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Celebrate Mother’s Day With These Artworks From the Smithsonian Collections
These paintings, sculptures and illustrations honor the bonds of motherhood
John Singer Sargent ‘Abhorred’ Making His Lavish Portraits, So He Took Up Charcoal to Get the Job Done
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
Twenty Smithsonian Shows to See in 2020
Women inventors, baseball stamps and a new Kusama Infinity Room are among the offerings
Rare Chance in 2020 to See This Classic Danish Masterwork
At the Portrait Gallery, a new show gets at the visual heart of competitive camaraderie roiling within artist colonies
The Smithsonian’s Ten Splashiest New Acquisitions of 2019
This year marks the arrival of a brilliant diamond, a hybrid space rocket, exciting paintings and two darling clouded leopard cubs
A Great Wave of Hokusai
The Freer Gallery—home to the largest collection of the popular Japanese artist’s paintings—unveils 120 rarely seen works
Marcel Duchamp Played With the Definition of Art and Now the Public Can, Too
Art connoisseurs Aaron and Barbara Levine amassed a formidable body of the artist’s works; they’d like nothing better than for you to see it
At the Anacostia Community Museum, a Sleek New Look Comes with a New Director
With a hyper-local focus on neighborhood concerns, this Smithsonian museum is a mighty influencer
Lee Ufan’s Transformative Sculptures Are in Dialogue With the Spaces They Inhabit
For the first time in the Hirshhorn Museum’s history, the 4.3-acre outdoor gallery is devoted to a single artist
Women’s Voices Ring With a Resounding Roar in This New Show
The African Art Museum raises the profile of female artists showcasing their works from its collections
After More Than Eight Decades, These Exquisite Whistler Watercolors Make Their Public Debut
Freer Gallery also revamps its popular Peacock Room, returning it to the way it looked a century ago
This Performance Art Piece Is Being Served Up With Tasty, Warm Bowls of Curry
Amid evolving images of protest and strife, Rirkrit Tiravanija’s art at the Hirshhorn satisfies both visually and nutritionally
Meet the Master Muralist Who Inspired Today’s Generation of Paleoartists
The treasured Jay Matternes murals of lost Mesozoic worlds are featured in a new Smithsonian book
The Gardens Around the National Mall Are Growing Giant Nests and Fanciful Tunnels
The new exhibition “Habitat” is a whimsical, art-filled lesson on ecosystems and how they work
How Blacksmiths Forged a Powerful Status Across the Continent of Africa
Iron tools, weapons, musical instruments and sculptures tell a tale of centuries of the craft’s influence
How the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians Held On in Palm Springs
The one-mile square area, known as Section 14, competes for sovereignty with the wealthy in Southern California
For Tiffany Chung, Finding Vietnam’s Forgotten Stories Began as a Personal Quest
To map the post-war exodus, the artist turned to interviews and deep research, starting with her own father’s past
How American Artists Engaged with Morality and Conflict During the Vietnam War
The Smithsonian American Art Museum’s new show documents the turbulent decade and the provocative dialog happening in a diverse art community
Breakthrough Korean Feminist Artist Yun Suknam in Her First U.S. Museum Exhibition
With an assemblage portrait of her mother as the focal piece, the artist’s work is surrounded by the works of those who inspired her
NASA Won’t Be Going ‘Back’ to the Moon—It Wants to Go Beyond It
At a 50th-anniversary event for Apollo 8, NASA’s Jim Bridenstine envisioned the moon’s potential for future space exploration
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