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The revitalized Hirshhorn Sculpture Garden reopens following a four-year transformation of its 1.3-acre landscape. The renewed garden is designed to showcase more artworks from the national collection, welcome more visitors, and reunify the . Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.
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Globally renowned artist Yoshitomo Nara inaugurates the Hirshhorn Sculpture Garden’s West Lawn with “Sentinels of Stillness.” The exhibition of three monumental artworks emphasizes the interplay between the artist’s life experience and . Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.
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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.
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
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Chicano artists and activists blended cultural and visual traditions to create modern Day of the Dead celebrations in the U.S.
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Hear from the designers of the museum's second two block patterns in its Quilt Along. Quilter & fiber artist Emma Alcazar (Chickasaw) & artist, educator, sewing instructor Nikki Corbett (Yup'ik) will discuss the inspiration behind their patterns.
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When I viewed the prints as part of my cataloguing project this summer, something very interesting kept appearing on print after print…glitter.
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A new campaign encourages visitors to take in the lavish art above their heads at five historic sites across England. There are even cushions for maximum comfort while you gaze.
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A new study found that adult women and juveniles under the age of 15 accounted for 67 percent of the fingerprints analyzed. The research challenges long-held assumptions about the age and gender of the workers who sculpted Qin Shi Huang’s soldiers.