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History’s Selfies: Looking at Artists Looking at Themselves
National Portrait Gallery closes out 50-year anniversary celebration after widening the view to include more women, diverse backgrounds and emerging media
Why This Body-Surfing, Sound-Blasting, Cake-Throwing DJ Belongs in a Museum
Just as his new release tops the charts, Electronic Dance Music DJ Steve Aoki says he is “blown away” to have his turntable technology in the collections
This Art Show Is Taking the Literal Pulse of America
Artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer uses biometrics to make breathtaking spectacle
Self-Taught Artist Clementine Hunter Painted the Bold Hues of Southern Life
On view at NMAAHC, Hunter’s colorful artworks depict work in the field, church on Sundays, and laundry on the line
Bill Traylor Depicted His Brutal Lifetime With Vibrant Art
A new Smithsonian show, seven years in the making, takes a deep dive into the life of a self-taught artist and former slave
Sean Scully’s Artworks Are a Study in Color, Horizon and Life’s Sorrows
With a return to the Hirshhorn following his 1995 retrospective, Scully presents his sublime Landlines series
Hirshhorn Curator Explains the Significance of the Huge Marcel Duchamp Donation
Washington D.C. art lovers Aaron and Barbara Levine promise 50 important works to the museum
Don’t Be Surprised if a Woman Sings to You in the Hirshhorn’s Sculpture Garden
The Smithsonian’s first purchase of a performance art piece is happening now, but the artist requests no photos, please
The Topsy-Turvy Worldview of Georg Baselitz
Upside-down paintings are part of a 60-year survey of the German painter and sculptor, who makes a return to the Hirshhorn
This Artist Dwells in the Clandestine World of Classified Secrets and Surveillance
MacArthur Award recipient Trevor Paglen is launching his own satellite into space this fall—as a work of art
The Point of Armenia’s Splashy Holiday Is Getting Wet
The ancient tradition of Vardavar attracts tourists to Armenia, but bring a change of clothes
How Armenian Dance Adapted Over Time and Place
Choreography, music and technique are on tap at a Folklife Festival Dance Summit
The Bitter Aftertaste of Prohibition in American History
Anti-immigration sentiment flavored that cocktail ban, historians say
Songster Dom Flemons Brings Back the Melodies of the Black Cowboy
The Latest from Folkways, a Label Marking 70 Years, revives music traditions from the African-American ranch crews of the West
Rarely Seen 19th-Century Silhouette of a Same-Sex Couple Living Together Goes On View
A new show, featuring the paper cutouts, reveals unheralded early Americans, as well as contemporary artists working with this old art form
Hamilton’s David Korins Explains What Makes the Smash Hit’s Design So Versatile
The renowned designer dishes about the new Hamilton exhibition, precision and metaphor on stage and how the turntables almost didn’t happen
First Major Swahili Coast Art Show Reveals a Diverse World of Cultural Exchange and Influence
At the Smithsonian’s African Art Museum, international influences commingle to create a farrago of artisanal splendors
A Curator’s College Find Is Revisited in the New PBS Showcase ‘Civilizations’
Debra Diamond’s story, says the show’s producer, exemplifies the ‘joy of discovery’ in a whole new way
Why “The Americans” Is Taking a Big Leap Forward to 1987
The beginning of the end of the Soviet Union provides great drama for the show’s final season
The True Story of “Trust,” Yet Another Interpretation of the Getty Kidnapping
Writers of the FX program have a much different spin than the recent movie on the same subject matter
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