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The Lunder Conservation Center is a fully visible lab showing you how the Smithsonian American Art Museum conservators preserve our cultural artifacts.
Faye R. Gleisser, associate professor of art history at Indiana University, presents her lecture “Risk Work: Towards an Art History for Surviving the Carceral Present,” on December 11, 2025. Dr. Gleisser is the 2025 recipient of the Charles C. Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.
"As an artist, I think my biggest purpose is to create work that is visceral, that is going to draw the viewer in." - Shahzia Sikander
Artist Shahzia Sikander shares insights about her video artwork, The Last Post, made in 2012. She connects this . Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.
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This dressing screen is a rare sample of Taos Pueblo painter and cartoonist Eva Mirabal’s unique style.
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Five decades later, these spectacular works and those of other Indigenous artists are being showcased in studios and museums around the world, including in the exhibition “Clearly Indigenous: Native Visions Reimagined in Glass.” Originating at . Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.
Indigenous artists have long had their concepts replicated without permission, but now digital tools can recreate and alter art. Can a robot actually help protect their work?
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The untitled 26-foot-tall piece now hangs in the seven-story atrium of General Motor’s new global headquarters in Detroit
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The Palazzo Dario has a rich history dating back to the 15th century—and, as the story goes, a succession of unusually unlucky owners