“Grotesque Head of an Old Woman,” recently acquired by the National Gallery of Art, is one of several studies by Leonardo exploring exaggerated facial expression.
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Reggaetonero J Balvin Named Hirshhorn Museum’s “Cultural Ambassador”
The Colombian singer has come under scrutiny in the past for what some consider to be his appropriation of Afro-Caribbean musical traditions.
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Fauci and Williams Sisters Honored in New Portraits Headed to DC
The National Portrait Gallery has revealed its newest commissions, including works by David Hockney, Toyin Ojih Odutola, and Robert Pruitt.
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I Am Not a “Gypsy”
Often, there is a disconnect between the museum world and Roma representation. One exhibition at the National Gallery of Art proves that it doesn’t have to be this way.
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From Student to Stage: An Exhibition Designer Lights Up The Arena
Nora Neely, a recent graduate of the George Washington University’s Exhibition Design program, now builds arena stages.
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Whoops! Turns Out Vermeer Didn’t Paint “Girl With a Flute”
The National Gallery of Art discovered that a student or associate painted the famous work.
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The US Could Get Its First National LGBTQ+ History Museum
But the upcoming midterm elections could ultimately decide the fate of the fledgling museum.
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Smithsonian American Art Museum Invites Applications for 2023–2024 Research Fellowships
Residential fellowships at SAAM and its Renwick Gallery provide funding, collections access, and professional advancement to scholars researching the art, craft, and visual culture of the US.
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Four Years Late, New Official Obama Portraits Are Unveiled
The paintings, by Robert McCurdy and Sharon Sprung, will hang in the White House.
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Sketching the Johnny Depp v. Amber Heard Trial
As an official observer, advocate, survivor, and citizen, I spiraled into a vertigo worsened by the adamant conjectures of fanatics and truthers.
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Laurie Anderson Takes Stock of Today’s Unpredictable Weather
Anderson insists that she doesn’t consider herself a political artist, but her retrospective, The Weather reveals that her artistic choices are entangled with her politics.
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Corcoran Celebrates Black Fatherhood in New Photojournalism Exhibition
Part of a media project by Dr. Imani M. Cheers, Framing Fatherhood is on view at the George Washington University’s Corcoran School of the Arts and Design in DC through July 31.