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Separate and Unequaled: Black Baseball in the District of Columbia May 18, 2008 - October 5, 2008 |
Anacostia Community Museum |
Ballyhoo! Posters as PortraitureMay 9, 2008 - February 8, 2009 Featuring 61 pieces from the late 19th century to the present, this exhibition demonstrates how posters function as portraiture. |
Portrait Gallery |
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Aaron Douglas: African American Modernist May 9, 2008 - August 3, 2008 |
American Art Museum |
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MURAQQA': Imperial Mughal Albums from the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin May 3, 2008 - August 3, 2008 |
Sackler Gallery |
Herblock's Presidents: "Puncturing Pomposity"May 2, 2008 - November 30, 2008 This exhibition reveals how one of America's greatest political cartoonists—Herbert Lawrence Block—viewed the American presidency for most of the 20th century. |
Portrait Gallery |
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Black Box: Kimsooja April 28, 2008 - August 17, 2008 Film by Kimsooja A Laundry Woman, Yamuna River, Delhi (2000). |
Hirshhorn Museum |
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Botanica Magnifica April 18, 2008 - November 4, 2008 On view in this research case is a single image of wild ginger (Hedychium longicornutum) from the five-volume work Botanica Magnifica, a collection that includes photographs of specimens in the Smithsonian's living plant collections taken by Jonathan Singer. |
Natural History Museum |
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Treasures 2008 April 17, 2008 - August 24, 2008 Treasures 2008 showcases 74 artworks made of ivory ranging from small personal objects, such as containers and jewelry, to large public objects, such as carved tusks and staffs. |
African Art Museum |
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The Lost Amazon: The Photographic Journey of Legendary Botanist Richard Evans Schultes April 17, 2008 - November 2, 2008 Black-and-white photographs of the Amazon River and adjacent regions -- including portraits of people, landscapes, and plants. |
Natural History Museum |
Edward Steichen: PortraitsApril 11, 2008 - September 1, 2008 During his tenure as chief photographer for Condé Nast’s Vanity Fair from 1923 to1936, Edward Steichen created compelling portraits of many of that era’s most celebrated personalities |
Portrait Gallery |
Zaida Ben-Yusuf: New York Portrait PhotographerApril 11, 2008 - September 1, 2008 Photographer Zaida Ben-Yusuf (1869-1933) was an important figure in the pictorialist photography movement in late 19th and early 20th century New York. |
Portrait Gallery |
Classically Greek: Coins and Bank Notes from Antiquity to TodayApril 10, 2008 - June 15, 2008 View bank notes and coins that vividly portray Greek culture, history, and mythology. These common objects of everyday exchange preserve rich stories about people, politics, and the powerful forces that shaped both ancient and modern Greece. |
Smithsonian Castle |
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Artists at Work March 27, 2008 - July 27, 2008 See over 70 artworks by Smithsonian staff, fellows, interns, and volunteers in a variety of media.
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Ripley Center |
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New Arrivals March 21, 2008 - January 25, 2009 This rotating exhibition highlights newly acquired objects in the National Portrait Gallery collection. |
Portrait Gallery |
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In Plane View: Abstractions of Flight March 21, 2008 - January 2, 2009 Details of the often overlooked "simple beauty" of aircraft and spacecraft design can be seen in the 56 color photographs by museum photographer Carolyn Russo. |
Air and Space Museum |
Perspectives -- Y.Z. KamiMarch 15, 2008 - October 13, 2008 As part of the Perspectives series of contemporary Asian art, three new works by artist Y.Z. Kami are on view. |
Sackler Gallery |
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Ornament as Art: Avant-Garde Jewelry from the Helen Williams Drutt Collection March 14, 2008 - July 6, 2008 |
Renwick Gallery |
Directions: Amy Sillman: Third Person SingularMarch 13, 2008 - July 6, 2008 As part of the Directions series, works by New York-based painter Amy Sillman are on view. |
Hirshhorn Museum |
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El Anatsui's Nukae-1 (2006) March 12, 2008 - January 18, 2009 |
African Art Museum |
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El Anatsui: Gawu March 12, 2008 - September 2, 2008 |
African Art Museum |
