Philip Pearlstein Painted the Naked Truth
Smithsonian curators remember the celebrated artist, who died last month at 98, and who viewed humanity with biting realism
Why the U.S. Rejected—Then Embraced—a Detroit Industrialist's Rare Collection of Asian Art
The legacy of voracious collector Charles Lang Freer, a good friend of James McNeill Whistler, is marked by tension and irony
The Unrivaled Legacy of Dale Chihuly
The pioneering glassmaker and octogenarian is the subject of a new Smithsonian Channel documentary
The Story Behind One of the Most-Mocked Paintings in U.S. History
Long ridiculed, the Howard Chandler Christy artwork of the signing of the U.S. Constitution shows democracy at its most realistic
The Lost Story of Lexington, the Record-Breaking Thoroughbred, Races Back to Life
For her latest novel “Horse,” the Pulitzer-prize winning author Geraldine Brooks found inspiration in the Smithsonian collections
Before the Riddler, Batman's Archenemy Was Hitler
A Smithsonian collection of vintage Golden Age comic books tells a story of WWII propaganda, patriotism and support of the war effort
The Revolutionary Portraiture of Hung Liu
For this large-scale retrospective of the Asian American artist, who died this summer, east meets west in an exquisite collision
Stand Aside, Old Masters: This Feminist Artist Is Cultivating Her Old Mistress Legacy
Now 90 years old, the renowned photorealist Audrey Flack shows no sign of slowing down
The Story Behind the Photography Studio That Captured America
For generations, Bachrach Photographers made everyone, from JFK to Duke Ellington to everyday people, look great
