For protest artists, what receives the image is often of little importance; it is the image’s political message that is vital
Scientists mix microorganisms with agar, a jelly-like substance from seaweed, to create amazing illustrations in petri dishes
Decades after she painted this canvas, a new show reconsiders a misunderstood Swiss artist
The front lines of a terrible epidemic, through the eyes of a young doctor profoundly touched by tragedy
An unfinished Civil War memorial became an allegory for peace—and a scene of insurrection
Cooper Hewitt is collecting album covers designed by this important designer, who contributed to the Black cultural scene in the late 1960s
The overlooked Mississippi painter's strong connection to the South infused her work
The arduous process, says the Smithsonian's Richard Kurin, is "a victory over violent extremism"
More than 50 years later, the new show combines the works of 100 established and emerging artists
Jim McDowell, known to many simply as “the Black Potter,” is a ceramicist who specializes in a craft with deep connections to lost histories
Julia Kwon’s interactive art projects facilitate solidarity and community
A new project seeks to elevate artists like Harry T. Burleigh and Florence Price, whose work has been ignored by white audiences
From the storage vaults of the National Museum of the American Indian, a small, copper sculpture points to a different sense of place
Admas draws from and rearranges “golden era” Ethiopian music with then-fairly-new synthesizer and drum-machine rhythms.
Join Smithsonian's NMAAHC for book talks, kid programs, artist meetups and a STEM Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon
Exploring the origins of the exhibition that combines innovative printmaking practices with social justice
Photographer and scientist Nathan Myhrvold has developed a camera that captures snowflakes at a microscopic level never seen before
Curator Eleanor Harvey shares the story of Robert Duncanson and his artwork
Professors in California and Wyoming use the unique palettes to teach geology
U.S. artist George Peter Alexander Healy’s presidential portraiture, conceived years after the sitter passed away
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