Before his death at the age of twenty-seven, Jean-Michel Basquiat completed nearly 2,000
works. These unique compositionsÑcollages of text and gestural painting across a variety of …

This essay focuses on the temporal boundaries of the American art survey course taught to
undergraduates—particularly the entry point from which art historians have developed their …

African American art is a term or a category that should rightly come with a range of
necessary caveats. Until relatively recently, the term could largely be understood as relating …

This essay reconsiders Los Angeles's Gallery 32 and its vital contribution to Los Angeles art
history from 1968 to 1970. Founded and run by Suzanne Jackson, Gallery 32 exhibited …

A member of the coastal Shinnecock Nation (located in what is now called the Hamptons of
Long Island, New York), the contemporary artist Courtney M. Leonard explores the …

Work always has been a central construct in the United States, influencing how Americans
measure their lives and assess their contribution to the wider society. Work also has been …

Names: Fagg, John, 1977-author. Title: Re-envisioning the everyday: American genre
scenes, 1905–1945/John Fagg. Description: University Park, Pennsylvania: The …

This article introduces African elephants into the study of ivory miniatures in the nineteenth-
century United States. Despite the presence of elephant tusk in these diminutive portraits …

When the United States acquired the Mexican Cession at the conclusion of the US-Mexican
War, there was one issue on most Americans' minds: would this massive amount of new …

Two years ago, reflecting on the fiftieth anniversary of the fellowship program at the
Smithsonian American Art Museum, I argued:“The canon of 'American'art history is shaped …