Smithsonian American Art Museum
Martin Puryear’s Hometown Retrospective Brings the World Renowned Artist Back to His Roots
After treks to Africa, Scandinavia and Japan, Puryear’s works go on display at the Smithsonian, where he first developed his curiosity for world cultures
How Ferris Bueller's Day Off Perfectly Illustrates the Power of Art Museums
Three decades after it premiered, the coming-of-age film remains a classic
Famous for His Rocking Chair, Sam Maloof Made Furniture That Had Soul
A centennial appreciation for this master of mid-century modernism is underway with a California exhibition and an upcoming seminar
How Frida Kahlo's Love Letter Shaped Romance for Punk Poet Patti Smith
Sealed with a kiss, the 1940 note reflects the "earthly human love" between Kahlo and fellow artist Diego Rivera
New Exhibition Featuring Picasso, O'Keeffe, Hopper and Many Others Brings Modernism Into Focus
The artistic risk and adventure of 20th-century modernism is explored at the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Why Ellsworth Kelly Was a Giant in the World of American Art
The artist’s minimalism put the essence of his subjects above all
How One Artist Learned to Sculpt the Wind
Artist Janet Echelman studied ancient craft, travel the world and now collaborates with a team of specialists to choreograph the movement of air
Artist Gabriel Dawe Made a Rainbow Out of 60 Miles of Thread
The artwork is an optical illusion that delights the senses; as if the artist embroidered the air
Leo Villareal's 23,000 Points of Light Illuminate the Renwick Gallery
With tens of thousands of individual LEDS, a dangling light sculpture majestically redefines the grand staircase at the Renwick
This Artist Recreated a Magnificent 40-Foot-Tall Tree From the Cascade Mountains by Hand
Artist John Grade painstakingly built a 150-year-old giant hemlock out of half a million blocks of reclaimed wood
This Tilting, Twirling Artwork, Sculpted Entirely of Sticks, Is Having a Shindig
Stick man Patrick Dougherty’s sculptures evoke a playful urge to crawl inside
What Do One Million Index Cards, Stacked Atop Each Other, Look Like? Artist Tara Donovan Does It Again
The artist's looming installation recalls the volcanic fairy chimneys of Turkey’s Cappadocia region
Maya Lin Used 54,000 Marbles to Model the Chesapeake Bay
The artist’s highly imaginative waterway was created using satellite imagery from NASA
How Thousands of Dead Bugs Become a Mesmerizing Work of Extraordinary Beauty
With much love for the insect world, artist Jennifer Angus crafts an installation made entirely out of beetles, cicadas, katydids and weevils
The Renwick's New Lighting Saves Energy, Money, Art, and Your Eyes, All at the Same Time
There’s way more to it than just screwing in the bulb and the museum’s chief lighting designer is turning it into an artform
The Renwick’s Curator-in-Charge On What It Means to Open Ourselves to Wonder
Before the renovation, Nicholas Bell asked nine artists to tour the building and think deeply about public spaces dedicated to art
The Renwick: Finally The Gem It Was Meant to Be
When the newly renovated museum reopens this month, one of Washington D.C.’s most storied buildings will be elegantly reborn
A Major Retrospective of Photographer Irving Penn Includes Previously Unseen Works
At the Smithsonian American Art Museum, view works from the master photographer’s 70-year career
This Stunning Contemporary Art Captures Terror, Wonder and Wit in the Anthropocene
Smithsonian art historian Joanna Marsh selects nine works that tell stories about life in the age of humans
This Interactive Installation Rains a Poem Down on Viewers
Artists Camille Utterback and Romy Achituv wrote the software that drives an artwork, in which onlookers catch letters falling on a large screen
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