Exhibitions

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Colorful wall art with depictions of people and urban scenes.

Chant Avedissian (1951-2018, b. Cairo, Egypt; worked in Cairo)
The Nassa Era and Om Kalsoum
c. 1994
Mixed media on corrugated cardboard, cloth
Purchased with funds provided by the Smithsonian Collections Acquistion Program, 96-20-3

“Heroes: Principles of African Greatness” Opens at the National Museum of African Art Nov. 16
Exhibition Features Multimedia Works of Art by Over 40 Classical and Contemporary Artists From 15 African Countries
10.08.2019
African Art Museum Exhibitions
National Portrait Gallery Announces 2019 Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition Finalists
10.01.2019
Portrait Gallery Exhibitions

Timothy Horn, Tree of Heaven 7, 2016, nickel-plated bronze and mirrored blown glass, Courtesy of the artist

Smithsonian American Art Museum Announces Artists To Be Featured in 2020 Renwick Invitational
09.27.2019
Renwick Gallery Exhibitions
National Postal Museum Presents U.S. Department of State Exhibition
History of the U.S. Diplomatic Courier Service Chronicled
09.12.2019
Postal Museum Exhibitions
Buddha statue

Detail, Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (Gwaneum bosal). Korea, Goryeo period, ca. 1220–1285. Gilt wood and gilt copper and iron with crystal inlays. National Museum of Korea, Seoul

Smithsonian’s Freer|Sackler Reveals There Is More Than Meets the Eye When It Comes to Buddhist Sculpture
A Look at a Korean Buddhist Sculpture and the Devotional Materials It Once Held Inside
09.09.2019
Freer|Sackler Exhibitions
art exhibition

Installation view of “Face Values” at the London Design Biennale. Photo: David Levene

Cooper Hewitt To Bring Its Award-Winning "Face Values" Installation to New York
First Presented at the 2018 London Design Biennale
09.05.2019
Cooper Hewitt Exhibitions
National Museum of American History
Merck Grant To Support Smithsonian Future Exhibition on History of American Medicine
09.03.2019
American History Museum Exhibitions
Black and white photo of tree at rural crossroads

A rural crossroads. FreeImages.com/Bettina Schwehn

Smithsonian Celebrates 25th Anniversary of Program Bringing Exhibitions to Rural America
08.21.2019
Traveling Exhibition Service Exhibitions Public Programs
Billie Holiday

Billie Holiday performing on stage with her band - Paul "Vice Pres" Quinichette on tenor saxophone, Carl Drinkard on piano, Jimmy Schenck on bass and Bobby "Stix" Darden on drums at Sugar Hill, Newark, New Jersey, April, 1957. 

All photographs © 2018 Jerry Dantzic / Jerry Dantzic Archives. All rights reserved.

New Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition Shows Rarely Seen Photos of Billie Holiday’s Private and Public Worlds
National Tour Begins at Irving Arts Center in Irving, Texas, Sept. 14
08.19.2019
Traveling Exhibition Service Exhibitions
Flower print

Drawing, Wildness, © September 11, 1972. Designed by Suzie Zuzek (Agnes Helen Zuzek de Poo, American, 1920–2011) for Key West Hand Print Fabrics, Inc. (Key West, Florida). Used by Lilly Pulitzer, Inc., before 1985 (Palm Beach, Florida). Brush and watercolor, pen and black ink, graphite on paper. 38.1 × 56.2 cm (15 × 22 1/8 in.). Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Gift of The Original I.P. LLC, 5891.6.2018. Photo: Matt Flynn © Smithsonian Institution.

Cooper Hewitt Exhibition To Feature American Textile Designer Suzie Zuzek
Celebrating the Designer Behind the Iconic Prints Used by Lilly Pulitzer. 1962-1985
08.15.2019
Cooper Hewitt Exhibitions
elephant
“Elephants and Us: Considering Extinction” Opens at the Smithsonian
National Museum of American History Explores Conservation and Consumption Dilemma
08.12.2019
American History Museum Exhibitions
woman swimming with pineapple

Laure Prouvost, Swallow, 2013

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC

 

Hirshhorn Debuts New Acquisitions in “Feel the Sun in Your Mouth”
Exhibition Highlights Works From the Museum’s Collection That Provide Contemporary Perspectives on the World Today Opens Aug. 24
08.02.2019
Exhibitions

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