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UPDATED: Iconic Obama Portrait at National Portrait Gallery

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At the Hirshhorn, Crouching Spider, Hidden Meaning?

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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Around the Web: New Yorker Photographers on National Portrait Gallery Subjects

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Smithsonian Events Week of 1/5-1/11: Bette Davis and George W. Bush

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Visitors Get to Play Games at American Art

The Battle of Actium, c. 1680.

The Divine Art of Tapestries

The long-forgotten art form receives a long overdue renaissance in an exhibit featuring centuries-old woven tapestries

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Smithsonian Weekend Events, December 19-21: Christmas, Jim Henson Style

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American Art Showcases Two Sides of Nature in Photographs

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Barack Obama is the Man of the Moment at the Portrait Gallery

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Smithsonian Events Week of 12/15-21

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Smithsonian Weekend Events December 12-14

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Founder of the National Museum of African Art Dies

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Calling All Trophy Holders: Artist Wants Yours

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Smithsonian Events Week of December 8-14

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Smithsonian Says Goodbye to Odetta

A look back on the performer’s life

A crocheted coral reef

Smithsonian Events Week of 12/1-7

John White likely did this study of a male Atlantic loggerhead on a stop in the West Indies en route to "Virginia" in 1585. "Their heads, feet, and tails look very ugly, like those of a venomous serpent," wrote Thomas Harriot, the expedition's scientist, of New World tortoises. "Nevertheless they are very good to eat, as are their eggs."

Sketching the Earliest Views of the New World

The watercolors that John White produced in 1585 gave England its first startling glimpse of America

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Sneak Peek at the film Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian

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What’s Cooking: Turkeys at the Smithsonian

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