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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Acting Director Jane Carpenter-Rock on the inspiring collections at SAAM
Through precisely inked and animated scenes, Shahzia Sikander’s video artwork The Last Post (2010) critically considers the legacy of British colonialism in Asia, using her signature approach of infusing Indo-Persian miniature paintings with a . Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.
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Carolyn Mazloomi on the importance of art and community in her life.
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Photographer Mathew Brady (c. 1823 –1896) may be best remembered today for his role in producing a remarkable visual record of the Civil War (1861–65). Yet he initially gained fame as a portrait photographer more than a decade before the war . Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.
National Portrait Gallery
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Twirl through theater, opera, and film with costume designs from Cooper Hewitt’s collection.
Adam Pendleton: Love, Queen is landmark exhibition of new and recent paintings as well as a single-channel video work. For his first solo exhibition in Washington, D.C., Pendleton highlights his unique contributions to contemporary American . Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.
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Finding ourselves in art, objects, and stories.
“A chair always implies a figure, even if no figure is occupying it.”
—Tschabalala Self