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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The portrait of the renowned Scottish poet vanished without a trace in 1840. Since then, scholars and sleuths alike have been strategizing about how to get it back
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Guided tours will take visitors onto scaffolding to view the rare artwork inside Sforza Castle, which is currently undergoing restorations
Piñatas — but bigger, and shinier. Justin Favela made a few adjustments to his usual process when creating his “Capilla de Maíz (Maize Chapel)” in the Grand Salon of the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Renwick Gallery. Shimmering gold and . Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.
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Inspired in part by time spent in Guatemala with his family of ranchers, Justin Favela’s site-specific installation with shimmering gold-fringed walls and piñata corncobs highlights the importance of maize in the formation of an American identity. Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.
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Get a glimpse of our largest ever exhibition of Korean art, Korean Treasures: Collected, Cherished, Shared. Three curators provide unique insights on why this show is so important, their thinking behind its presentation, and the symbolism and . Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.
Join photographer Christopher Payne, former New York Times photography editor Kathy Ryan, and bestselling author Rachel Slade for a wide-ranging conversation around Payne’s Made in America project to document industrial manufacturing across the . Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.
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An exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston features paintings by Kahlo, works by artists she inspired and consumer products featuring her self-portraits
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The artist behind the works may have used Elizabeth’s likeness as a template in other royal portraits to visually emphasize her resemblance to previous monarchs and reinforce her status as the legitimate Tudor heir