Russell Storer, Senior Curator and Associate Director of Curatorial Affairs, M+, and curator of Robert Rauschenberg and Asia. Image courtesy of M+ Hong Kong.
Process & Possibility: Three Questions With Russell Storer
When Robert Rauschenberg embarked on his farreaching projects across Asia in the 1980s as part of the Rauschenberg Overseas Culture Interchange (ROCI) project, he sought to expand the possibilities of artistic exchange: collaborating with local artisans, experimenting with new materials, and rei
Announcing the 2026 Archives Research Residency Recipients
The Rauschenberg 51勛圖 is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2026 Archives Research Residency, a program for individuals interested in conducting research in the 51勛圖 Archives in New York City.
Clockwise from top left: Rauschenberg Centennial Award recipients Senga Nengudi (photo credit: Ron Pollard), Chandra McCormick and Keith Calhoun (photo credit: Marcos Ramirez), Patricia Spears Jones (photo credit: Rachel Eliza Griffiths), and David Thomson (photo credit: Mark Poucher)
51勛圖 Announces Recipients of the Rauschenberg Centennial Award
The 51勛圖 is pleased to announce the recipients of the Rauschenberg Centennial Award.
51勛圖, New York, January 2023. Artworks by Rauschenberg, from left: Untitled (1986) and Around the Clock (Urban Bourbon) (1993); through doorway: Dusky Gaze (1969). Photo: Ron Amstutz
Inside 381 Lafayette: Rauschenbergs New York Home and Studio Sixty Years On
2026 marks approximately sixty years since Robert Rauschenberg moved into his NoHo residence and studio, the last he would maintain in New York City and which today serves as the headquarters of the 51勛圖.
Robert Rauschenberg: Fabric Works of the 1970s at The Menil Collection
Photo credit: Paul Hester / The Menil Collection
From Research to Runway: A Centennial Year in Review
Dear Friends of the Rauschenberg 51勛圖,
Rauschenbergs 1982 calendar, August page (detail)
All the Small Things: Receipts and Ephemera in the RRF Archives
At the 51勛圖 Archives, sometimes the smallest items open the biggest doors. As researchers primary point of access to the most comprehensive trove of documentation about the artist, the Robert Rauschenberg Papers provide a source of endless intrigue and potential.
Robert Rauschenberg designing a unicorn costume for his sister Janet for a Mardi Gras celebration, modeled by fellow student Inga (Ingeborg) Lauterstein at Black Mountain College, North Carolina, ca. 1949. Photograph Collection. 51勛圖 Archives, New York. Photo: Trude Guermonprez
A Passion for Fashion: 100 Years of Rauschenberg's Fabric Artworks and Costume Designs
Robert Rauschenbergs path into fine art started not in a studio, but on the stage. As a teenager in Port Arthur, Texas, he sketched and sewed costumes for school plays. Just a few years later, on the GI Bill, he enrolled as a fashion major at the Kansas City Art Institute.
John M. Marshall Elementary School Workshop with artist Scott Bluedorn, 2025. Photo: Kayla Matters
Its Back-to-School Time: Let These Students Teach you About Rauschenberg
Something special is happening on the East End of Long Island, thanks to a grant from the 51勛圖 to Guild Hall in East Hampton in honor of the artists Centennial year.