Exhibitions

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Illustration of building and its architectural details
National Museum of Asian Art Reveals Hidden Stories of Ancient Korean Architecture in New Exhibition
“Once Upon a Roof: Vanished Korean Architecture” Will be on View May 21 Through Oct. 30
05.12.2022
Asian Art Museum Exhibitions
Artwork featuring abstract portrait and graphic elements

Courtesy of Smithsonian American Art Museum.

“This Present Moment: Crafting a Better World” Examines the State of Contemporary Craft in America Today
New Exhibition Features 135 Recently Acquired Artworks That Tell an Inclusive Story of American Art
05.10.2022
American Art Museum Exhibitions
Side by side images of city blocks covered in murals

 
(Left) Wall of Respect, Chicago, Illinois, 1967, Photograph by Roy Lewis. Gift of Roy Lewis Archives 1967, Copyright Roy Lewis (Right) Tupac memorial mural on Houston Street in New York City, 1997. From the Eyejammie Hip Hop Photography Collection. Photograph by Al Pereira. Copyright Al Pereira

National Museum of African American History and Culture To Display Golden Era of Hip-Hop Photo Collection
“Represent: Hip-Hop Photography” Exhibition Opens May 6
05.05.2022
African American Museum Exhibitions
Ruby slippers in a glass display case
Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History To Remove Ruby Slippers From View in June
Move Will Prepare Them for Their New Spotlight in “Entertainment Nation” Exhibition, Opening Dec. 9. Last Day To View the Slippers Is June 12.
05.04.2022
American History Museum Exhibitions
Fountain in Hirshhorn Museum plaza
Hirshhorn To Present Exhibition Showcasing a Century of Art by Nearly 50 Pathbreaking Women and Nonbinary Artists
Highlighting Masterworks Alongside Recent Acquisitions by Artists Including Dana Awartani, Loie Hollowell, Sondra Perry, Deborah Roberts and Kiyan Williams, “Put It This Way: (Re)Visions of the Hirshhorn Collection” Opens July 22
05.03.2022
Hirshhorn Museum Exhibitions
Man sits in tent
Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition Explores 1968 Poor People’s Campaign
Tour Launches at National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel May 14
05.02.2022
Traveling Exhibition Service Exhibitions
“Anthony Cuts under the Williamsburg Bridge, Morning” by Alison Elizabeth Taylor

“Anthony Cuts under the Williamsburg Bridge, Morning” by Alison Elizabeth Taylor, first prize winner of the 2022 Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition, marquetry hybrid (wood veneers, oil paint, acrylic paint, inkjet prints, shellac, and sawdust on wood), 2020. Collection of the artist. Copyright Alison Elizabeth Taylor. Courtesy of Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery.

National Portrait Gallery Announces Winners of the Sixth National Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition and Opening of “The Outwin 2022: American Portraiture Today”
Alison Elizabeth Taylor Receives $25,000 and New Commission as First-Prize Winner of the National Triennial
04.29.2022
Portrait Gallery Exhibitions
Image of forest mountaintop and second image of stone deity sculpture

Left: Northeast peak of Phnom Da in 2019. Southern Cambodia, Takeo Province. Photo: Konstanty Kulik, courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art

Right: Krishna Lifting Mount Govardhan (detail), c. 600. Southern Cambodia, Takeo Province, Phnom Da. Sandstone; The Cleveland Museum of Art

Groundbreaking Exhibition of Newly Restored Cambodian Masterpiece “Krishna Lifting Mount Govardhan” Integrates Art and Experiential Digital Design
“Revealing Krishna: Journey to Cambodia’s Sacred Mountain” Opens at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art April 30
04.14.2022
Asian Art Museum Exhibitions
Outdoor garden with solar powered recharge stations in foreground

Smithsonian Solar-Powered Recharge Stations in the Enid A. Haupt Garden by James Gagliardi

New Smithsonian Solar-Powered Clean Energy “Recharge Stations” To Debut as Part of “FUTURES” Exhibition
Visitors to the National Mall Can Now Recharge Their Devices, and Themselves, at Eco-Friendly Solar-Powered Installations
04.13.2022
Smithsonian Gardens Arts and Industries Exhibitions Public Programs
Side-by-side images showing children playing on a teeter toter and a poster with the words "Act Now"
"Designing Peace" To Open in June at Cooper Hewitt
04.07.2022
Cooper Hewitt Exhibitions
Taxidermied bird on a wooden perch for display
Smithsonian Opens “Really BIG Money” April 8
Exhibit Features Massive Currency in Kid-Friendly Gallery
04.07.2022
American History Museum Exhibitions
Portrait of man and a separate image of a ceramic bowl

