About

Vanessa holds two master’s degrees in art history and library and information science from the University of Texas at Austin. Her research and writing interests include artists’ archives, artists’ books, bias in library classification systems, the future of art libraries and art publishing, and more. She has a background in music and has performed as a singer in bands. Vanessa also enjoys photography and writing.

Blog Posts

    Publications

    Refereed Publications

    “The Tenacious Book, Part 1: The Curious State of Art and Architecture Library Collections in a Digital Era,” Art Documentation: Journal of the Art Libraries Society of North America  33:1 (spring 2014).

    “The Tenacious Book, Part 2: Publishers’ Views on the Once and Future State of the Art Book,” Art Documentation: Journal of the Art Libraries Society of North America  33:1 (spring 2014).

    Non-refereed publications

    “Introduction,” Martin Wong Catalogue Raisonne, accessed November 8, 2022, https://exhibits.stanford.edu/martin-wong

    “Denise Lapointe, Editions Denise Lapointe” and “Thomas Ingmire.” In Materialia Lumina: Contemporary Artists’ Books from the CODEX International Book Fair, edited by Elizabeth A. Fischbach and Nann Parrett, 231-234; 346-350.  Berkeley and Stanford: The CODEX Foundation and Stanford Libraries, 2022.

    “Archives As Art: The Accumulations of Felipe Ehrenberg and Lynn Hershman Leeson,” Imprint 26:3 (fall/winter 2007/2008).

    “Subject Headings for Aboriginal Peoples: The Power of Naming,” Art Documentation 26:2 (fall 2007).

    “Merce Cunningham in Conversation with John Rockwell,” Stanford Presidential Lectures in the Arts and Humanities (2005). http://prelectur.stanford.edu/lecturers/cunningham/

    “Cultural Calamities: Damage to Iraq’s Libraries, Museums, and Archaeological Sites During the U.S.-Led War on Iraq,” in Art Documentation (spring 2004).

    Felipe Ehrenberg: A Neologist’s Art & Archive.  Stanford: Stanford University Libraries, 2003.

    With Adán Griego.  “José Guadalupe Posada and the Taller de Gráfica Popular: Mexican Popular Prints,” in José Guadalupe Posada and the Taller de Gráfica Popular: Mexican Popular Prints.  Stanford: Stanford University Libraries, 2002.

    “On Collecting and Exhibiting Art Objects in Libraries, Archives, and Research Institutes,” in Art Documentation 20 (fall 2001): 10–15.

    “Matt Phillips: The Magic In His Prints,” in Matt Phillips: The Magic In His Prints. Stanford: Stanford University Libraries, 2001.

    “Isomorphism,” in Poetics, Politics, and Song: Contemporary Latin American / Latino(a) Artists’ Books.  New Haven: Arts of the Book Collection, Yale University, 2000.

     

    D. Vanessa Kam

    Profile picture of D. Vanessa Kam

    @dvkam

    Active 3 hours, 37 minutes ago