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What inspires one of the world’s leading digital artists? Refik Anadol shares how Smithsonian Open Access became a creative playground for his imagination, fueling the data-driven artwork projected onto the Smithsonian Castle in July 2026.
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Glimpse some of the few surviving examples of film made on paper instead of celluloid (kami firumu), a rare form of filmmaking from 1930s Japan.
In conjunction with Made in America: The Industrial Photography of Christopher Payne, join Cooper Hewitt for an illustrated talk on the critical role photography has played at MillerKnoll across the histories of both Herman Miller and Knoll.
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Until its discovery during a house appraisal, the debut bust by Harriet Goodhue Hosmer, a celebrated artist and feminist icon, had been mistaken for an ordinary garden ornament.
The papers of Kaili Chun (b. 1962) document the Hawai‘i-based sculptor and installation artist’s practice from 1986 to the present.
The papers of José Esquivel (1935–2022) document the San Antonio-based artist’s contributions to Chicano art and American art through both work he produced and communities he fostered.
The recently donated papers of Thomas Eatherton (1934–2023) reveal in vivid detail the unique and long-overlooked contribution this famously private artist made to the postwar Los Angeles art world.
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with a look into the diversity and depth of SAAM’s Latino Art collection.