Editors' Picks
How Do You Make a Painting Out of Sounds?
Jennie C. Jones has the answer. Her first solo museum show opens at the Hirshhorn in May
Want to See How an Artist Creates a Painting? There’s an App for That
The Repentir app reveals an artist's creative process by allowing users to peel back layers of paint with the touch of their fingertips
24 Craft Creations That’ll Inspire You To Think Outside the Box
From fiber to glass, metal to ceramics, selections from this year's Craft Show will inspire you
Contemporary Art from Oregon’s Umatilla Indian Reservation
A compact exhibit highlights the work of seven contemporary Native American artists at New York's Gustav Heye Center
June 13, 2013
| By Leah Binkovitz
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See a digital preview of "Yoga: The Art of Transformation" opening at the Sackler Gallery this fall
Beachgoers despise the stinging animals, but photographer Aaron Ansarov finds surreal beauty in them
June 10, 2013
| By Megan Gambino
Meant to call attention to ongoing genocide and atrocity, the artistic protest will include a bone-laying ceremony, workshops and advocacy on Capitol Hill
June 07, 2013
| By Leah Binkovitz
In the 1950s progressive composers broke from the 5 line music staff to experiment with new, more expressive forms of graphic music notation
June 05, 2013
| By Jimmy Stamp
The outsider architect-artist has finally wooed the establishment, winning the Copper-Hewitt's Lifetime Achievement Award, but he's still mixing things up
June 05, 2013
| By Leah Binkovitz
For Robert Lowell and Elizabeth Bishop, a friendship between two poets left a beautiful written record
June 04, 2013
| By David C. Ward
For centuries, music notation was an inexact technique and hasty transcriptions may have resulted in this symbol
May 31, 2013
| By Jimmy Stamp
In a lab at Harvard University, Wim Noorduin cultivates microscopic crystalline flowers in glass beakers
May 29, 2013
| By Megan Gambino
The popular 46-foot-tall inflatable art installation returns to Victoria Harbor
May 24, 2013
| By Marina Koren
This British designer crochets pizzas, veggies and cakes that look almost realistic enough to eat
May 22, 2013
| By Marina Koren
Historian John Reddick looks at the people behind the neighborhood's recent reemergence as a thriving destination in the public eye
May 22, 2013
| By Leah Binkovitz
A theorist who can't stop planning has big ideas for his hometown on sustainability, equity and the right to the city
May 20, 2013
| By Leah Binkovitz
Originally from Russia, Boris Chaliapan's more than 400 covers for the weekly captured the news of the day
May 17, 2013
| By Leah Binkovitz
The diva on the drums, Sheila E. says she has no plans to slow down as she works on a solo album and autobiography
May 16, 2013
| By Leah Binkovitz
A surprising examination of the original book jacket art to The Great Gatsby
May 14, 2013
| By Jimmy Stamp
These delicate and stunning creatures are offering Smithsonian scientists a warning sign for the world's waters turning more acidic
May 14, 2013
| By Hannah Waters
Baz Luhrmann may have his take, but Smithsonian Folkways offers its own streaming soundtrack for the novel-turned-movie
May 10, 2013
| By Leah Binkovitz
From a Las Vegas Denny's with a wedding chapel to rock 'n' roll posters, this year's design award winners have a good time with great design
May 09, 2013
| By Leah Binkovitz
Artist Heather Dewey-Hagborg reconstructs the faces of strangers from genetic evidence she scavenges from the streets
May 03, 2013
| By Megan Gambino
The Repentir app reveals an artist's creative process by allowing users to peel back layers of paint with the touch of their fingertips
May 02, 2013
| By Marina Koren
Two years, two births, one Olympic Games and one global crisis–a lot can happen in one art project.
May 01, 2013
| By Leah Binkovitz
Leah Evans, whose work is for sale at the annual Smithsonian Craftshow, creates wall hangings from abstracted geogrpahies
April 26, 2013
| By Leah Binkovitz
A new book shows how the photographer creates startling images of open-pit mines, evaporation ponds and other sites of environmental degradation
April 26, 2013
| By Megan Gambino
From fiber to glass, metal to ceramics, selections from this year's Craft Show will inspire you
April 25, 2013
| By Leah Binkovitz
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