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November 2023 New Oral Histories: Romare Bearden This month, we will release another edition of our Bearden Oral Histories series featuring Romare Bearden’s biographer, Myron Schwartzman. Schwartzman, Professor Emeritus of English at Baruch College, is the author of the biography Romare Bearden: His Life and Art (1990). Having befriended Bearden in 1978, Schwartzman conducted extensive interviews with the

October 2023 | Archival Releases: Michel and Irma van Gelder Papers (1898–1971)  The WPI is pleased to announce the release of the Michel and Irma van Gelder Papers, a collection of art and business records that document the the van Gelder’s activities as art dealers. The release of this collection sheds light on the complicated history of Michel van Gelder, who catered to

September 2023 Race Matters: Cultural Politics in the 1960s The 1960s was a tumultuous moment in American history, as racial equality movements propelled sweeping changes to the body politic. This webinar series presents new insights into how Bearden and his contemporaries tackled Black subject matter and racial themes in their work. It will also explore how racial concerns

June 2023 | A Major Archival Release to the Romare Bearden Papers The WPI is pleased to announce the release of three new subseries from the Romare Bearden Papers from the Printed Materials series: Exhibitions Catalogues and Announcements, Periodicals and Clippings, and Source Materials. The archives consist of documents and materials collected and maintained by the African American artist,