The letters here, from the Smithsonian’s Archives of American Art, show that an artist might put pen to paper just as he or she would apply a line to a drawing. For each artist, a leading authority ...

The letters have been selected by Liza Kirwin, and are drawn entirely from the collections of the Archives of American Art, encompassing exuberant thank you notes, winsome love letters, lively reports ...

The American Academy of Arts and Letters in New York is being transformed ... part of the Fine Arts & Exhibits special section on the art world stretching boundaries with new artists, new ...