The National Gallery of Art (NGA) in Washington recently acquired one of fewer than a dozen known still life paintings from the 1840s by the African-American artist Robert Seldon Duncanson (1821-1872).

In celebration of the opening of the newly restored Winslow Homer Studio, the Portland Museum of Art will showcase the exhibition “Weatherbeaten: Winslow Homer and Maine” (September 22 - December 30, 2012) the exhibition will features more than 30 major oils and watercolors painted during Homer’s tenure in the Studio (1883–1910).