The Smithsonian American Art Museum’s (SAAM) modern and contemporary galleries reopened Friday after a three-year renovation – bringing new installations exploring American art and ushering ...

The Smithsonian American Art Museum has completely revamped its modern and contemporary art galleries. The space—which is home to one of the museum’s most popular pieces, Nam June Paik’s “Electronic ...

“American Voices and Visions: Modern and Contemporary Art” is on view at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C. “Carrie Mae Weems: Looking Forward, Looking Back” continues ...

The Critique At the Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum, art for here, now and beyond ‘If we do not stop this madness, we will destroy ourselves and the whole world,’ artist Adam Pendleton’s ...

The Smithsonian Institution removed the director of the Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) in Washington, DC, following years of staff complaints of tumultuous leadership, according to a ...

The Smithsonian Institution has removed Stephanie Stebich, previously the director of the Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) in Washington, DC, from her role following years of complaints from ...

In museum’s redesigned modern and contemporary galleries, pop art is out, and such major artists as Diebenkorn, Ruscha and Thiebaud are erased, along with California.

The Smithsonian American Art Museum reopens its modern and contemporary galleries with a new installation that freshly examines the explosion of possibility in American art between the 1940s and ...