WASHINGTON, D.C.- The Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum presents the recent work of Grazia Toderi (Italian, b. Padua, 1963) for the next installation of the museum’s “Directions” series that highlights artists from around the globe wor…
Hirshhorn Museum Presents "Directions: Grazia Toderi", Italian Video Artist’s U.S. Museum Debut
WASHINGTON, D.C.- The Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum presents the recent work of Grazia Toderi (Italian, b. Padua, 1963) for the next installation of the museum’s “Directions” series that highlights artists from around the globe wor…
2011 Portland Museum of Art Biennial Highlights 47 Contemporary Maine Artists
PORTLAND, ME- This spring the Portland Museum of Art features 47 artists whose work has been selected for the 2011 Portland Museum of Art Biennial, on view April 7 through June 5, 2011. Last September, jurors Jim Kempner, Owner and Director of Jim Kemp…
Smithsonian American Art Museum to Create Education Center and Expand Program
WASHINGTON, DC.- The Smithsonian American Art Museum is creating an education center that will allow it to significantly expand its national education program and meet the needs of the museum’s many education constituencies. The center will benefi…
Smithsonian American Art Museum Meets the Challenge for New Curator of Craft Position at its Renwick Gallery
WASHINGTON, DC.- The Smithsonian American Art Museum has met the challenge posed by Lloyd Herman, the founding director of its Renwick Gallery, to create a $2 million endowment to support a new curator of craft position. Herman’s $800,000 challenge g…
Gene Tunney’s Boxing Gloves from "The Long Count" Fight Donated to National Museum of American History
WASHINGTON, D.C.- The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History has acquired objects from the career of boxer Gene Tunney (May 25, 1897 – Nov. 7, 1978), through a donation from the Tunney family. The donation includes two awards, a st…
Smithsonian American Art Museum Announces Artists Selected for Exhibition "40 Under 40: Craft Futures" Opening in 2012
WASHINGTON, DC.- The Smithsonian American Art Museum has selected the 40 artists who will be featured in its upcoming exhibition “40 under 40: Craft Futures” that will be on view at its Renwick Gallery from July 20, 2012, through Feb. 3, 2013…
Smithsonian Keeps Meteorite that Fell in Virginia
WASHINGTON (AP).- A small meteorite that crashed through the roof of a Virginia medical office last year is becoming part of the Smithsonian’s Museum of Natural History in Washington. The Smithsonian paid $10,000 for the meteorite to Marc Gallini and…
Sonia Delaunay Textiles On View at Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum
NEW YORK, N.Y. (AP).- A century ago, Sonia Delaunay and her husband, Robert, were brash young innovators in the avant-garde art world of Paris, exploring the idea that contrasting colors could be used to create a sense of movement and rhythm in art. So…
Art in Motion: Sonia Delaunay Textiles On View at Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum
NEW YORK, N.Y. (AP).- A century ago, Sonia Delaunay and her husband, Robert, were brash young innovators in the avant-garde art world of Paris, exploring the idea that contrasting colors could be used to create a sense of movement and rhythm in art. So…