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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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Hear from Lenore Chinn (b. 1949), a painter, photographer, activist, and legacy steward who has preserved the memories of multiple San Francisco communities for decades. Through her work, Chinn records the triumphs and challenges facing Asian and . Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.
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Leo Tanguma (b. 1941) is a Chicano muralist and activist whose work in Texas and Colorado have spurred new generations of creativity and social awareness. Hear his story, the heritage he makes visible, and about the importance of art that . Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.
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Anita Fields (Osage | b. 1951) is an artist who makes history palpable through ceramics, textiles, and more. Hear her journey in her own words and how she continues to innovate after decades of work in clay and cloth.
Colorful, draped fabric artwork hangs in soft folds across two white gallery walls, creating a flowing, abstract installation with vibrant, blended hues.
Big Things for Big Rooms traces the development of immersive, large-scale artworks since the late 1960s. This presentation of 10 artworks—five on view for the first time at the Museum—is drawn largely from the Hirshhorn’s own collection. . Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
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Vertically oriented black-and-white contact sheet comprised of three columns of square-format photographs, three each in the first two columns and four in the third column. In the images, a wide, shallow container filled with water rests on a wood plank worktable at left. A video camera rests on a tripod at right. Origami paper boats float in the water. In some of the images, artist Marlon Fuentes adjusts the placement of the paper boats with his fingers or a long wood stick.
Asian Pacific American collections specialist Christina Ayson-Plank highlights the Marlon Fuentes Papers with a special focus on his film, “Bontoc Eulogy.”
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Portrait of  Temple Grandin with a farm in the background. She is surrounded by three cows to her right and two cows to her left.
Established in 2015, the Portrait of a Nation Awards honor extraordinary individuals who have made transformative contributions to the United States and its people. This exhibition highlights the most recent recipients: Jamie Dimon, business . Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.
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National Portrait Gallery
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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.
Artworks from millennia ago need special storage and care—but did you know that even contemporary artworks must be carefully preserved?
Interior scene with a seated figure at a desk, books, instruments, and a suspended model ship with sails.
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.