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Exhibition Title | Museum |
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The Art of Video GamesMarch 16, 2012 - September 30, 2012 In this exhibition, the museum is the first to comprehensively examine the evolution of video games as an artistic medium. |
American Art Museum |
MathAliveMarch 10, 2012 - June 3, 2012 Learn math concepts in a fun, interactive, hands-on setting. |
Ripley Center |
Masters of Mercy: Buddha's Amazing DisciplesMarch 10, 2012 - July 8, 2012 Selections from Kano Kazunobu's 100-painting series depicting Buddhist disciples at work are featured. |
Sackler Gallery |
In Vibrant Color: Vintage Celebrity Portraits from the Harry Warnecke StudioMarch 2, 2012 - September 9, 2012 Some of the first celebrity photographs to appear in color were created by Harry Warnecke in the 1930s for the New York Daily News. See 24 of Warnecke's celebrity portraits from the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s. |
Portrait Gallery |
New Acquisition: The BMI Archives Confederate Music CollectionMarch 1, 2012 - July 13, 2012 Sheet music lyrics and imagery published in the Confederacy provide insight into the mindset, values, and beliefs of their creators and consumers. |
American History Museum |
Goryeo Buddhist Paintings: A Closer LookFebruary 25, 2012 - May 28, 2012 Three rare icons from the late Goryeo dynasty that have never been shown together epitomize a golden age in Korean Buddhist art. |
Sackler Gallery |
Suprasensorial: Experiments in Light, Color, and SpaceFebruary 23, 2012 - August 12, 2012 The international light-and-space art movement of the mid- and late 20th century is explored through large-scale installations by five South American artists. |
Hirshhorn Museum |
Hokusai: Paintings and DrawingsFebruary 18, 2012 - June 24, 2012 View a selection of important Hokusai paintings and drawings, including three masterworks: Thunder God, Fisherman, and Woodcutter. |
Freer Gallery |
Winged Spirits: Birds in Chinese PaintingFebruary 11, 2012 - August 12, 2012 Often endowed with strong symbolic associations, birds in Chinese paintings are rendered in such fine detail that more than 35 species can be scientifically identified. |
Freer Gallery |
IndiVisible: African-Native American Lives in the AmericasFebruary 9, 2012 - October 1, 2012 This exhibition explores the cultural integration and diffusion of African American and American Indian people, especially those of blended heritage. |
American Indian Museum Heye Center |
X-Ray Vision: Fish Inside OutFebruary 4, 2012 - August 5, 2012 X-rays of some of the fish in the museum's collection reveal delicate and exquisite details and help scientists understand the evolutionary development of fish. |
Natural History Museum |
Dark Matters: Selections from the CollectionFebruary 3, 2012 - January 6, 2013 Dark Matters brings together works from the Hirshhorn’s collection that draw upon the associations and implications of darkness. The meanings of darkness are many, and throughout this exhibition, seeing in the dark involves questioning what you see. |
Hirshhorn Museum |
Memories Arrested in SpaceJanuary 28, 2012 - June 4, 2012 See family photographs, letters, writings, and scrapbooks related to artist Jackson Pollock (1912-1956) to celebrate the centennial of his birth. |
Archives of American Art |
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January 28, 2012 - July 29, 2012 View a selection of important Hokusai screens. |
Freer Gallery |
Slavery at Jefferson's Monticello: Paradox of LibertyJanuary 27, 2012 - October 14, 2012 Learn about slavery in America through the lives of six slave families living at Thomas Jefferson's Monticello plantation. |
American History Museum |
Portrait of Alice WatersJanuary 21, 2012 - November 30, 2012 See Dave Woody's portrait of chef Alice Waters, founder of the restaurant Chez Panisse and the Edible Schoolyard and champion of the Slow Food Movement. |
Portrait Gallery |
Annie Leibovitz: PilgrimageJanuary 20, 2012 - May 20, 2012 The images in this collection chart a new direction for Annie Leibovitz, one of America's best known living photographers, whose career now spans more than 40 years. |
American Art Museum |
Fly Marines! The Centennial of Marine Corps Aviation: 1912-2012January 14, 2012 - January 13, 2013 See artwork and artifacts tracing the 100-year history of Marine Corps aviation. |
Air and Space Museum |
Behind the Scenes: The Real Story of Quileute WolvesJanuary 13, 2012 - May 9, 2012 See rare artworks and objects from the Quileute Nation that create a public forum for clarifying misconceptions and offering authentic interpretations of wolf mythology. |
American Indian Museum |
Juliette Gordon Low and the 100th Anniversary of Girl ScoutsJanuary 13, 2012 - January 6, 2013 Celebrate the centennial of the Girl Scouts of the United States, founded by Juliette Gordon Low in 1912. The Girl Scouts has grown from 18 members in 1912 to 3.3 million today. |
Portrait Gallery |