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The Smithsonian’s Archives of American Art will explore the remarkable career of American modernist painter, photographer and printmaker Yasuo Kuniyoshi (1889–1953) in the exhibition, “Artist Teacher Organizer: Yasuo Kuniyoshi in the Archives of American Art,” The exhibition will be on view at the Lawrence A. Fleischman Gallery at the Smithsonian’s Donald W. Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture from March 30 through July 10.

In honor of Robert Motherwell’s centenary, the Dedalus Foundation has selected three scholars to conduct new research focused on Motherwell and his contemporaries. The scholars-in-residence will concentrate on materials in the collection of the Archives that expand on current Motherwell research. The scholars will present the results of their research at a symposium to be held December 4, 2015 at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. 

Join us on Saturday, January 3, 2015 at 4 p.m. in the Lawrence A. Fleischman Gallery for a public reading of diaries from the Archives of American Art. Selected participants will read intriguing diary entries from the first of the year.  

The Archives of American Art announces an upcoming symposium, “The Multi-Media Archive: Stewardship and Use of Audiovisual Media Documenting Contemporary Art History,” to be held at the Donald W. Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture, in Washington D.C., on Friday, March 27.

Christina Weyl, a doctoral candidate in art history at Rutgers University, was awarded the Archives of American Art Graduate Research Essay Prize funded by the Dedalus Foundation Inc.

In honor of Robert Motherwell’s centenary, the Dedalus Foundation invites applications for a 2014-2015 art history research grant focused on Motherwell and his contemporaries.  The scholar(s) in residence at the Archives of American Art in Washington, DC, will concentrate on materials in the collection of the Archives that expand on current Motherwell research.

The Smithsonian’s Archives of American Art presents an intimate look into artists’ lives in the upcoming exhibition “A Day in the Life: Artists’ Diaries from the Archives of American Art.” The exhibition will be open September 26, 2014–February 28, 2015, in the Lawrence A. Fleischman Gallery at the Smithsonian’s Donald W. Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture.

This Guide to Provenance Research is the result of a project funded by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation to enhance access to the Archives’ World War II era provenance research collections. 

The Smithsonian's Archives of American Art invites you to join us for a very special trip to Chicago in spring 2015. Led by art historian Carol Neuberger, the trip will feature the best of Chicago for art lovers: renowned private collections, an architectural tour of the city, curator-led museum visits, a night at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, elegant accommodations, superb dinners, and much more. 

A new exhibition, Artists and Their Models, from the Smithsonian’s Archives of American Art, showcases more than 75 original letters, photographs, cards, sketches and interviews chronicling the interaction between artists and their models. The exhibition will be on view May 15 to August 27, 2014 in the Lawrence A. Fleischman Gallery at the Smithsonian’s Donald W. Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture.