The Smithsonian Institution quietly removed the director of the Smithsonian American Art Museum this summer and placed her in another role, following years of complaints from staff about her ...

Photograph Study Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum Diana (front view) sculpture / (photographer unknown) Smithsonian Libraries Welcome the caribou man / Tsonakwa and Yolaikia Photograph ...

(October 18, 2025, through August 30, 2026) “Grandma Moses: A Good Day’s Work” at the Smithsonian American Art Museum She didn’t begin painting in earnest until the age of 78. But when she ...

FLORENCE, S.C. – “Fighters for Freedom,” a traveling exhibit from the Smithsonian, features some of the last paintings by ...

Ignacio Darnaude, in Out magazine, accuses the National Portrait Gallery of "queer erasure" over its display of a Felix ...

An executive order by Donald Trump prohibits all DEI programs at federal institutions. Some have already dismantled them.

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 ...

Presented by the Asian Pacific American Center and housed at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, “Sightlines” highlights the imprint of Asian Americans on the physical and cultural terrain of ...

The Smithsonian Institution is closing its Office of Diversity, freezing federal hiring and ordering employees back to ...

Pennsylvania Avenue and 17th Street NW. americanart.si.edu *SMITHSONIAN AMERICAN ART MUSEUM “Pictures of Belonging: Miki Hayakawa, Hisako Hibi, and Miné Okubo,” through Aug. 17. An ...

“Pictures of Belonging” traces the careers of three female artists who flourished despite the U.S. government’s imprisonment of Japanese Americans during World War II. By Aruna D’Souza One ...