The Incredible Story of Edmonia Lewis, America’s First Black and Indigenous International Art Star
Tourists flocked Lewis's studio, but she died in obscurity. Now, she's back in the spotlight....
The Artist Was Admired by the Likes of Frederick Douglass and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in Her Lifetime, but After a Period of Fame She Sank Into Obscurity – and This Landmark Survey is Long Overdue
From the April 2026 issue of Apollo. Edmonia Lewis (1844–1907), an American sculptor long based in Rome,...
Edmonia Lewis: Nera, Scultrice E Donna Libera
Gli Stati Uniti riscoprono una delle grandi pioniere e ispiratrici dell’arte afroamericana. Ritratto di un’artista...
First Major Retrospective for Black Indigenous Sculptor Edmonia Lewis Opening
“Edmonia Lewis: Said in Stone” at the Peabody Essex Museum, the artist’s first major retrospective,...
Improbably Famous, Then Perpetually Forgotten. Now, the Renaissance of Edmonia Lewis
A 19th-century sculptor of Black and Indigenous ancestry was acclaimed, then overlooked. But a groundswell...
PEM Debuts the First Major Retrospective of Trailblazing Sculptor Edmonia Lewis
Edmonia Lewis, Portrait Bust of a Contadina, 1872. Marble. The McGuigan Collection. Photo: Stephen Petergorsky....
8 Art Books to Read This February
The trailblazing sculptural practice of Edmonia Lewis, the birth of modernism in Montmartre, the luminous...
Emma Amos’ Artwork Is Celebrated in a Traveling Retrospective at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
Introduction The groundbreaking work of Emma Amos continues to receive long-overdue recognition through a major...
