The fall 2016 issue of the Archives of American Art Journal is now available!
This special issue on African American art celebrates the opening of the Smithsonian Institution’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. Check out the complete Table of Contents.
Image credit: Amy Sherald, Grand Dame Queenie, 2012. Oil on canvas, 54 ¼ x 43 in. Collection of the National Museum of African American History and Culture. © Amy Sherald. Image courtesy of the artist and Monique Meloche Gallery.