The Smithsonian American Art Museum is pleased to announce the publication of the Summer 2001 issue of American Art. . This handsome issue of the museum's academic journal (vol. 15, no. 2) includes the following articles:

Wendy Wick Reaves, "The Art in Humor, the Humor in Art"

James Oles, "Noguchi in Mexico: International Themes for a Working-Class Market"

Randall R. Griffey, "Marsden Hartley's Lincoln Portraits"

Jochen Wierich, "Struggling Through History: Emanuel Leutze, Hegel, and Empire"

Laural Weintraub, "Women as Urban Spectators in John Sloan's Early Work"

Gregg Stull, "The AIDS Memorial Quilt: Performing Memory, Piecing Action"

Olivia Thornburn, "Mary Kawennatakie Adams: Mohawk Basket Maker and Artist"

American Art  is a peer-reviewed periodical on the arts in America, published three times per year, in March, July and November. Articles may encompass any aspect of America's visual heritage. Please visit americanart.si.edu/journal to view an electronic edition of the magazine and to obtain information on subscriptions, single-copy orders, and submissions.

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