Amy Phipps Guest had a pioneer spirit—she aspired to be an aviatrix. Those plans were nixed, but that did not prevent her from bankrolling flights by Amelia Earhart. She also was a big supporter of ...

The arrangement between an artist and a patron can be a delicate one, filigreed with implicit understandings and potential hazards. Patrons often provide financial help in return for the chance to ...

A new South Shore Arts exhibit pays tribute to the prolific Edwardian artist John Singer Sargent, a well-traveled expatriate who was widely considered to be one of the leading portrait painters of his ...

Among the quiet ranks of headstones, he traces the origins of Remembrance: from the founding of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission to the birth of the Red Poppy as a symbol of sacrifice and hope.

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