Interview
Photographer Frank Stewart Gets His First Museum Retrospective
Ahead of the exhibition, Hyperallergic spoke to the artist about his images of jazz musicians and everyday Black individuals in moments of closeness and stillness.
Washington DC
News
Nancy Yao's Role at Smithsonian Stalled As Review Continues
The American Women’s History Museum is awaiting the findings of an investigation into allegations against Yao.
Art
Can We Even See the Night Sky Anymore?
Lights Out: Recovering Our Night Sky at the National Museum of Natural History is a call to action to mitigate the impact of light pollution.
News
Climate Protesters Target Degas Sculpture at National Gallery of Art
Two activists smeared the sculpture’s case and pedestal with red and black paint.
News
Rare 19th-Century Silhouette Album’s Secrets Unlocked
Traveling portrait artist William Bache’s album depicts famous figures like Thomas Jefferson as well as people whose identity was previously unknown.
News
Smithsonian to House Repatriated Yemeni Artifacts
The National Museum of Asian Art will temporarily store the 77 cultural relics as looting and destruction of antiquities continues in the war-torn country.
Art
Seven Stamps to Inspire Letter-Writing
USPS Director of Stamp Services William Gicker shares a selection of standouts over the years.
News
Native Artist’s Work Enters the National Gallery Collection
“Untitled” (1961) by George Morrison is the first work by a Native American artist to join the museum’s Abstract Expressionist collection.
Art
How Leonardo’s “Monstrous” Drawings Inspired Modern Caricature
"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.
News
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.
News
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.
Opinion
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.