Art & Design
Explore Art & Design across the Smithsonian through stories, events, and exhibitions. Use the filters to browse by format, then bookmark events and exhibitions to keep track of what you want to visit or attend.
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Staffers at a photography shop in England carefully developed the negatives, which depict a ski trip in the Swiss Alps. Now, they’re searching for clues to help identify the people pictured
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Refresh your skills and spark new ideas this spring—open to all levels, wherever you are
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A new exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in London showcases drawings and etchings from throughout the British artist’s 60-year career
Meet the artists behind “Curious Regard,” the moo-velous butter cow sculpture currently on display in a custom refrigerated case at SAAM’s Renwick Gallery. “State Fairs: Growing American Craft” features extraordinary and unconventional American . Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.
Join artist Liz Schreiber for a virtual behind-the-scenes tour of her studio and a deep dive into all things crop art. Schreiber discusses her extensive career creating crop art, gives insights into her artistic practice, and examines the unique . Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.
Artist Shahzia Sikander and Saisha Grayson, the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s curator of time-based media, discuss the artist’s multimedia practice in a January 2026 virtual conversation. Sparked by SAAM's recent acquisition and presentation . Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.
HiFi Pursuit Listening Room Dream No. 3 features a large-scale, handmade audio system by multi-disciplinary artist Devon Turnbull. Known under his creative pseudonym OJAS, Turnbull handcrafts high-fidelity audio systems designed to envelop the . Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.
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An exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery examines the artist’s attempts to capture nature’s true essence, which she described as “the green idea or ideal”