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An art gallery with one wall painted turquoise and another painted red. Framed photographs and text labels hang on the walls, illuminated with soft halos from the ceiling lights.
Preserving the Present
Artworks from millennia ago need special storage and care—but did you know that even contemporary artworks must be carefully preserved?
National Museum of Asian Art
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Interior scene with a seated figure at a desk, books, instruments, and a suspended model ship with sails.
Stradanus’s Nova Reperta and the Nature of Novelty
The Nova Reperta print series—produced by Stradanus in collaboration with Flemish printmaker Philips Galle and first published in 1591—was a “self-consciously modern” project, adopting the task of highlighting the most important innovations in . Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.
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Four panels of a folding screen painted with stylized green mountains, rolling waves, waterfalls, a white moon, and a red sun.
Just Published: Korean National Treasures
Whether you’re an art historian or a K-pop fan, you’ll find something to love in this comprehensive introduction to Korean art.
National Museum of Asian Art
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Truman Lowe (Hoocąk, 1944–2019), Feather Canoe, ca. 1993. Peeled willow saplings, feathers, copper wire, 22 x 74 x 12 in. (27/607)
Water's Edge: The Art of Truman Lowe
Water’s Edge is the first major retrospective of the acclaimed Ho-Chunk artist. Lowe’s elegant, minimalist sculptures made of willow branches, feathers, and other organic materials evoke the rivers, streams, and waterfalls of the Wisconsin . Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.
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Black and white photograph of an indigenous woman with short, dark hair wearing a long-sleeve floral patterned blouse with a darker piece of floral fabric draped over her shoulder and tied at her waist.
Fragments of Ancient Pottery Inspired Maria Martinez
Discover how Maria Martinez revolutionized Pueblo pottery with her innovative black-on-black ceramics, inspired by ancient fragments and created through experimental firing techniques at San Ildefonso Pueblo.
Smithsonian American Women's History Museum
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Horizontally oriented graphite drawing on cream-colored paper from a spiral-bound sketchbook featuring an image of stationary two propeller planes being inspected or maintained by faceless individuals in work clothes. An additional group of four workmen stand in a huddle in the left foreground.
Blog | New Collections: Mitchell Jamieson Papers
The Mitchell Jamieson Papers are introduced by curator at large, Josh T. Franco.
Archives of American Art
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Large-scale installation of corncob piñatas.
The Fantastical World of Justin Favela
Gold-fringed walls and piñata corncobs transform the Grand Salon of SAAM’s Renwick Gallery and highlight the role of maize in North American visual culture.
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blue and white vases on gilded shelving in the green and blue peacock room
The Peacock Room in Blue and White
The Peacock Room is American artist James McNeill Whistler’s (1834–1903) greatest interior. He famously covered this dining room with floor-to-ceiling peacock-inspired designs, including a mural depicting himself and his patron Frederick . Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.
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