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Julia Santos Solomon inserting crosses for her In Memoriam installation, Christ Lutheran Church, Woodstock, NY, 2020. Photo by Scott Barfield.

New Collections: Pandemic Oral History Project

During the summer of 2020, the Archives of American Art initiated the Pandemic Oral History Project: 85 interviews with artists, teachers, curators, and administrators. The resulting 30 hours of video are "a significant record of an unprecedented time as it unfolded."

Ben Gillespie | May 6, 2021

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

Alfred and Walter Pach as young boys, ca. 1889 (detail) / Pach Brothers, photographer. Walter Pach papers, 1857-1980, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Why Poor School Reports Didn’t Stop One Artist from Spelling Success

Stephanie Ashley | August 29, 2018

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