special collections

An Archival Trail: Concrete Art in Argentina

Concrete art in Argentina and Brazil, as told through papers in the special collections.

Zanna Gilbert | February 5, 2018

“When it came to race in the 1930s, everyday people just got it wrong.”

Linda Kim | January 31, 2018

Inside 33 collaged letters from Joseph Cornell to Susanna De Maria Wilson.

“Books meant to be read, looked at, and listened to.”

Wartime records offer an uncensored window into the art market.

New acquisition provides insights into an artist’s distinctive practice.

Sarah Zabrodski | March 13, 2017

Performance art and feminism.

Anja Foerschner | March 1, 2017

Using the Egyptian window screen for staged photographs.

Felix Thürlemann | January 25, 2017

Inside a three-year project to rehouse, clean, and catalog a massive archive.

Jasmine Larkin | December 7, 2016

Compelling images from the Civil Rights era beyond the South.

Mark Speltz | October 26, 2016

A chapter in the sexualized history of race.

Pete Sigal | October 3, 2016

A virtual peek at early motion picture technology.

Getty Media | September 26, 2016