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For generations the artistic contributions of women have been marginalized. A new exhibit at New York's Lyndhurst Mansion featuring female artists past and present allows us to view "unimportant" historical objects through a modern eye.

A groundbreaking new exhibition of historic and contemporary works by women artists fills the Gothic Revival Lyndhurst Mansion and gallery in Tarrytown, New York, this summer. Women’s Work includes more than 125 works of art in a variety of media by American women from diverse backgrounds utilizing artistic traditions that date back centuries. The exhibit, on view May 26 to Sept. 26, 2022, is installed throughout Lyndhurst's grand 19th-century interiors. Tracking the continuing influenc...

The Frick Pittsburgh centers many of its art shows, talks, and other programs around the Gilded Age, the period in which its industrialist namesake and...

New series from Downtown Abbey creator Julian Fellowes is full of period costumes, opulent mansions, and high drama.

New series from Downtown Abbey creator Julian Fellowes is full of period costumes, opulent mansions, and high drama.

New series from Downtown Abbey creator Julian Fellowes is full of period costumes, opulent mansions, and high drama.

New series from Downtown Abbey creator Julian Fellowes is full of period costumes, opulent mansions, and high drama.