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Erin Harmon, Post-Historic Landscape, 2013. Gouache, watercolor, flocking on paper; hand-cut and collaged, 22 × 30 in. (55.9 × 76.2 cm). Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Gift of the artist, 2013.17. © Erin Harmon

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Norman Rockwell (American, 1894–1978), The Problem We All Live With, 1963. Oil on canvas, 36 x 58 in. (91 x 150 cm). Illustration for Look, January 14, 1964, 22–23. Norman Rockwell Museum Collection, NRM.1975.01

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The Norman Rockwell Museum and the New Orleans Community Consider The Problem We All Live With

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Center for Native Futures launches the blog Swirling Water, a platform for Native and Indigenous writers and artists.(opens in a new window)

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José Clemente Orozco, Science, Labor, and Art panel from Call to Revolution and Table of Universal Brotherhood, The New School Mural Cycle, 1930–31, The New School Art Collection. Photo credit: Tom Moore

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An American in Paris, Honored Like Nobody Before(opens in a new window)

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A group of people is seated around a long table with a screen at showing many people on a video call.

New Art School Modality module Arts Writing / Writing About Art, 2024

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New Art School Modality: A Conversation with Romi Crawford

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Colorful, abstracted rendering of the archangel Gabriel.

David Driskell, Gabriel, 1965. Terra Foundation for American Art, Daniel J. Terra Art Acquisition Endowment Fund, 2023.4

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​​Amistad II​, David Driskell’s Curatorial Oeuvre, and the Artistic Legacy of the American Missionary Association of New York

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Celebrating 70 Years of the Smithsonian Archives of American Art(opens in a new window)

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A family looks at a painting inside the National Museum of Mexican Art in Pilsen on Sept. 6, 2014.

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Latinos Create Opportunities for Their Community in Cultural Institutions(opens in a new window)

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Floating Museum Announces The Burroughs Residency Pilot(opens in a new window)

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The Amistad Research Center’s Life of Toussaint L’Ouverture by Jacob Lawrence(opens in a new window)

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