Exhibitions

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Asante Bell

Kwaku Bempha (Asante artist) and unidentified blacksmith
Active early 20th century, Ghana
Double bell (dawuro, nnawuta) c. 1920
Iron, wood

Fowler Museum at UCLA, X87.1312

“Striking Iron: The Art of African Blacksmiths” Opens at Smithsonian April 17
International Traveling Exhibition Displays 225 Objects of Utility, Empowerment and Spiritual Potency
02.11.2019
African Art Museum Art Exhibitions
Drawing of man on house
Smithsonian American Art Museum Extends Critically Acclaimed Exhibition “Between Worlds: The Art of Bill Traylor” for Three Weeks Through April 7
Museum Was Closed for 27 Days During Partial Government Shutdown
02.07.2019
American Art Museum Art Exhibitions
orchid
“Orchids: Amazing Adaptations” Opens Feb. 16  
02.07.2019
Smithsonian Gardens Exhibitions
Snake Eyes exhibition photo
Hirshhorn Extends Charline von Heyl’s Critically Acclaimed Exhibition for Three Additional Months Through April 21  
Museum Was Closed for 27 Days During the Government Shutdown
02.05.2019
Hirshhorn Museum Art Exhibitions
Burns, Miss Lucy, of C.U.W.S. in Jail

Burns, Miss Lucy, of C.U.W.S. in Jail WS109 Harris & Ewing Studio (active 1905 -1977) 1917

National Portrait Gallery Presents “Votes for Women: A Portrait of Persistence”
Major Exhibition on the History of Women’s Suffrage in the U.S. Complete With the Most Comprehensive Catalog of the Movement in the Past 60 Years
02.04.2019
Portrait Gallery Exhibitions
Tranceflora, 2015–19; Sputniko! (Hiromi Ozaki)

Tranceflora, 2015–19; Sputniko! (Hiromi Ozaki) (Japanese, b. 1985) and Masaya Kushino (Japanese, b. 1982), Another Farm (Tokyo, Japan), in collaboration with National Agricultural and Research Organization (NARO) (Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan, founded 2006) and Hosoo (Kyoto, Japan, founded 1688); Glowing transgenic silk; Photo by So Morimoto

Credit:Cooper Hewitt

Cooper Hewitt and Cube Announce Projects for the 2019 Design Triennial
"Nature-Cooper Hewitt Design Triennial" Will Explore Design's Ability to Address Critical Issues Surrounding Nature, Climate and the Environment
02.01.2019
Exhibitions
Woman wearing bedazzled hearing aid

Earring Aid, Bedazzled, 2014. Designed by Elana Langer. Swarovski crystals, e6000 glue, hearing aid. Gift of Elana Langer. Photo: © Hanna Agar.

COPYRIGHT:© Hanna Agar

"Access+Abilitiy" Exhibition to be Presented at the World Economic Forum's 2019 Annual Meeting
On View in Congress Centre Jan. 22-Jan. 25, 2019
12.17.2018
Cooper Hewitt Art Exhibitions
Spanish style train station

Credit: Palm Springs train station, 1939. Photographer unknown. Courtesy Palm Springs Historical Society.

National Museum of the American Indian Presents “Section 14: The Other Palm Springs, California”  
The Story of the Agua Caliente Band’s Struggle for Justice and Rights to Their Land in Palm Springs
12.13.2018
American Indian Museum Exhibitions
gallery rendering

Credit: Museum Environments/Branded Environments

Smithsonian Latino Center’s Molina Family Latino Gallery To Open in 2021 at the National Museum of American History  
Event Dec. 6 Previews Future Exhibitions and Programs
12.06.2018
Latino Center American History Museum Administrative News Exhibitions
Gallery entrance rendering
Smithsonian Latino Center’s Molina Family Latino Gallery To Open in 2021 at the National Museum of American History
12.04.2018
Latino Center American History Museum Administrative News Exhibitions
Two Guns Arikara

T. C. Cannon (1946–1978, Caddo/Kiowa), Two Guns Arikara, 1974–77. Acrylic and oil on canvas. Anne Aberbach and Family, Paradise Valley, Arizona. Copyright 2018 Estate of T. C. Cannon. The exhibition “T.C. Cannon: At the Edge of America,” organized by the Peabody Essex Museum, runs April 6 to Sept. 16, 2019, at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian in New York City. Photo by Thosh Collins.

Retrospective of Influential Native American Artist T.C. Cannon Makes Final Stop at National Museum of the American Indian in New York  
Exhibition Features Cannon’s Signature Paintings; Provides Multi-Dimensional View Through Artist’s Powerful Poetry and Music
11.29.2018
American Indian Museum Heye Center Art Exhibitions
Mother III

Credit: “Mother III” by Yun Suknam, acrylic on wood, 2018. Courtesy Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul. Photo by Yun Suknam.

National Portrait Gallery Presents “Portraits of the World: Korea”  
Featuring Work by Yun Suknam and Leading American Feminist Artists
11.19.2018
Portrait Gallery Art Exhibitions

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