Stories
- Article
Performance art, frozen in time
For over a year, live performance art with an audience present has been largely impossible. But still images continue to allow artists in this sphere to inspire audiences at home.
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A brief history of tattoos
The earliest evidence of tattoo art dates from 5000 BC, and the practice continues to hold meaning for many cultures around the world.
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Notes upon arrival
In an effort to feel at home back in the country of her birth, poet Bhanu Kapil recognises the small revelations of nature in a chilly UK spring as a way to reconnect.
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The extraordinary body of Evatima Tardo
Darling of 19th-century American freak shows, Evatima Tardo remained serene as she withstood crucifixion and the bites of poisonous snakes. But she took the secret behind her abilities to her grave.
Catalogue
- Books
A history of the Smithsonian American Art Museum : the intersection of art, science, and bureaucracy / Lois Marie Fink.
Fink, Lois Marie.Date: [2007], ©2007- Archives and manuscripts
"Public Art: Art in Public Spaces Program"
Date: 1984-1990Reference: ART/AFH/A/16/36Part of: Arts for Health: archive- Archives and manuscripts
STA/5/1 - Art workshops
Date: c.1989Reference: ART/LAB/B/1/12Part of: Papers of Langley Brown- Archives and manuscripts
"Oldham: Hollies, Art and Soul, Connected"
Date: September 1992-March 2003Reference: ART/LAB/B/2/12Part of: Papers of Langley Brown- Archives and manuscripts
"Axis Art"
Date: c.1991Reference: ART/AFH/A/1/68Part of: Arts for Health: archive