Exhibitions

The Louvre Museum in Paris, France, is famous for holding iconic works of art, like Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa. Did you know it also houses one of the richest and most comprehensive collections of Islamic art in the world? For the first time.... Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.

From the moment of its creation, the Peacock Room has been a personal, artistic, and cultural battleground. Created by artist James McNeill Whistler (1834–1903) for the London home of British businessman Frederick Leyland, the room has a .... Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.

Frederic Church in Jamaica centers on the artist’s rarely exhibited sketches from his 1865 travels, presented within their historical context. The works document Jamaica’s plant life and landscapes in detailed observational studies. Celebrating.... Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.

Light Is a Plastic Medium: The Photography of Carlotta Corpron surveys work by the American abstract photographer and educator Carlotta Corpron whose investigations into the poetics of light and form and innovative use of technology supported .... Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.

Materials, Methods, and Meanings: Craft in the Archives of American Art explores how artists working across craft disciplines have redefined their fields through inventive uses of materials, experimental techniques, and radical forms that carry.... Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.

From the California coast to the Kansas heartland to the streets of New York City, the photographs in Much Here is Beautiful: Photography Surveys of the U.S. Bicentennial present an expansive and evocative portrait of America with a focus on .... Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.

Timed with the U.S. semiquincentennial, the National Portrait Gallery commemorates the founding of its historic home with The Spirit of Invention: Patent Office and Patentees. This exhibition sketches the early history of the Patent Office—the .... Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.

The National Air and Space Museum holds one of the most comprehensive collections of aeronautical and space-related art in the world. There are approximately 7,000 works in the collection with pieces by notable artists including: Alexander .... Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.