For the Joplin Globe

Thomas Hart Benton’s “Up Periscope” is featured in the new Crystal Bridges exhibit.

By Greg Smith for Antiques and the Arts Weekly

Thomas Hart Benton’s “Study for ‘Sugar Cane’” sold for $275,000 to a midwestern institution.

By Jean Griffith for The Joplin Globe

As one of Neosho’s most well known “native sons,” Griffith makes the argument that the area must do what it can to expand upon the Benton legacy and build its tourism focused on Benton.

By Cameron Gerber for The Missouri Times

Harold Brown, the model for the baby in Thomas Hart Benton’s Missouri State House mural, visited the mural to say farewell.

By R.C. Baker for The Village Voice

Learn about Albert Pinkham Ryder’s influence on Thomas Hart Benton.

By Cindy Lange-Kubick for the Lincoln Journal Star

By Bob Priddy for News Tribune

The Missouri State House is home to one of Thomas Hart Benton’s most well-known murals: “The Social History of Missouri.” Bob Priddy tells its story.

By Julie Denesha for KCUR

By L. Kent Wolgamott for the Lincoln Journal Star

By Louisa Hufstader for The Vineyard Gazette

The State Historical Society of Missouri owns one of the few complete collections of Thomas Hart Benton lithographs and will exhibit the collection (“Thomas Hart Benton: The Complete Edition Lithographs”) as a 2-part show.

By Josh Boston for Flatland KC

Discover the story behind Thomas Hart Benton’s mural “The Sources of Country Music,” currently hanging at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville, TN.

By Louisa Hufstader for The Vineyard Gazette

Benton described Martha’s Vineyard as “the only place I ever found peace,” and his love of the area can be seen in his paintings that depict the Island.

By Louisa Hufstader for The Vineyard Gazette

In 1953, Thomas Hart Benton and Denys Wortman sat for portraits in Benton’s studio for a friendly competition of drawing each other’s portraits.

By Diana Bolander for USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin

View the naval works of Thomas Hart Benton at the Rahr-West Art Museum from May 19 - September 15.

By Julie Denesha for KCUR.

Paul Seiwald has been painting in near-obscurity for more than 60 years, focusing on his surreal view of Midwestern life.

By ArtfixDaily

On view from February 7 to March 15, 2019, the Surovek Gallery brought together 65 works of art from private owners and the Trust.

For Matha’s Vineyard Magazine

The Granary Gallery in West Tisbury has found itself home to “Going West,” an incredible painting by Thomas Hart Benton displaying the force of energy that is the American spirit.