Exhibitions

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woman swimming with pineapple — Laure Prouvost, *Swallow*, 2013

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC

Hirshhorn Debuts New Acquisitions in “Feel the Sun in Your Mouth”

Exhibition Highlights Works From the Museum’s Collection That Provide Contemporary Perspectives on the World Today Opens Aug. 24

08.02.2019

Exhibitions

Tattered American flag in display case — Jaclyn Nash, National Museum of American History

D-Day flag on display

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Rendering of exhibition space with people interacting with installations — Artist rendering of the "Textron How Things Fly Gallery," slated to open in 2022 at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC. Credit: Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum

Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum Receives $10 Million Gift From Textron

07.25.2019

Air and Space Museum Exhibitions

women in trees — Detail, *Somayeh*, from *Blank Pages of an Iranian Photo Album*; Newsha Tavakolian; ELS2019.4.1 © Newsha Tavakolian

Smithsonian’s Freer|Sackler Presents a Different View of Iran

Six Female Artists Explore the Complexities of Life Within and Outside of Iran

07.22.2019

Asian Art Museum Exhibitions

Armstrong's Apollo 11 Space Suit on Display

Neil Armstrong’s Spacesuit On Display at National Air and Space Museum for 50th Anniversary of Apollo 11

3-D Model of Armstrong Suit Now Available Online

07.16.2019

Digitization Program Office Air and Space Museum Exhibitions

Wyss Institute Guest Curates "Selects" Exhibition at Cooper Hewitt

18th Installation in the Acclaimed Series

07.09.2019

Cooper Hewitt Exhibitions

painting of house — Edward Hopper, *Ryder's House,* 1933, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Henry Ward Ranger through the National Academy of Design, 1981.76

Smithsonian American Art Museum Receives Major Grant for Five-Year Collaboration With Five Partner Museums Across the American West

Grant From Art Bridges + Terra Foundation Initiative Supports Sharing of Artworks With Audiences Throughout the United States

07.08.2019

American Art Museum Exhibitions Administrative News

dunchamp art — Left: Marcel Duchamp, “The Bride Stripped Bare of Her Bachelors, Even (The Green Box),” 1934. Box containing collotype reproductions on various papers. Edition 1 of 300. Image copyright © The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Image source: Art Resource, NY. © Association Marcel Duchamp / ADAGP, Paris / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York 2018

Right: Marcel Duchamp, “Porte Chapeau (Hat Rack),” Conceived in 1917/Executed in 1964. Edition: 5/8 + 3 Aps. Photo: National Gallery of Canada. © Association Marcel Duchamp / ADAGP, Paris / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York 2018

Hirshhorn Announces Exhibition Examining the Life and Legacy of Pioneering Artist Marcel Duchamp

Historic Two-Part Show Will Debut the Museum’s Recent Promised Gift of Over 50 Key Works by Duchamp and His Contemporaries Exhibition Will Showcase His Extraordinary Influence on Artists Today

06.27.2019

Hirshhorn Museum Exhibitions New Acquisitions

mars rovers — Full-scale models of Mars Rovers are now on display in the *Exploring the Planets* gallery at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C.

New Changes at National Air and Space Museum During Renovation

Museum Remains Open During Construction

06.27.2019

Exhibitions

flower sculpture — Ginny Ruffner with Grant Kirkpatrick, *Liriodendrum plausus* *(Flapping tulip)*, 2017, sculpture (handblown glass with acrylic paint tree rings), island (plywood, low-density foam, fiberglass, epoxy, sand, pebbles, and acrylic paint), and holographic image. Sculpture: 19 x 12 x 9 in. Background: *Bronze Tree* (center island), 2017, plywood, low-density foam, fiberglass, epoxy, sand, pebbles, acrylic paint, bronze, and lampworked glass. Overall: 50 x 63 x 49 in. Installation view at MadArt Studio, 2018. Courtesy Ruffner Studio. Photo by Fiona McGuigan.

“Ginny Ruffner: Reforestation of the Imagination” Transforms the Renwick Gallery Into a Post-Apocalyptic Haven of Hope

Exhibition of Traditional Craft and Augmented Reality Opens June 28

06.21.2019

American Art Museum Exhibitions

spiral art — Dick West (Southern Cheyenne, 1912–1996), “Spatial Whorl”, 1949–1950. Oil on canvas. Gift of Dwight D. Saunders, 2004. (26/5102)

This work will be exhibited in “Stretching the Canvas: Eight Decades of Native Painting” opening Nov. 16 at the National Museum of the American Indian’s George Gustav Heye Center in New York City.

Upcoming Exhibition at Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian Examines Modern Painters Whose Works Broke Boundaries

“Stretching the Canvas” Features Paintings by 30 Artists Working From 1940–Present

06.21.2019

American Indian Museum Heye Center Exhibitions

Yellowstone Rhododendron, — Michael Sherrill, *Yellowstone Rhododendron*, 2000, porcelain, glaze, steel. 11.25 x 15 x 11 in. Smithsonian American Art Museum, gift of David and Clemmer Montague, in memory of her mother Beatrice Slaton and her brother Carson Slaton, Mississippi Gardeners, 2005.34.

“Michael Sherrill Retrospective” Features Extraordinary Sculptures Inspired by Botanical Wonders

Exhibition Opens June 28 at the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum

06.20.2019

American Art Museum Exhibitions

National Museum of American History Marks the 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising With “Illegal To Be You” Display

06.18.2019

Smithsonian Channel American History Museum Exhibitions

Apollo 11 Command Module — **Apollo 11 command module Columbia**

*Credit: Photo by Eric Long, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution*

Smithsonian Extends Tour of Apollo 11 Exhibition Featuring the Command Module Columbia

06.14.2019

Air and Space Museum Exhibitions

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Men of Change: LeBron James

LeBron James

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Walter Iooss, © Walter Iooss

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Father and young son on beach with backs to the camera — National Museum of African American History and Culture

Men of Change: Father and Son

Untitled photograph of father and son at Lake Michigan, 1946-1948. Photo by Wayne F. Miller.

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, © Magnum Photo

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Two men holding March on Washington sign — Library of Congress

Men of Change: March on Washington

Bayard Rustin (on left), one of the founders of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and a key organizer of the March on Washington, with Cleveland Robinson.

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