Rethinking American art: collectors, critics, and the changing canon

Part one: Critics and Canons. Changing Canons in the Nineteenth Century ; The Rise of Museums and Professional Critics ; Important Mid-Century Writers: Goodrich, Sweet, Richardson ; Americans Discover American Art ; Celebratory Exhibitions and Publications

Part two: The Collectors. The Wounded Collector: Grenville Winthrop ; The Ambitions of Francis P. Garvan ; The Troubled Clark Brothers ; Maxim Karolik, Discovering a New Canon ; Ray & Margaret Horowitz and the Invention of American Impressionism ; Collecting the Canon During the Boom Years ; William H. Lane, Champion of Modern American Art ; Alice Kaplan, Only the Best ; The Problem of Collecting Contemporary Art: Richard Brown Baker, Joseph Helman, Monroe Price ; Alice Walton, Educator and Museum builder

Part three: Today. The recognition of Racism and Misogyny ; Museum reset ; Native Americans reconsidered ; Changing taste.