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  • Shaping Clay in Ancient Iran

    This exhibition of ceramics produced in northwestern Iran highlights animal-shaped vessels as well as jars and bowls decorated with animal figures.

    September 8, 2018 – March 13, 2020

    Asian Art Museum Sackler Gallery

  • Xu Bing: Monkeys Grasp for the Moon

    This whimsical sculpture, hanging from the atrium to the refllecting pool, is composed of 21 laminated wood pieces, with each forming the word "monkey" in a dozen different languages.

    October 14, 2017 – March 13, 2020

    Asian Art Museum Sackler Gallery

  • In Mid-Sentence

    This exhibition presents a selection of photographs from the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery’s collection that depict moments of communication, and place them within their socio-historical contexts.

    May 3, 2019 – March 8, 2020

    Portrait Gallery

  • Portrait of Julie Packard by Hope Gangloff

    On display is a newly commissioned painting of Julie Packard, a leading figure in science and ocean conservation and the executive director of the Monterey Bay Aquarium.

    April 23, 2019 – February 24, 2020

    Portrait Gallery

  • Jeffrey Veregge: Of Gods and Heroes

    This site-specific work includes an epic battle between Marvel characters and aliens invading the streets of New York City.

    October 6, 2018 – February 17, 2020

    American Indian Museum New York

  • My Iran: Six Women Photographers

    The artists featured in My Iran: Six Women Photographers explore the complexities of life within and outside their home country.

    August 10, 2019 – February 9, 2020

    Asian Art Museum Sackler Gallery

  • Feel the Sun in Your Mouth: Recent Acquisitions

    Noteworthy new acquisitions to the Hirshhon permanent collection are on display.

    August 24, 2019 – February 2, 2020

    Hirshhorn Museum

  • Good as Gold: Fashioning Senegalese Women

    Good as Gold examines the production, display, and circulation of gold in Senegal as it celebrates a significant gift of gold jewelry to the National Museum of African Art’s collection.

    October 24, 2018 – February 2, 2020

    African Art Museum

  • Everyday Luxury: Silk Quilts from the National Collection

    A rare showing of the museum’s collection of late 19th-century silk quilts meant to be admired in the home.

    July 30, 2019 – January 20, 2020

    American History Museum

  • Nature—Cooper Hewitt Design Triennial

    Nature addresses the ways designers are exploring sustainable production methods, identifying new ways for protecting future generations, and deepening the understanding of, and relationship with, nature.

    May 10, 2019 – January 20, 2020

    Cooper Hewitt Design Museum

  • Michael Sherrill Retrospective

    In his delicately rendered sculptures in clay, glass, and metal, Michael Sherrill seeks to elicit a sense of wonder from viewers, and to make them see the natural world anew.

    June 28, 2019 – January 5, 2020

    Renwick Gallery

  • David Best's Temple

    David Best’s Temple transforms the Renwick Gallery’s Bettie Rubenstein Grand Salon into a glowing sanctuary, offering visitors a quiet place to reflect and pay tribute to lost loved ones.

    March 30, 2018 – January 5, 2020

    Renwick Gallery

  • Ginny Ruffner: Reforestation of the Imagination

    Ginny Ruffner (b. 1952) has imagined a gloriously complex and colorful alternative environment that viewers can access using AR’s technological lens.

    June 28, 2019 – January 5, 2020

    Renwick Gallery

  • Portraits of the World: Korea

    Pioneering feminist artist Yun Suk Nam (born 1939) uses portraiture to gain insights into the lives of women, past and present.

    December 14, 2018 – November 17, 2019

    Portrait Gallery

  • Nature by Design: Paisley

    Design’s tear-drop shaped motif popularly known as paisley has persisted, and its timeline of design variations reflect a diversity of natural forms.

    April 12, 2019 – November 11, 2019

    Cooper Hewitt Design Museum

  • Whistler in Watercolor

    Whistler in Watercolor introduces museum visitors to the artist’s vast creative output and provides wide access to a rarely seen segment of his work.

    May 18, 2019 – November 3, 2019

    Asian Art Museum Freer Gallery

  • Recent Acquisitions

    As the Portrait Gallery turns the corner on a new decade of its legacy, the museum presents an exhibition of historic and contemporary works newly acquired for its growing collection.

    November 16, 2018 – November 3, 2019

    Portrait Gallery

  • The Way of the Kami

    Shinto centers on worship of kami (deities) that reside in the landscape, natural phenomena, and deceased ancestors. This exhibition highlights the artistic culture of Shinto belief.

    May 11, 2019 – November 3, 2019

    Asian Art Museum Freer Gallery

  • Iridescence

    Objects ranging from ancient to the contemporary show how the optical effects of iridescence have maintained a lasting impact on design.

    July 28, 2018 – October 27, 2019

    Cooper Hewitt Design Museum

  • Nature by Design: Katagami

    This exhibition highlights the traditional Japanese craft of katagami: paper stencils carved by master artisans for use in decorating textiles. 

    March 30, 2019 – October 27, 2019

    Cooper Hewitt Design Museum

  • Nature by Design: Embroidered and Embellished

    Throughout history, designers have observed nature, investigated its materials, and imitated and abstracted its patterns and shapes. A fanciful, romantic, and stylized interpretation of nature embellished men’s waistcoats in 18th-century France.

    March 30, 2019 – October 27, 2019

    Cooper Hewitt Design Museum

  • Painting the Classics: Japanese Scrolls and Beyond

    Painting the Classics comprises three exhibitions that explore how early modern Japanese artists reimagined narratives and poetry from Japan’s classical age.

    June 1, 2019 – October 20, 2019

    Asian Art Museum Freer Gallery

  • Painting the Classics: Presence and Absence

    Painting the Classics comprises three exhibitions that explore how early modern Japanese artists reimagined narratives and poetry from Japan’s classical age.

    May 11, 2019 – October 15, 2019

    Asian Art Museum Freer Gallery

  • Imperfectly Beautiful: Inventing Japanese Ceramic Style

    As the innovators the Japanese tea ceremony began to emphasize individuality, they turned to local potters for fresh interpretations of tea ceramics.

    October 14, 2017 – October 15, 2019

    Asian Art Museum Freer Gallery

  • Painting the Classics: Japanese Screens

    Painting the Classics comprises three exhibitions that explore how early modern Japanese artists reimagined narratives and poetry from Japan’s classical age.

    May 25, 2019 – October 15, 2019

    Asian Art Museum Freer Gallery


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