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Brendan L. Smith

Brendan L. Smith is a mixed-media artist, freelance writer, and arts educator in Washington, D.C. In past lives, he was a staff reporter for newspapers across the country, a wildland firefighter in New Mexico, and a night-shift supervisor of a homeless shelter.

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The Hirshhorn Shows Off Its New Duchamp Collection

by Brendan L. Smith December 27, 2019

The Hirshhorn Museum, which previously had only one work by Duchamp, now ranks near the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art as holding the most prominent public collections of his work.

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When Chairs Become Extraordinary Sculptures

by Brendan L. Smith December 24, 2018December 18, 2018

The chairs in When Attitudes Become Chairs reveal how a decidedly utilitarian object can become something inspirational and new.

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The Insider’s Guide to Outsider Art

by Brendan L. Smith May 4, 2018May 4, 2018

The exhibition features some compelling artwork, but it falls into the same traps and stereotypes that have plagued many museum exhibitions featuring outlier artists (if that’s what we’re supposed to call them now).

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Burning Man Goes to Washington

by Brendan L. Smith March 29, 2018March 28, 2018

In an exhibition opening March 30, the Renwick Gallery has transported some of that Burning Man spirit to its more buttoned-down environs.

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Interactive Art Center Meow Wolf Is Forging a New Business Model for Artists

by Brendan L. Smith July 25, 2017July 28, 2017

Meow Wolf has evolved from a ragtag group staging low-budget shows into a multimillion-dollar operation that employs more than 150 people.

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A Wireless Vibration Suit Helps the Deaf “Feel” Music

by Brendan L. Smith July 14, 2017July 14, 2017

Developed by Not Impossible Labs, the suit translates sounds into a cascade of vibrations, with different instruments registering in different zones across the body.

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