Little-known productions also turned up in the gallery's research.
It inspired the gallery to research other paintings in its collection previously owned by artists, and this exhibition is the result.
Beauty and ethics are pretty much inseparable in two exhibitions of photographs taken in India during the British Raj, one at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery in Washington, the other at Sepia International, a commercial gallery and research archive in Manhattan.
Arranged in a petal-like pattern that fans out toward the water, the forms conceal a series of buildings — maritime gallery, climate research center, greenhouse — that inject the site with a dose of urban energy.
He has to whip the institution's multiple museums, galleries and research centers into a tightly run machine.
Those with contemporary art programs naturally consult galleries for research purposes, whether seeking access to their archives or client lists.
The 16,000-square-foot addition to the museum features 5,000 square feet of galleries, a research room and storage areas.
The show is being held in the museum's $2.5 million Center for Shaker Studies, which opened in June and encompasses two galleries, a research library and reading room, and a visitors center.
In 1994 Heyman became the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution (founded 1846), a complex of museums and galleries, several research centres, and the National Zoological Park, most of which are located in Washington, D.C. Heyman's main task as secretary was the digitization of the Smithsonian's rich collection of information to make it readily accessible.
In his most recent solo exhibition, La línea del horizonte (The horizon line) at Miau Miau Gallery, Pires researched pornographic images and videos amateur performers would post online, retouching them into oblivion.
The Municipal Archives gallery provides free research online and at a new visitors' center at 31 Chambers Street behind City Hall, but a digital file or 8-by-10 print will cost $45.
