HUDSON, N.Y. (AP) – A New York historic site has received a $30,000 grant to support its educational programs about the Hudson River School painter Frederic Edwin Church. The Poughkeepsie Journal says the Olana Partnership received the three-year grant from the Hudson River Bank and Trust. The grant will support Olana’s programs and activities in […]

TICONDEROGA, N.Y. (AP) – Fort Ticonderoga is opening its doors this week with some of the historic site’s most important artwork going on display in a single exhibit for the first time. The private not-for-profit tourist attraction in the eastern Adirondacks opens Friday. The highlighted exhibit for the season is “The Art of War: Ticonderoga […]

ATLANTA – Two self-portraits – one by the Hudson River School artist Daniel Huntington (1816-1906), the other attributed to the French neoclassical painter Baron Antoine-Jean Gros (1771-1835) – will be offered at Ahlers & Ogletree Auction Gallery on Friday, October 13 and Saturday, October 14. They carry estimates of $8,000-$12,000 and $15,000-$25,000, respectively. Day 1 […]