The Smithsonian American Art Museum, the nation’s first collection of American art, is an unparalleled record of the American experience. The collection captures the aspirations, character, and ...

Ameya Okamoto, Santana Walker, and Celeste Hampton—part of the Smithsonian's Nail Art Project. Photos courtesy of the ...

The Smithsonian Institution quietly removed the director of the Smithsonian American Art Museum this summer and placed her in ...

Sir Isaac Julien’s moving image installation interweaves period reenactments across five screens to create a vivid picture of nineteenth-century activist, writer, orator, and philosopher Frederick ...

The US State Department's Arts in Embassies program recently announced a collaboration with the Smithsonian American Art ...

Wayne Higby, director of the Alfred Ceramic Art Museum and a longtime ceramic artist and educator, will receive the Smithsonian Visionary Award for ...

The National Museum of African American History and Culture opened in Washington in 2016. “The Smithsonian is the world’s largest museum and research complex,” the Weitzman said.

Moreover, the National Portrait Gallery only takes up half of the building and shares the space with the Smithsonian American Art Museum. This museum showcases rotating exhibits, which have ...

Nicola Wood, Senior Editor Designed to replicate the three-tiered crowns found in Yoruban art from West ... Americans, the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture opened ...