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Inauguration Tours: Smithsonian American Art Museum

No ticket to a fancy ball this Inaugural weekend? I suggest you wander up to the third floor of the Smithsonian Museum of American Art

Los Angeles-based graphic designer Shepard Fairey.

Shepard Fairey: The Artist Behind the Obama Portrait

A portrait created by a graphic designer ended up becoming the icon for the Obama campaign and an international phenomenon

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Body Art at the Hirshhorn

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Inaugural Balls on the Mall

Take a look at all the parties that will be going on at the Smithsonian museums

The artist, Robert Anderson of Darien, Connecticut, was a Yale classmate of President George W. Bush (above, detail).

George W. Bush’s Portrait at National Portrait Gallery

The official portrait of the 43rd president, striking a relaxed pose, enters the Smithsonian collections

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