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Gerald E. Buck endows the Archives of American Art’s West Coast collecting program with a gift of $2.5M

Oct. 17, 2017

The Smithsonian’s Archives of American Art (the Archives) announced today that it has received a generous bequest of $2.5 million from Gerald E. Buck (1940‒2013) through The Buck Family Trust, based in Orange County, CA to endow the Archives’ collecting program on the West Coast.

Archives of American Art acquires the extensive audio and video recordings and records of Artists Talk on Art

Oct. 5, 2017

Washington, DC…The Smithsonian’s Archives of American Art announced today that it has acquired the records of Artists Talk on Art (ATOA), including audio and video recordings of more than 500 panel discussions, open screenings, and dialogues held in New York City.

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