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Tokens of Affection and Regard: Photographic Jewelry and Its MakersOctober 24, 2008 - June 21, 2009 This poignant exhibition, drawn primarily from the collection of Larry J. West, features rare and exquisite jewelry containing portraits in the 19th century's four main photographic processes -- daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, tintypes, and paper prints. |
Portrait Gallery |
The Panza Collection and Ways of Seeing: Giuseppe and Giovanna PanzaOctober 23, 2008 - January 11, 2009 Two exhibitions are on view: The Panza Collection and Ways of Seeing |
Hirshhorn Museum |
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Garden and Cosmos: The Royal Paintings of Jodhpur October 11, 2008 - January 4, 2009 This groundbreaking exhibition of recently rediscovered Indian paintings from the royal court collection of Marwar-Jodhpur (in the modern state of Rajasthan) has three sections devoted to the garden and cosmos leitmotifs. |
Sackler Gallery |
Women of Our Time: Twentieth-Century PhotographsOctober 10, 2008 - February 1, 2009 |
Portrait Gallery |
Desert Jewels: North African Jewelry and Photography from the Xavier Guerrand-Hermes CollectionOctober 8, 2008 - January 11, 2009 Highlights from the collection are on view. |
African Art Museum |
Lino Tagliapietra in Retrospect: A Modern Renaissance in GlassOctober 3, 2008 - January 11, 2009 This exhibition is the first retrospective to thoroughly examine the art of Italian master glass blower Lino Tagliapietra. |
Renwick Gallery |
Through the Eyes of the Eagle: Illustrating Healthy Living for ChildrenOctober 3, 2008 - January 4, 2009 See nearly 70 original watercolors used in the Eagle Books -- a diabetes-prevention series developed for Native schoolchildren. |
American Indian Museum |
Through the Eyes of the Eagle: Illustrating Healthy Living for ChildrenOctober 3, 2008 - January 4, 2009 See nearly 70 original watercolors used in the Eagle Books -- a diabetes-prevention series developed for Native schoolchildren. |
American Indian Museum Heye Center |
Wall Stories: Children's Wallpaper and BooksOctober 3, 2008 - April 5, 2009 This exhibition explores the relationship between wallpapers and books created for children. |
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum |
Solos: Tulou/Affordable Housing for ChinaOctober 3, 2008 - April 5, 2009 In the fifth installment of the "Solos" series, the museum presents Tulou, a prototype for affordable housing being built in the city of Guangzhou by the Chinese architectural practice Urbanus. |
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum |
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The Sant Ocean Hall Focus Gallery: Going to Sea September 27, 2008 - January 10, 2010 |
Natural History Museum |
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Georgia O'Keeffe and Ansel Adams: Natural Affinities September 26, 2008 - January 4, 2009 |
American Art Museum |
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Identity by Design: Tradition, Change, and Celebration in Native Women's Dresses September 26, 2008 - February 7, 2010 This exhibition highlights Native women's identity through traditional dress and its contemporary evolution. |
American Indian Museum Heye Center |
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Green Light: A Juried Exhibition of Emerging Artists with Disabilities September 17, 2008 - January 21, 2009 View works by 15 award-winning emerging artists with disabilities, ages 16 to 25. |
Ripley Center |
Posters from the Division of Community Education (DIVEDCO) of Puerto Rico, 1949-1989September 17, 2008 - January 25, 2009 Examples of Puerto Rican poster art from the late 1940s to the late 1980s are on view. |
Ripley Center |
Four Indian KingsSeptember 12, 2008 - January 25, 2009 The year 2008 marked the 225th anniversary of the Treaty of Paris which ended the American Revolution. To commemorate this event, the National Portrait Gallery exhibited the earliest surviving full-length oil portraits of North American aboriginal people painted from life. |
Portrait Gallery |
Curators Select: Recent Acquisitions, 2003-2008September 12, 2008 - March 1, 2009 This exhibition features recent acquisitions to all four of the museum's collecting departments: Product Design and Decorative Arts; Drawings, Prints and Graphic Design; Textiles; and Wallcoverings. |
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum |
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Outdoor Sculpture: Obelisk September 11, 2008 - August 16, 2009 Obelisk (1987, ed. 2/6) is a 15 1/2 foot-tall, 1,500-pound, cast-bronze sculpture by renowned Native American artist Fritz Scholder (1937-2005; Luiseno) that was inspired by his long fascination with all things Egyptian. |
American Indian Museum |
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Moving Perspectives -- Yang Fudong/Cao Fei and Ou Ning September 6, 2008 - November 30, 2008 |
Sackler Gallery |
Black Box: SemiconductorAugust 25, 2008 - December 14, 2008 The Black Box Theater showcases rotating exhibitions of contemporary artists who use film or video as their creative medium. Films or videos run continuously. |
Hirshhorn Museum |