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Smithsonian American Art Museum Reopens Modern and Contemporary Galleries With a New Installation

Avatar photo by Smithsonian American Art Museum September 18, 2023September 18, 2023

New acquisitions and visitor favorites at SAAM examine the explosion of possibility in US art between the 1940s and today.

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Apply for a 2024–2025 Fellowship at the Smithsonian American Art Museum

Avatar photo by Smithsonian American Art Museum September 8, 2023September 6, 2023

Fellowships at SAAM and its Renwick Gallery provide funding, collections access, and professional advancement to scholars researching US art, craft, and visual culture.

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Reimagined Monuments Take Over DC’s National Mall

Avatar photo by Maya Pontone August 18, 2023August 19, 2023

A month-long exhibition features six artists who address the untold stories missing from the national park.

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Republicans Vote to Block Funding for Museum of American Latino

Avatar photo by Maya Pontone July 26, 2023July 27, 2023

A bill passed last week by conservative lawmakers threatens both the forthcoming museum and the Smithsonian’s existing Latino Gallery.

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National Gallery of Art Apologizes for Removing Visitor With Disability

Avatar photo by Elaine Velie July 25, 2023August 2, 2023

The museum said it would reevaulate its bag policy after a visitor with a disability was not allowed to wear their double-shoulder bag, which had medical supplies.

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Finally, a National Monument for Emmett Till

by Rhea Nayyar July 24, 2023July 24, 2023

Biden’s decision to designate the monument comes amid a conservative-led push to sanitize and distort the history of anti-Black violence in the US.

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Miniature Artist’s Tiny Monet Reunited With Original 

by Rhea Nayyar July 20, 2023July 20, 2023

Peruvian artist Ana Sofía Casaverde visited the National Gallery of Art to see Monet’s “Woman With a Parasol,” an artwork she painstakingly copied with a needle.

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Outcry After Smithsonian Cancels Asian American Literature Festival

by Rhea Nayyar July 18, 2023July 19, 2023

Over 1,000 artists and writers have signed a letter demanding the “immediate resignation” of Asian Pacific American Center Acting Director Yao-Fen You.

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10 Art Shows to See in Washington, DC, This Summer

Avatar photo by Murat Cem Mengüç July 13, 2023July 17, 2023

From Philip Guston to Dante’s Inferno and the Guerrilla Girls, the capital city is sizzling with remarkable art this season.

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Nancy Yao Will Not Lead Women’s History Museum

by Rhea Nayyar July 5, 2023July 6, 2023

Yao has “withdrawn” from her role as director of the new Smithsonian museum amid an investigation of her conduct as the former leader of New York’s Museum of Chinese in America.

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Smithsonian American Art Museum Presents Musical Thinking: New Video Art and Sonic Strategies

Avatar photo by Smithsonian American Art Museum June 22, 2023June 22, 2023

This new exhibition at SAAM explores the powerful resonances between video art and popular music.

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Black Sculptor Littleton Alston Makes History at the US Capitol

Avatar photo by Maya Pontone June 14, 2023June 15, 2023

Alston’s statue of author Willa Cather is the first by a Black artist in the collection.

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“Monumental Concerns” Symposium With Carrie Mae Weems, Hank Willis Thomas, and More
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“Monumental Concerns” Symposium With Carrie Mae Weems, Hank Willis Thomas, and More

Scholars, artists, curators, activists, and historians will convene at Syracuse University in October to consider the role of monuments and their contested place in contemporary society.

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