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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Yao has “withdrawn” from her role as director of the new Smithsonian museum amid an investigation of her conduct as the former leader of New York’s Museum of Chinese in America.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
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
Alston’s statue of author Willa Cather is the first by a Black artist in the collection.
