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Still from Walking (interstices), 1975 / Ingrid Wiegand. U-matic : 1 videocassette (U-Matic) : sd., col. ; 3/4 in. Robert Wiegand papers and video art, 1953-1994. Archives of American Art.

A Conversation and Screening About Loft Life and Space-Making in the 1970s Inaugurates a New Series on January 7

Crystal Sanchez | December 23, 2020

Robin Forbes. Marisol in her studio, ca. 1975-76 (detail). Robin Forbes slides of SoHo, 1975 - 1976. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Conversations Across Collections: Talking With Marisol

Marina Pacini | December 17, 2020

Exhibition announcement for Ron Davis exhibition at Nicholas Wilder Gallery, 1969. Ronald Davis papers, 1960-2017. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

New Collections: Ronald Davis Papers

Matthew Simms | December 9, 2020

Lorna Truck and Tim Benson. Photograph documenting burning of Robert Pincus-Witten's book Postminimalism (1977) at the request of artist Buster Cleveland as part of the 1979 Des Moines Festival of the Avant-Garde, circa 1979. Fred Truck papers, 1965-2019. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

New Collections: Fred Truck Papers

Josh T. Franco | November 12, 2020
Martin Johnson Heade, Black-eared Fairy, ca. 1863-1864, oil on canvas, 12 1/4 x 10 in. Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2006.89. Photography by Dwight Primiano.

Conversations Across Collections: Martin Johnson Heade’s Notebook on Hummingbirds

Liza Kirwin | November 5, 2020
Vernita N'Cognita introducing gallerist Holly Solomon and curator Robert Costa with her famous line,

Nearly 1,000 Panels with 6,000 Artists: Highlights from the Artists Talk on Art Records

Laurie Stepp | September 30, 2020
Audio cassettes of interviews with Jim Dine, Stephen Durkee, James Rosenquist, Andy Warhol, and Tom Wesselmann conducted by Gene Swenson, ca. 1963. Gene Swenson Papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Acquisitions: Gene Swenson Papers

Josh T. Franco | September 23, 2020
Poultney Bigelow. Sketch by Poultney Bigelow for Edith Weir (detail), 1884 April 18. Weir family papers. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

A Hudson River School Legacy: The Weir Family Papers Now Fully Digitized

Stephanie Ashley | September 15, 2020
Photograph of Chiura Obata teaching a children's art class at Tanforan Art School, 1942 / unidentified photographer. Chiura Obata papers. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Acquisitions: Chiura Obata Papers

Matthew Simms | September 2, 2020
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