recent works of art are also threatened. My job ultimately came under ...

Samuel Gompers, the founder of the American Federation of Labor (AFL), advanced the binary between free and unfree immigrants, declaring that he had no objection to immigration, so long as “they ...

Allow me to explain. All through my art journalism career, I’ve heard stories about a great shift in the market for traditional American art and decorative objects. Once a key collecting ...