Archives of American Art Journal: Fall 2016, Volume 55, Number 2

Cover of the Fall 2016 Journal from the Archives of American Art, Volume 55, Number 2

This fall's edition of the Archives of American Art Journal is a special issue devoted to African American art in celebration of the opening of the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture. Read about the art collections and archival research at the Smithsonian's newest museum, new acquisitions related to African American art at the Archives, and innovative research on Charles White, Emma Amos, the WPA, and black feminist curatorial practices of the 1970s.

Karen Maynor, Photograph of Andy Warhol writing a note on vacuum cleaner at “Art in Process V” exhibition, 1972.
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