Professor Adrian Lister, Museum expert on extinct megafauna, tells the hidden history behind the American mastodon on display in Hintze Hall. When Albert Koch uncovered a graveyard of fossilised ...
The definition of American folk art is notoriously difficult to pin down. In the twentieth century “folk art” has embraced everything from Pennsylvania German frakturs to eccentric architectural ...
The Art Institute of Chicago says on its website that Wood wanted to "convey a positive image of rural American values, offering a vision of reassurance at the beginning of the Great Depression." ...
The Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture were created by the Smithsonian American Art Museum to assist researchers in locating American paintings and sculptures for comparative study.
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This title is part of a longer publication history. The full run of this journal will be searched. TITLE HISTORY A title history is the publication history of a journal and includes a listing of the ...
Sophie Calle’s first major North American career survey, opening at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, frames the acclaimed French artist as the original oversharer. Rotimi Fani-Kayode and ...
The auction of 62 works spanning genres of American art, but with a significant representation of impressionism, were purchased at the end of the 20th century by a single anonymous collector ...
Upon entry, visitors are greeted by a 55-foot-tall "Whirligig" wind-powered configuration, which sets the tone for the quirky art displayed inside. The American Visionary Art Museum exhibits ...