Exhibitions

Capilla de Maíz (Maize Chapel), a site-specific installation by Justin Favela, transforms the Rubenstein Grand Salon at SAAM’s Renwick Gallery into a fantastical world, with shimmering gold-fringed walls and piñata corncobs that highlight the .... Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.

State Fairs: Growing American Craft is the first exhibition dedicated to artists’ contributions to the great U.S. tradition of state fairs with more than 240 artworks on view, dating from the mid-nineteenth century to the present. Each gallery .... Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.

Athletic performance and creative expression are hallmarks of the American experience. The stories of talented individuals taking to the field or gracing center stage have connected us for centuries. When we learn about the grit of those defying.... Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.

Basquiat × Banksy is an exhibition of two major paintings, one by Jean-Michel Basquiat (b. Brooklyn, New York, 1960–1988), the other by Banksy (anonymous; b. near Bristol, England). Placed in dialogue, Basquiat’s Boy and Dog in a Johnnypump (.... Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.

At the dawn of time, the Hindu god Vishnu slept on a coiled serpent floating in the primordial ocean. There, he dreamed the universe into existence. This magnificent story of creation comes to life through the largest bronze ever cast in .... Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.

Made in America brings together more than 70 large-format photographs captured by Christopher Payne over a decade-long photographic journey to learn more about the craft of both industrial and artisanal making in the United States. His images .... Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.

Water is more than subject or inspiration for contemporary artists Hiroshi Senju and Bingyi—it’s a method, a material, and a philosophy. Be among the first to see their paintings, which offer two distinct, hypnotic visualizations of water. .... Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.

Best Laid Plans examines unrealized projects preserved in the Archives of American Art. While centered on unfinished artworks, the exhibition also brings together proposals for publications, exhibitions, and other creative initiatives that, for.... Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.