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    Center 44
    June 2023–May 2024

    The Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts fosters study of the production, use, and cultural meaning of art, artifacts, architecture, urbanism, photography, and film from all places and periods.

    We support research in the visual arts from scholars in art and architectural history as well as those in related disciplines. The Center is also committed to broadening areas of research pertaining to visual and architectural worlds while fostering increased diversity in academic and arts professions.

    Our annual report has been published since 1981 and records the activities and research conducted at the Center during each academic year.

    Center 44
    Record of Activities and Research Reports
    June 2023–May 2024

    Produced by the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts and
    Brand Strategy and Publishing, National Gallery of Art, Washington

    © 2024 Board of Trustees, National Gallery of Art, Washington

    Series Editor, Peter M. Lukehart
    Series Coordinator, Jen Rokoski
    Managing Editor for Research Publications, Emily Zoss
    Editor, Magda Nakassis
    Chief of Digital Product and Experience, Martín Franzini
    Interim Head of Content Delivery, Andrew Rasner

    Banner Image Credits

    Welcome: TK

    People: Visiting guest artist Dario Robleto leads a talk on his work Small Crafts on Sisyphean Seas, April 2024

    Programs: Fernanda Pitta presents during Braided Histories: Modernist Abstraction and Woven Textiles, May 2024

    Publications: Cover detail of Contact: Art and the Pull of Print

    Research Reports: East Building

    Research Initiatives: Moses Bank, Wall Paper (detail), 1934, watercolor, gouache, and graphite on paperboard, Index of American Design, 1943.8.16032

    About: Nancy J. Troy on a tour of Woven Histories: Textiles and Modern Abstraction