Media and Press
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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,…
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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…
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Edmonia Lewis: Nera, Scultrice E Donna Libera
Gli Stati Uniti riscoprono una delle grandi pioniere e ispiratrici…
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First Major Retrospective for Black Indigenous Sculptor Edmonia Lewis Opening
“Edmonia Lewis: Said in Stone” at the Peabody Essex Museum,…
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Improbably Famous, Then Perpetually Forgotten. Now, the Renaissance of Edmonia Lewis
A 19th-century sculptor of Black and Indigenous ancestry was acclaimed,…
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PEM Debuts the First Major Retrospective of Trailblazing Sculptor Edmonia Lewis
Edmonia Lewis, Portrait Bust of a Contadina, 1872. Marble. The…
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8 Art Books to Read This February
The trailblazing sculptural practice of Edmonia Lewis, the birth of…
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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…
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Emma Amos: Color Odyssey
This catalogue, filled with contributions by women in the arts…
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How Emma Amos’s Art and Activism Powerfully Confronted Racism and Sexism
Introduction Emma Amos stands as one of the most fearless…
