Sargent made his portraits in charcoal—a medium that allowed completion in less than three hours rather than the weeks it took for his full-length oils
An exhibition from the Archives of American Art asks artists—and the viewer—to ponder what makes art feminist, and how that definition has evolved
An exhibition at the Art Gallery of Ontario shows how magicians enticed audiences with advertisements of levitations, decapitations and other deceptions
An artist's 3-D recreation of the immense mammal probes the paradox of efforts to bring such animals back in the lab
The launch of a new open access platform ushers in a new era of accessibility for the Institution
The Cuban American artist has long been a creative force. Now she’s having her big moment—in her tenth decade
The story of Shonke Mon-thi^, a hidden figure in American history, is now recovered at the National Portrait Gallery
In 1950, an exhibition of the famed artist's paintings toured Europe in a promotional campaign of American culture
It might be cold and labor intensive, but that doesn’t stop artists from testing their ice sculpting skills at the World Ice Art Championships in Fairbanks
Women inventors, baseball stamps and a new Kusama Infinity Room are among the offerings
Janet Echelman, Yayoi Kusama and Dale Chihuly are just a few of the artists making massive sculptures for the year ahead
Neuroscientists determined that certain "sensory maps" in the brain become more refined when people use their feet like hands
Smithsonian curator Saisha Grayson examines the legacy of one of the greats of American Art
With landscapes infused with an emotion borne of a life of struggle, this master receives his due in this traveling retrospective now at the Smithsonian
An alliance between dance impresario Alvin Ailey and photographer Jack Mitchell yielded more than 10,000 images
One of the most iconic food brands was born in the imagination of a teenager, Antonio Gentile. Curator Kathleen Franz introduces the story
At the Portrait Gallery, a new show gets at the visual heart of competitive camaraderie roiling within artist colonies
An upcoming Hirshhorn collection exhibition will honor the artist’s seven-decade career
At the African Art Museum the inspiring stories of 50 individuals from the continent are honored in classical and contemporary works of art
To safeguard cultural heritage, a massive Smithsonian-led cultural rescue operation can now be mobilized to help countries recover from disaster
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