Exhibitions

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A photo of a mid-century stereo console. The unit is made of three sections. The center rectangular section houses radio controls arranged to resemble a human face and a record player. It is flanked by detachable box shaped speakers.
Organized by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Art of Noise celebrates groundbreaking design that enhances and visualizes our musical experiences. From concert posters to record albums, phonographs to digital music players, handheld . Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
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Painting of two Black women under a deep blue patterned quilt
Here: Pride and Belonging in African Art explores how LGBTQ+ artists from Africa and its diaspora are part of a larger, joyful story of African art history. Artists’ voices are central to this exhibition, which features works by Zanele Muholi, . Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.
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National Museum of African Art
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Outline of the National Portrait gallery in white over a black background
The Outwin 2025 features 35 portraits (by 36 artists) from the museum’s seventh triennial Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition. The juried selection draws from more than 3,300 entries, and includes artist contributions from 14 states, . Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.
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National Portrait Gallery
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Abstract portrait of a girl overlayed on an image of a forest with a man in the background
The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery is proud to present the winners and finalists of the 2025 Teen Portrait Competition! Matilda Myers of Maryland and Kate Stermer of California have been announced as winners of the 2025 Teen Portrait . Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.
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National Portrait Gallery
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Crop art with the title State Fairs: Growing American Craft and a cow's head in the center.
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.
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Renwick Gallery
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Artist Justin Favela on a lift, working on a pinata-style art installation in the shape of maize.
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.
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Renwick Gallery
Basquiat × Banksy
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.
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
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Split image of a young boy on the bottom looking over the horizon and fragments of a statue of the Hindu god Vishnu on top
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.
Location
National Museum of Asian Art