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A mask wearer in Union Square, New York, last June. Photographer Francesca Magnani observes that masks have come to assume “multiple functions” beyond basic health protection © Francesca Magnani; courtesy of the National Museum of American History “Right now the ground is moving, and we don’t have the answers,” reflects the artist Mark Bradford in a Zoom recording captured as part of the Smithsonian Archives of American Art’s new Pandemic Project a collection of 85 interviews with artists and arts workers about their experiences of, and reflections on, 2020 in America. The statement underlines the challenges faced by museum professionals who are capturing recordings such as Bradford’s and deciding which objects and stories should be preserved to represent the prolonged and multifaceted crisis that has unfolded over this past year.

National museum of the american indianNew yorkUnited statesBen gillespieMark bradfordCaorson oblowitzLos angelesFrancesca magnaniOrson oblowitzNational museum of american historySmithsonian national museum of american historyUnion squareNational museum of african american historyPhotographer francesca magnaniNational museumSmithsonian archives