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Photo by Benjamin F. Powelson/Courtesy of the Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture shared with the Library of Congress
A portrait of Harriet Tubman, photographed by Benjamin F. Powelson for a carte-de-visite, 1868-1869. A new anthology from the National Museum of African American History and Culture includes portraits of prominent figures and vernacular images.

A People’s History

March 14, 2019 Historical
One Hundred Signs of the Demolition #1997; Wang Jinsong (Chinese, born 1963); People's Republic of China; 1999; Chromogenic print; 183.2 × 123.2 cm (72 1/8 × 48 1/2 in.); © Wang Jinsong / Courtesy of The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Anonymous Gift

Unfamiliar Thoughts of the Landscape

February 1, 2019 Landscape
Roger Minick, Woman with Scarf at Inspiration Point, Yosemite National Park, California from Sightseer Series, 1980. Museum Purchase Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts.

Contemplating the American Landscape

December 12, 2018 Landscape
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