Postmodern Art | smithsonianmag.comhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/tag/postmodern-art/RSS feed for Postmodern ArtenFri, 27 Jun 2025 20:43:38 +0000The Louvre Invited 100 Contemporary Artists to Copy—and Reinterpret—Its Masterpieces. Here's What They Madehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-louvre-invited-100-contemporary-artists-to-copy-and-reinterpret-its-masterpieces-heres-what-they-made-180986881/The results range from faithful reproductions to complete reinventions of renowned works by artists such as Delacroix, Goya and VermeerFri, 27 Jun 2025 20:43:38 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-louvre-invited-100-contemporary-artists-to-copy-and-reinterpret-its-masterpieces-heres-what-they-made-180986881/How the Hirshhorn Museum Went From Iconoclast to Iconhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/hirshhorn-museum-building-went-from-iconoclast-icon-180984914/Celebrating 50 years of the modernist masterpiece that shocked critics—and helped turn Washington into an arts capitalThu, 29 Aug 2024 18:33:13 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/hirshhorn-museum-building-went-from-iconoclast-icon-180984914/Visitor Accidentally Shatters $42,000 Jeff Koons Sculpture at Art Fairhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/jeff-koons-balloon-dog-shattered-miami-180981671/Collectors are now interested in buying the pieces of "Balloon Dog (Blue)"Tue, 21 Feb 2023 20:07:33 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/jeff-koons-balloon-dog-shattered-miami-180981671/Major Donation to MoMA Spotlights a Century of Women Photographershttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/moma-receives-donation-100-photographs-women-artists-180977128/Newly announced gift of 100 works by 76 artists runs the gamut from photojournalism to experimental imagesTue, 02 Mar 2021 18:33:23 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/moma-receives-donation-100-photographs-women-artists-180977128/Jeff Koons’ ‘Rabbit’ Breaks the Auction Record for Most Expensive Work by Living Artisthttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/jeff-koons-rabbit-breaks-auction-record-most-expensive-work-living-artist-180972219/The stainless steel sculpture sold for $91.1 million, surpassing the $90.2 million record set by David Hockney last NovemberFri, 17 May 2019 20:25:30 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/jeff-koons-rabbit-breaks-auction-record-most-expensive-work-living-artist-180972219/Collaborative “Mail Art” Puts the Post in Postmodernismhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/collaborative-mail-art-puts-post-postmodernism-180969783/Letters, envelopes and enclosures take center stage in an intimate new art showMon, 30 Jul 2018 20:00:41 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/collaborative-mail-art-puts-post-postmodernism-180969783/What a Pair of Empty Blackboards Can Teach Us About Art and Social Changehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/what-pair-empty-blackboards-can-teach-us-about-art-social-change-180965304/Can art alter the course of history? Should artists even try? Joseph Beuys said yes and yesMon, 23 Oct 2017 10:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/what-pair-empty-blackboards-can-teach-us-about-art-social-change-180965304/How a "Snowman" Lasted the Entire Summer In Chicagohttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/snowman-lasted-entire-summer-chicago-180964823/The icy Fischli/Weiss art installation on top of the Art Institute survived the swelter of the Windy City and will go on display next in San FranciscoMon, 11 Sep 2017 16:24:50 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/snowman-lasted-entire-summer-chicago-180964823/This Moscow Subway Car Brings an Art Museum to Commutershttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/moscow-subway-car-art-museum-180963043/Experience some of Russia’s most notable pieces of art while traveling by trainWed, 26 Apr 2017 23:33:30 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/moscow-subway-car-art-museum-180963043/Ask an Expert: What is the Difference Between Modern and Postmodern Art?https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/ask-an-expert-what-is-the-difference-between-modern-and-postmodern-art-87883230/A curator from the Hirshhorn Museum explains how art historians define the two classificationsFri, 23 Sep 2011 03:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/ask-an-expert-what-is-the-difference-between-modern-and-postmodern-art-87883230/