Oscar Howe (Yanktonai Dakota, 1915–1983), Umine Dance, 1958. Casein and gouache on paper, mounted to board, 18 x 22 in. Garth Greenan Gallery, New York
“Watergate Breaks Wide Open” by Jack Davis, watercolor and ink on paperboard, 1973. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of TIME magazine.
Portrait of a Gaofeng Yuanmiao, 1238 - 1295. Chūan Kinkō (mid-15th century) Japan, Muromachi period, 1392-1568 Ink on paper. H x W (image): 58.4 x 37.4 cm. Gift of Charles Lang Freer, Freer Gallery of Art. F1911.317a-b
“Mind Over Matter: Zen in Medieval Japan” Launches “The Arts of Devotion,” a Five-Year Initiative Dedicated to Furthering Civic Discourse and the Understanding of Religion
Chela Zabin, a marine ecologist with the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, counts oysters and Fucus rockweed in the intertidal zone in San Francisco Bay. (Credit: Jeff Blumenthal/SERC)
Image courtesy Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery. The National Portrait Gallery is grateful to the generous donors who made these commissions possible and proudly recognizes them at npg.si.edu/obamaportraitstour. Support for the national tour has been generously provided by Bank of America.
"The Web of Space" sculpture by John Safer. A miniature version of this sculpture is given to the National Air and Space Museum’s Michael Collins Trophy winners every year. Credit: Smithsonian Institution
Still image of several supra-arcade downflows, also described as “dark, finger-like features,” occurring in a solar flare. The downflows appear directly above the bright flare arcade. This solar flare occurred June 18, 2015. Image credit: NASA SDO
