The Japanese-American sculptor is the 23rd woman to be given the honour—compared with 100 men

It's the highest honour awarded by the US federal government to artists in a wide range of disciplines and art patrons

From large-scale surveys of Judy Chicago and Ed Ruscha, to showcases of Barkley L. Hendricks’s portraits, Ruth Asawa’s works on paper, Shary Boyle’s surreal ceramics, Korean experimental art and more

The Miami native got the collecting bug young, buying a series of portraits—which still hang in her home—when she was in college

Representing one of the artist’s least known but most ambitious works, "The Faces of Ruth Asawa" is going on show at Stanford University's Cantor Arts Center

Plus, the dark truth of the Marcos family’s extravagance and Ruth Asawa at Modern Art Oxford

The Japanese American artist’s first major exhibition in Europe will showcase her signature works in looped wire, as well as lesser-known paintings and drawings

From Joseph E. Yoakum’s mythical drawings at MoMA to SculptureCenter’s ode to Sara Penn and the lost East Village art scene

An excerpt and images from a new biography on the sculptor who studied at the famous Black Mountain College and was interned during the Second World War

The multi-platform virtual initiative is part of the Archives of American Art's push to share newly digitised content while its research centres remain closed

From Ruth Asawa's delicate structures to a revelatory show of Picasso's paper works