american art

The Butterfly and the Scorpion: ‘Whistler: A Life for Art’s Sake’

The Butterfly and the Scorpion: ‘Whistler: A Life for Art’s Sake’

This biography of James Whistler is full of sharp notes of detail and anecdotes that help one glean various shades of his inscrutable personality

Of Sunlight and Shadows: ‘The Civil War and American Art’

Art and the American Evolution: The Arts of the Americas Wing at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts