Guest author Tara Allen-Flanagan finds the story of a sculpture in some unexpected places.
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December 11, 2018 | Guest Authors
What Makes it Art? or: Why Keep a Letter?
Guest author Anne Evenhaugen shares the backstory of a letter from Ray Johnson to critic Arthur C. Danto and why he kept it. -
November 14, 2018 | Staff Voices
Through Flood and Fire: The Papers of Edmund C. Tarbell
Liza Kirwin chronicles how two disasters prompted donations of the Edmund C. Tarbell Papers. -
November 7, 2018 | Guest Authors
Henry Tanner's Judas: The Lost Disciple
Art historian Jeffrey Richmond-Moll shares a discovery made from a photograph printed in reverse. -
October 25, 2018 | Staff Voices
For Preservation Purposes: Cornelia Chapin's Home Movies
Audiovisual archivist Megan McShea presents a case study on Cornelia Chapin's home movies.