New Collections: Nela Arias-Misson Papers
The papers of Cuban-born, modernist painter Nela Arias-Misson are now at the Archives of American Art
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Artist Matt Mullican to Present Lecture "Mirrors and Melted Telephones" on April 27
The Archives of American Art presents the Holt/Smithson Foundation 2026 Lecture with artist Matt Mullican.
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New Collections: Robert Hughes Papers
The personal papers of art critic Robert Hughes offer insights into his seminal series "The Shock of the New"
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How a Survey Course Assignment Connected Students With Contemporary Artists
Students of one Teaching with Primary Sources workshop participant forged connections with contemporary artists and their work in an assignment using the Archives of American Art's Pandemic Oral History Project
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