Art & Design
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Nick Cave (b. 1959) is renowned internationally for his work that surreally and seductively addresses issues of race, gender, and identity. Known for the exuberant Soundsuits that he originally created in response to racialized police violence,. Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.
Smithsonian American Art Museum
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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.
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
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The National Portrait Gallery presents a second installation of Star Power: Photographs from Hollywood’s Golden Age by George Hurrell, with a new selection of 20 vintage photographs that explore timeless images of film royalty from the 1930s . Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.
National Portrait Gallery
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“The Dugout,” painted in 1948, is the museum’s first-ever artwork by the artist, who created more than 300 iconic covers for the “Saturday Evening Post”
Try your hand at rosemaling, a Norwegian decorative painting style with distinctive bright colors and stylized floral designs. In this instructional video, learn the basic materials needed and steps to create your own project at home. Mary Lesher,. Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.
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A new analysis of the Hever Rose portrait suggests that the painter deliberately modified an existing template to showcase Anne’s hands—with no extra digits—holding a delicate rose
Adam Pendleton joined Hirshhorn Head Curator Evelyn Hankins for a conversation examining painting’s central role in his art practice. They also discussed his new video work, which uses Resurrection City—the 1968 Civil Rights encampment on the . Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.
Join multidisciplinary artist Devon Turnbull and renowned radio host and author John Schaefer for an evening conversation on music, their work crafting listening experiences, and Turnbull’s latest installation at Cooper Hewitt, HiFi Pursuit . Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.