WASHINGTON, D.C.- “Alexis Rockman: A Fable for Tomorrow” can be viewed at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C., from Nov. 19 through May 8, 2011. The exhibition is the first major survey of the artist’s work with 47 pa…
Exhibition of Recent Gifts of Wood Art from the Bresler Collection Opens at the Renwick Gallery
WASHINGTON, DC- “A Revolution in Wood: The Bresler Collection” opens at the Renwick Gallery, the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s branch museum for craft and decorative arts, Sept. 24 and closes Jan. 30, 2011. “A Revolution in Wood” celebrat…
Smithsonian Announces E. Carmen Ramos as Curator for Latino Art
WASHINGTON, DC.- The Smithsonian American Art Museum has appointed E. Carmen Ramos as its curator for Latino art. Ramos will be responsible for acquiring artworks for the museum’s permanent collection and producing a major exhibition and catalog b…
Smithsonian American Art Museum Announces E. Carmen Ramos as Curator for Latino Art
WASHINGTON, DC.- The Smithsonian American Art Museum has appointed E. Carmen Ramos as its curator for Latino art. Ramos will be responsible for acquiring artworks for the museum’s permanent collection and producing a major exhibition and catalog b…
Smithsonian American Art Museum Offers Largest Mission-Based Game Ever Designed
WASHINGTON, DC.- A new mission-based, alternate reality or “big” game, called Pheon, will debut in September at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. A variation on the classic game Capture the Flag, Pheon is a competition to obtain the game&#…
Smithsonian American Art Museum Offers Largest Mission-Based Game Ever Designed
WASHINGTON, DC.- A new mission-based, alternate reality or “big” game, called Pheon, will debut in September at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. A variation on the classic game Capture the Flag, Pheon is a competition to obtain the game&#…
John Gossage: The Pond Opens at the Smithsonian American Art Museum
WASHINGTON, DC.- “John Gossage: The Pond” celebrates the recent gift to the museum of this remarkable photographic series and the re-issue of one of the most influential photography books of the past three decades. John Gossage (b. 1946) phot…
John Gossage: The Pond Opens at the Smithsonian American Art Museum
WASHINGTON, DC.- “John Gossage: The Pond” celebrates the recent gift to the museum of this remarkable photographic series and the re-issue of one of the most influential photography books of the past three decades. John Gossage (b. 1946) phot…
Sergio Cortesini Receives First Annual Terra Foundation for American Art International Essay Prize
WASHINGTON, DC.- Sergio Cortesini of the University of Cassino in Italy has been awarded the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s 2010 Terra Foundation for American Art International Essay Prize. Cortesini was selected by an international review pane…
George Lucas and Steven Spielberg Exhibit their Paintings by Norman Rockwell
WASHINGTON, DC.- “Telling Stories: Norman Rockwell from the Collections of George Lucas and Steven Spielberg” is on view at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C., from July 2 through Jan. 2, 2011. The exhibition showcases 57…