Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution
WEBThe Archives of American Art is the world’s preeminent and most widely used research center dedicated to collecting, preserving, and providing access to primary sources that document the history of the visual arts in America. Our resources serve as reference for dissertations, exhibitions, catalogs, articles, and books.
Visit | Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution
WEBMay 31, 2024 · Washington D.C. Headquarters and Research Center. 750 9th Street, NW Victor Building Suite 2200 Washington, DC 20001. New York Office. 300 Park Avenue South Suite 300
Subversive, Skilled, Sublime: Fiber Art by Women
WEBMay 31, 2024 - January 5, 2025. This digital project is organized by the Smithsonian American Art Museum with the Smithsonian's Archives of American Art as a companion to the exhibition Subversive, Skilled, Sublime: Fiber Art by Women. Support for this digital project has been provided by the Smithsonian American Women’s History Initiative.
Alma’s Stripes: Finding Fashion in the Alma Thomas papers
WEBSep 21, 2012 · Washington D.C. Headquarters and Research Center. 750 9th Street, NW Victor Building Suite 2200 Washington, DC 20001. New York Office. 300 Park Avenue South Suite 300
What is Feminist Art? - Archives of American Art
WEBNovember 26, 2019 - December 31, 2021. Feminist art resists easy definitions. In 1977, feminist activists Ruth Iskin, Lucy Lippard, and Arlene Raven organized an exhibition centered on the question, “What is Feminist Art?”. They invited artists to answer this question on a letter-sized piece of paper. Hundreds of artists responded in the ...
Subversive, Skilled, Sublime: Fiber Art by Women - Archives of …
WEBCotton, wool, polyester, silk—fiber is felt in every aspect of our lives and has long inspired women artists. This digital project highlights the work of eight artists. Their artworks from the collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum and Renwick Gallery are placed alongside the artist's words and primary sources from the Archives of ...
Joseph Cornell | Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution
WEBJoseph Cornell created assemblages and collages from evocative objects he found in antique shops and secondhand stores. The deeply romantic artist was drawn to the symbolism found in a wide range of ephemeral materials. He maintained dossiers and portfolios on numerous people and celebrities with …
Color, Color Everywhere: The Dorothy Liebes Papers Shine
WEBAug 30, 2021 · As the COVID-19 virus tightened its grip on the nation and the grim spring of 2020 gave way to an uneasy summer, I was one of the first staff members to return to in-person work at the Archives of American Art’s offices in downtown DC.
Blog | Dear Auntie: Cecilia Beaux and the Letters Written by Her …
WEBJan 26, 2022 · In a lecture on portraiture given at Simmons College on May 14, 1907, American artist Cecilia Beaux (1855–1942) stated, “The painter’s art must be powerful—magnetic enough to make us linger over a simple reserved rendering of an aspect of a person we do not know,—have never seen and perhaps would not have noticed if we had seen.” While writing my senior thesis at Vassar College on ...
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WEBThe International Exhibition of Modern Art was the first major exhibition of European modern art in the United States. Leaders of AAPS organized the show in New York, New York at the 69 th Regiment Armory, from February 17 to March 15, 1913. (Gradually the moniker, the Armory Show supplanted the longer, official title.)