Arts and Letters

This exhibition includes paintings, works on paper, video, and photographs; architectural models and renderings; and original manuscripts by 2016’s newly elected members and recipients of honors and awards.

Newly Elected Members in Art

Robert Frank, Joan Jonas, David Salle, Pat Steir

Newly Elected Foreign Honorary Member

Thomas Struth

Gold Medal for Graphic Art

Vija Celmins

Architecture Awards

Andrew Berman, Eric Bunge, Andrew Freear, Mimi Hoang, Phyllis Lambert, Theodore Prudon

Art Awards

Aleah Chapin, Carmen Cicero, Guy Goodwin, Anthony McCall, Nancy Mitchnick, Patricia Patterson, Joan Snyder, Lee Tribe, Chuck Webster

Art Purchases

Peter Acheson, Gerald Auten, McArthur Binion, Lisa Hoke, June Leaf, Alicia McCarthy, Jesse McCloskey, Sam Messer, George Nama, Graham Nickson, Richard Nonas, Janice Redman, Rudolph Serra, Lee Tribe, Robert Yasuda

Newly Elected Members in Literature and Music

Peter Carey, Billy Collins, Sebastian Currier, Jane Kramer, Paul Lansky, David Rakowski, David Remnick, John Edgar Wideman

Newly Elected Foreign Honorary Member in Literature

Julian Barnes

Newly Elected American Honorary Member

Robert Levin

Award for Distinguished Service to the Arts

Michael Tilson Thomas

Gold Medal for Drama

Wallace Shawn

Award of Merit Medal for Poetry

Henri Cole

Literature Awards

Ta-Nehisi Coates, Kathryn Davis, Joshua Ferris, Jamey Gambrell, Stephen Adly Guirgis, James Hannaham, Adam Haslett, Terrance Hayes, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Rachel Kushner, Jack Livings, Anthony Marra, Sinéad Morrissey, Lynn Nottage, Matthew Neill Null, Katie Peterson, Mark Polizzotti, Spencer Reece, Kirstin Valdez Quade, Jesmyn Ward

Music Awards

Brett Banducci, Robert Carl, Keith Fitch, Chia-Yu Hsu, Michael Korie, Thomas Kotcheff, Robert Kyr, Hannah Lash, Scott Lee, James Maraniss, Dylan Mattingly, Jeffrey Parola, Huang Ruo, Sean Shepherd, Kate Soper, Sonnet Swire, Lewis Spratlan, Liliya Ugay, Amy Williams, Eric Wubbels, Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon