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CRSA: Tom Wesselmann Digital Corpus in Conversation [VIDEO]

CRSA: Tom Wesselmann Digital Corpus in Conversation
October 26, 2021

The featured conversation between WPI colleagues Huffa Frobes-Cross, Project Manager of the Wesselmann Catalogue Raisonné, and Caitlin Sweeney, Director of Digital Publications, took viewers step-by-step through the development of a unique cataloguing system: from the initial considerations that went into choosing the most appropriate format, to the particular challenges of maintaining an online database-in-progress.

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The Henry Certigny Papers: a peek into the work and life of an art expert

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I began working on the Henry Certigny Papers in April 2019 to prepare the collection for digitization. These archives, which document the life and work of the Belgian poet, writer, and art historian best known for his research on French artist Henri “Le Douanier” Rousseau, consisted of eighty archival boxes of stacked papers with almost

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WPI Joins Arkhênum for a Heritage Webinar [VIDEO]

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WPI, American Battle Monuments Commission, History Associates Incorporated and Arkhênum: A Heritage Webinar
June 21 & 22, 2021

The WPI joined Arkhênum as part of two webinars with fellow speakers from the American Battle Monuments Commission, History Associates Incorporated and Arkhênum to speak about collection preservation, digitization, online sharing and so much more, related to collections and subject matter as diverse as art History and the legacies of the First and Second World Wars.

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Bearden Call for Information

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Bearden Call for Information
June 11, 2021

The Romare Bearden Digital Catalogue Raisonne project aims to create a comprehensive record of all artworks created by Romare Bearden (1911-1988). In partnership with the Romare Bearden Foundation, the WPI is in the process of digitizing the artist’s archives and conducting research on Bearden’s artistic output. To aid in our gathering of data, we would be grateful to receive information about any works by the artist currently in private collections. We encourage owners to submit the pertinent details regarding their work(s), along with photographic documentation, using the button below. All information will be kept confidential.

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Antagonistic Cooperation: Romare Bearden’s New Paris Blues [VIDEO]

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Antagonistic Cooperation: Romare Bearden’s New Paris Blues
June 3, 2021

The Wildenstein Plattner Institute hosted Robert O’Meally, Zora Neale Hurston Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University and founder of the Center for Jazz Studies for a one-time webinar. Professor O’Meally, the author of Romare Bearden: A Black Odyssey, explored Bearden’s New Paris Blues, an unfinished series of books that spans media, cities, and artistic circles.

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Recovering Women’s Legacies: Artists, Dealers, Collectors, and Patrons [VIDEO]

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Recovering Women’s Legacies: Artists, Dealers, Collectors, and Patrons
June 2–30, 2021

The Center for the History of Collecting at the Frick Art Reference Library and the Wildenstein Plattner Institute hosted a Wednesday lunchtime series spotlighting archival resources on important women who shaped visual culture in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

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