Mary M. Lane

"Hitler's Last Hostages" is one of three finalists for the Library of Virginia Award for Best Non-Fiction Book of the Year. @LibraryofVA Previous Finalists/Winners are "Hidden Figures" and "Code Girls." Not bad for 5 years of research starting when I was 27. #FemaleHistorians

⁦@benshapiro⁩ Irmgard Furchner gets 2 years in prison for helping kill over 10k people in a Nazi Camp. Justice travesty. She's not even having to serve it due to her being 97. What about all the people she helped murder who didn't get to that age?⁦ bbc.co.uk/news/world-eur…

Wow. Chinese mouthpiece China Daily criticizes @HolocaustMuseum for bringing attention to #UyghurGenocide and China propaganda, says "shame on the Holocaust museum," Jews should show "appreciation" to "Chinese people. "

Whoopi Goldberg explaining that the Holocaust wasn't about race because these were "two groups of white people" isn't just insipid, it's insidious. It's downplaying the minority status of Jews in order to uphold bullshit intersectional arguments that justify anti-Semitism today.

After a year examining important but misunderstood works from art history, Mary M. Lane looks back at what we have learned from her Reframed columns. @MaryLaneWSJ #art #arthistory #history artandobject.com/news/looking-b…

William Hole’s striking fresco on canvas, adhered to a wall in Edinburgh’s Scottish National Portrait Gallery, portrays a historical figure who made religious and secular contributions to history. @MaryLaneWSJ #art #arthistory #history artandobject.com/news/reframed-…

Paul Revere's iconic print contains purposeful inaccuracies both relatively innocuous and significantly problematic. @bostonathenaeum @MaryLaneWSJ #art #arthistory #history artandobject.com/news/reframed-…

In Sloan's rooftop scene, set in the summertime, young female immigrants strive to achieve the American dream while maintaining dignity. @AddisonArt @MaryLaneWSJ #art #arthistory #Immigration artandobject.com/news/reframed-…

@LennardSmall @benshapiro @artandobject If you read my article, it says quite clearly that the flag was used as a symbol by abolitionists between the time it was made and the Civil War...

@MaryLaneWSJ @benshapiro @artandobject 1814-the year the lyrics to Star-Spangled Banner were written. In that same year, the Netherlands abolished the African slave trade... it took America over 50 years to follow suit and allow blacks to partake in "the land of the free". There's revision and then there's ignorance.

Contrary to the increasingly popular opinion, the Star-Spangled Banner is a sign of progress (not perfection) and diversity in the United States. Historical facts show this, as my "Reframed" column @artandobject explores. @benshapiro artandobject.com/news/reframed-…

@Kittenhouse4 Thanks!

Contrary to the increasingly popular opinion, the Star-Spangled Banner is a sign of progress (not perfection) and diversity in the United States. Historical facts show this, as my "Reframed" column @artandobject explores. artandobject.com/news/reframed-…

In the early 1800s, a female flag maker in Baltimore was commissioned to create two flags for Fort McHenry. One was lost to time. The other is in the Smithsonian... @smithsonian @MaryLaneWSJ #history #flag #arthistory artandobject.com/news/reframed-…

Eagles and George Washington have for centuries been mainstream symbols of the United States, and the nation’s unique contributions to science, culture, and the stalwart pursuit of truth. @americanart @MaryLaneWSJ #art #arthistory #painting artandobject.com/news/reframed-…

Is science a form of art? This is the question that photographer Eadweard Muybridge grappled with in 1887, when he set up twenty-four trip wires to photograph a racehorse named Bouquet. @rijksmuseum @MaryLaneWSJ #photography #arthistory #history artandobject.com/news/reframed-…

Julie Hart Beers is one of the "lost" great female artists of the Hudson River School. Rediscover this incredible artist and her painting "Birches by a Woodland Stream." @MaryLaneWSJ @theDavisMuseum #art #arthistory #landscapepainting artandobject.com/news/reframed-…

A scathing British takedown of America’s artistic scene led to one of America's most celebrated art movements. This month's Reframed columns reexamine the Hudson River School. @metmuseum @MaryLaneWSJ #art #arthistory #painting artandobject.com/news/reframed-…

@MZHemingway I would subscribe to this.

For Mother’s Day, my kiddos made me a full magazine — complete with interviews, articles, recipes, and a crossword puzzle — all based on their stuffed animals. Interview with Piggy is a real hoot.

In addition to being an art journalist and Holocaust historian, I am apparently also a famous surgeon.

Eli Broad, a kid who collected stamps & then rose to create two Fortune 500 companies and was known for being an LA culture honcho & founder of ⁦@TheBroad⁩, has died at age 87. Godspeed, sir, and my condolences to Edye and her family. wsj.com/articles/eli-a…

Just had an amazing, reuniting work lunch with my friend and fellow Art Reporter @KellyCrowWSJ outside DC @Clydes Willow Creek Farm. Amazing company, decor and food, but forgot to take a photo. So here is an artist's rendering.