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Humboldt Portrait

Friedrich Georg Weitsch, Portrait of Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859), 1806, oil on canvas, 49 5/8 x 36 3/8 in., Staatliche Museenzu Berlin, Nationalgalerie, photo: bpk Bildagentur/Nationalgalerie, Staatliche Museen, Berlin, Germany/KlausGoeken Art Resource, NY

Smithsonian American Art Museum Extends Critically Acclaimed Exhibition “Alexander von Humboldt and the United States: Art, Nature and Culture” Through Jan. 3, 2021
Exhibition Was Shuttered When the Museum Closed as a Public Health Precaution Due to COVID-19
09.14.2020
American Art Museum Exhibitions
Church, Natural Bridge

Frederic Edwin Church. “The Natural Bridge, Virginia,” 1852, oil on canvas, 28 x 23 in. The Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia, gift of Thomas Fortune Ryan.

“Alexander von Humboldt and the United States: Art, Nature and Culture” Explores Renowned Naturalist’s Impact on American Identity
Smithsonian American Art Museum Is the Sole Venue for the Landmark Exhibition
09.14.2020
American Art Museum Exhibitions
Close up of hands holding rope

Credit: “Birthright” by Maren Hassinger, video, color, sound, (12:12 mins), 2005. Edition of 3 plus 2 artist’s proofs. Courtesy of Susan Inglett Gallery, NYC.

National Portrait Gallery Has Announced “Birthright” by Maren Hassinger
A Commission of the Portrait Gallery’s “IDENTIFY” Series Dedicated to Performance Art
09.09.2020
Portrait Gallery Exhibitions
shrouded planes at Udvar-Hazy hangar

National Air and Space Museum

National Air and Space Museum’s Udvar-Hazy Center Announces Roof-Reconstruction Project
06.26.2020
Air and Space Museum Exhibitions Administrative News
Video still of Martin Luther King with Getty Images superimposed

Courtesy of Arthur Jafa and Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York/ Rome

Artist Arthur Jafa’s Renowned “Love is the Message, The Message is Death” To Be Streamed Continuously Online for the First Time, June 26–28
Co-Presented by the Hirshhorn Museum and the Smithsonian American Art Museum
06.24.2020
American Art Museum Hirshhorn Museum Exhibitions Public Programs
New born ferrets

Vicki Lake, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute

Six Newborn Black-Footed Ferret Kits Can Be Viewed on New Webcam
The Kits Were Born May 10 at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
05.15.2020
Conservation Biology Institute Exhibitions
Portrait of man in red head scarf and black shirt saying Muerto Rico
National Portrait Gallery Announces Artist ADÁL as Winner of “The Outwin 2019” People’s Choice Award
More Than 17,000 Votes Cast, Setting Triennial’s Record
04.30.2020
Portrait Gallery Exhibitions Public Programs
image of open pit mine

Title: “American Mine”
Artist: David Maisel​
Credit information: © David Maisel/ Courtesy of Edwynn Houk Gallery.

“American Mine” features open pit mines on the Carlin Trend, the most prolific gold mining district in the Western Hemisphere. Mines from this region are the source of devastating mercury emissions, released when ore is heated during the process of gold extraction.

Natural History Exhibition Enlists Artists To Reflect on Humanity’s Growing, Pervasive Role on Earth
Art Exhibition Is First-of-Its-Kind at National Museum of Natural History
03.06.2020
Natural History Museum Exhibitions
Suffrage Pen

This gold pen was used to sign the congressional joint amendment that enacted the Nineteenth Amendment in 1919. Photo by Jaclyn Nash.

Smithsonian Marks 100 Years of Women’s Suffrage
“Creating Icons” Exhibition To Mark the Centennial of the 19th Amendment
03.04.2020
American History Museum Exhibitions
narwhal

Credit: Glenn Williams, Narwhal Tusk Research

“Unicorn of the Sea”—the Narwhal—Explored in Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition
Opens March 28, 2020, at Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History
03.03.2020
Traveling Exhibition Service Exhibitions
Laurie Anderson

Laurie Anderson

Hirshhorn Presents Groundbreaking Artist Laurie Anderson’s Largest US Exhibition to Date
“Laurie Anderson: The Weather” Surveys Pioneering Videos, Large-Scale Commissions and VR Experience, May 19–Sept. 7
02.27.2020
Museums Hirshhorn Museum Exhibitions
Archuleta

Genízaro Maurice Archuleta in the high desert surrounding Abiquiú. Photo @ Russel Albert Daniels, 2019.

New Exhibition Series Highlighting the Work of Native Photojournalists Opens March 24 at the National Museum of the American Indian
02.27.2020
American Indian Museum Exhibitions

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