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From http://www.press.uchicago.edu/ucp/journals/journal/wes.html  West 86th: A Journal of Decorative Arts, Design History, and Material Culture Sponsored by the Bard Graduate Center Published semiannually by the University of Chicago Press on behalf of

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Open House and Prospective Student Weekend

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History of Decorative Art Open House and Prospective Student Weekend featuring Scholarly Currents, Graduate Student Symposium. February 8-11, 2013 More information  

Washington Post Article “Well-loved furniture finds a new home at National Gallery”

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Well-loved furniture finds a new home at National Gallery View Photo Gallery — Masterpieces of American furniture: The Kaufman Collection, on display at the National Gallery of Art beginning Oct. 7, is

Smithsonian AA/PG Library Book Sale

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Smithsonian AA/PG Library Art, History, and Biography Book Sale   November 14-16 10:00 am – 5:00 pm  @ AA/PG Library, Victor Building 750 9th Street NW, Suite 2100   Contact:202-633-8230 Over

Featured Journal

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From http://www.press.uchicago.edu/ucp/journals/journal/wes.html 

West 86th: A Journal of Decorative Arts, Design History, and Material Culture

Sponsored by the Bard Graduate Center

Published semiannually by the University of Chicago Press on behalf of the Bard Graduate Center (BGC) in New York City, West 86th reaffirms the BGC’s commitment to expanding the conversation regarding the content, meaning, and significance of objects. The journal focuses on scholarship in material culture, design history, and the decorative arts. West 86th is available in print and online and includes scholarly articles, review articles, primary source translations, critical book, catalog, and exhibition reviews, research inquiries, letters to the editor, and supplementary digital material integral to articles. Articles are subject to double-blind peer assessment. The journal welcomes submissions from scholars worldwide.

 Read current issues through the library’s subscription to JSTOR.

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Since it’s not always convenient to meet with me (your liaison librarian) on the Fairfax campus, I’m setting up virtual office hours for every Monday from 11AM to 1PM. When I am logged in, you can use the IM widget below to reach me. If these hours don’t work for you, you can also email me at jrinaldu_at_gmu.edu or call me at 703-993-3720.


Open House and Prospective Student Weekend

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History of Decorative Art Open House and Prospective Student Weekend featuring Scholarly Currents, Graduate Student Symposium. February 8-11, 2013

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Washington Post Article “Well-loved furniture finds a new home at National Gallery”

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Well-loved furniture finds a new home at National Gallery

By , Published: October 4

Linda Kaufman steps up to her 18th-century mahogany sideboard and opens a door to show off its authenticity: a label from its New York cabinetmakers, William Mills and Simeon Deming. Across the four high-ceilinged rooms in the National Gallery of Art’s West Building, there are more than 100 priceless finds like this one, each her gift to the nation. All the pieces are lit up in a new home, and in her mind’s eye she sees “kids, riding by on tricycles, on a rainy afternoon.” READ THE REST OF THE ARTICLE

Smithsonian AA/PG Library Book Sale

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Smithsonian AA/PG Library Art, History, and Biography Book Sale

 

November 14-16

10:00 am – 5:00 pm

 @ AA/PG Library, Victor Building

750 9th Street NW, Suite 2100

 

Contact:202-633-8230

Over 1200 books, catalogs, and magazines to choose from at prices that cannot be beat!

Choose from titles featuring art from all periods, history, biography, and more.

All proceeds benefit the Library’s acquisition fund. Cash/check only.

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