The Smithsonian American Art Museum is pleased to announce the publication of the Fall 2001 issue of American Art. This handsome issue of the museum's academic journal (vol. 15, no. 3) includes the following articles:

Sylvia Yount, "Braving (and Bridging) the Great Divide: The Academy and the Museum"

Susan Sidlauskas, "Painting Skin: John Singer Sargent's Madame X"

Frederick Voss, "Webster Replying to Hayne: George Healy and the Economics of History Painting"

Bradford R. Collins, "Dick Tracy and the Case of Warhol's Closet: A Psychoanalytic Detective Story"

Alan Wallach, "Oliver Larkin's Art and Life in America: Between the Popular Front and the Cold War"

Ruth Fine, "The Art of Jacob Kainen"

Avis Berman, "'Like Robinson Crusoe': Jacob Kainen and the Washington Art World"

American Art is a peer-reviewed periodical published three times per year, in March, July and November. Articles may encompass any aspect of America's visual heritage, including the fine arts, popular culture, photography and electronic media, public art, architecture, and the decorative arts. Authors interested in submitting manuscripts for consideration are welcome to contact Cynthia Mills, executive editor, at [log in to unmask] An abridged electronic edition of the new Fall issue will appear shortly on americanart.si.edu/journal, where information is also available on subscriptions, single-copy orders, and submissions.

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