The WPI Oral Histories provide unprecedented firsthand accounts from art historians, archivists, gallerists, and others with close connections to WPI’s research projects. Issued in installments throughout 2021, each oral history will complement the WPI’s unique material. The WPI’s Oral History Series accompanies its forthcoming Catalogue Raisonné Projects. Some explore the artist’s life and work, and most cover scholarly […]
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The Prevalence of Ritual: Romare Bearden and Legacy
October 27, 2020
the WPI hosted a virtual panel that considered the issues involved in maintaining an artist’s legacy, including the importance of archival preservation and the active documentation of the artist’s practice. The discussion was moderated by Mary Schmidt Campbell, president of Spelman College and author of An American Odyssey: The Life and Work of Romare Bearden. Panelists included Connie Choi from the Studio Museum in Harlem, as well as esteemed artists Jordan Casteel and Grace Lynne Haynes.
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The Wildenstein Plattner Institute is pleased to announce the launch of the WPI Digital Archives – a repository of over 50,000 digital resources documenting the work of French dealers, collectors, and artists from the 18th to the 20th centuries. The materials that comprise the WPI Digital Archives were originally assembled by the Wildenstein Institute throughout
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The Romare Bearden Digital Catalogue Raisonné will be a comprehensive research tool providing access to critical archives and materials documented by the Romare Bearden Foundation to preserve the artist’s legacy. The WPI is pleased to announce a new project in collaboration with the Romare Bearden Foundation. The Romare Bearden Digital Catalogue Raisonne project (RBDCR) will
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The WPI is pleased to announce its participation in the 109th CAA Annual Conference, taking place February 10-13, 2021 in New York. Join us for a rich discussion led by the WPI’s very own Samantha Rowe, Digital Archivist. ABSTRACT PAPER THIN: WALKING THE LINE BETWEEN ART AND EPHEMERA Photographs, handwritten notes, source materials and other
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The WPI’s Photothèque Archives is a remarkable collection of over 25,000 black and white photographs originally assembled by the Wildenstein Institute throughout the 20th century. These photographs were intended to facilitate staff research on a variety of art historical subjects, ranging from 13th c. religious relief sculptures to 20th c. artists such as Mikhail Larionov.
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