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2026-02-12 15:39:08

Who was Edmonia Lewis, a 19th-century sculptor of Black and Indigenous ancestry who was acclaimed in her day, then overlooked? The exhibition "Edmonia Lewis: Said in Stone" opened last night at #PeabodyEssexMuseum and opens in August at the #GeorgiaMuseumOfArt. Read

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 of scholars and artists are keeping her flame alive in new projects.