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Smithsonian Voices

Large-scale installation, "The Throne of the Third Heaven," made of many silver and gold component parts.

Caring for an American Art Treasure

A peek into the world of conservation and the meticulous care of James Hampton’s "The Throne of the Third Heaven."

Anna Nielsen, Eliza MacDonald, Katya Zinsli | May 2, 2024

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Artists at the Center: Celebrating Black History Month

Hear Black artists speak about their life and work in a selection of videos

SAAM | February 4, 2022

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"Niagara" by George Inness: Familiar and Strange

A closer look at the late-19th-century landscape of "Niagara" by George Inness.

Alexander Jackson | April 5, 2019

Ernest Lawson's Gold Mining, Cripple Creek

Art Bites: Gold Mining, Cripple Creek

Art Bites is a new series on Eye Level based on lunchtime talks at the museum. They feature the voices of SAAM's research fellows who share their discoveries about artworks from the collection. Michaela Rife was the 2017-2018 Joe and Wanda Corn Predoctoral Fellow at SAAM, where she researched the environmental history of New Deal murals on the American Great Plains. She is a PhD Candidate at the University of Toronto and is currently working on her dissertation as a Tyson Scholar of American Art at Crystal Bridges.

Michaela Rife | December 11, 2018
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