Left image: Sam Gilliam portrait by Fredrik Nilsen Studio. Right image: Sam Gilliam, “X for X,” 2021, acrylic and mixed media on panel in beveled frame, 48 x 48 x 4 inches (121.9 x 121.9 x 10.2 cm). Photo: Jonathan Nesteruk. Copyright 2022 Sam Gilliam /Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

Hirshhorn’s Sam Gilliam Exhibition Will Spotlight His Decades-Long Investigation Into Abstraction
“Sam Gilliam: Full Circle” Will Debut New Paintings, May 25–Sept. 11
04.07.2022
Hirshhorn Museum Exhibitions
Robinson Jersey

Jackie Robinson's Jersey

National Museum of African American History and Culture Displays Jackie Robinson’s Jersey in Honor of 75th Anniversary of Robinson’s Major League Debut
04.07.2022
African American Museum Exhibitions
Raytheon Technologies Space Age

Rendering of Raytheon Technologies' "Living in the Space Age."

National Air and Space Museum Receives $25 Million Gift From Raytheon Technologies
New “Living in the Space Age” Exhibition Anticipated To Open in 2025
04.06.2022
Air and Space Museum Exhibitions
National Postal Museum Baseball, Americas Home Run
Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum To Open Baseball Exhibition
“Baseball: America’s Home Run” Opens April 9
03.22.2022
Postal Museum Exhibitions
Three children stand on sidewalk on barren street

Children outside Barry Farm Dwellings, April 28, 1944. Courtesy Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division (LC-G613-45237)

Anacostia Community Museum Presents “We Shall Not Be Moved: Stories of Struggle from Barry Farm-Hillsdale”
Online Exhibition Focuses on Housing Equity and Justice in Historic DC Neighborhood
03.16.2022
Anacostia Community Museum Exhibitions
Person in red clothing and headdress stares forward
National Museum of American History Opens “Discovery and Revelation”
From Galileo to “God Helmet,” Exhibit Reveals Relationship of Religion and Science
03.10.2022
American History Museum Exhibitions
Japanese print depicting battle scene

Credit: Toyohara Kunichika / Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC: The Pearl and Seymour Moskowitz Collection, S2021.5.339a-c

National Museum of Asian Art Debuts Works on Paper Gallery With Exhibition of Recently Acquired Japanese Prints
“Underdogs and Antiheroes: Japanese Prints from the Moskowitz Collection” Will Open for the National Cherry Blossom Festival March 19
03.10.2022
Asian Art Museum Exhibitions
Three sculptures of standing figures on pedestals inside a building

Credit: Josh Weilepp/NMAAHC

Three Sculptures From Acclaimed Artist Elizabeth Catlett Coming to National Museum of African American History and Culture
03.09.2022
African American Museum Exhibitions
Room with mirrored walls filled with colorful polka-dotted balls

Visitors experiencing Yayoi Kusama's “Infinity Mirrored Room—My Heart Is Dancing into the Universe” (2018) at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Photo by Matailong Du. Wood and glass mirrored room with paper lanterns, 119 5/8 x 245 1/8 x 245 1/8 in. (304 x 622.4 x 622.4 cm). Courtesy Ota Fine Arts and Victoria Miro, London/Venice. © YAYOI KUSAMA. Purchased jointly by the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. (Joseph H. Hirshhorn Purchase Fund, 2020), and the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, with funds from the George B. and Jenny R. Mathews Fund, by exchange.

Hirshhorn Announces April 1 Opening Date for “One with Eternity: Yayoi Kusama in the Hirshhorn Collection”
Exhibition Builds on Record-Breaking 2017 Exhibition and North American Tour Initiated by the Hirshhorn
03.07.2022
Hirshhorn Museum Exhibitions
Abstract painting by Oscar Howe

Oscar Howe (Yanktonai Dakota, 1915–1983), Umine Dance, 1958. Casein and gouache on paper, mounted to board, 18 x 22 in. Garth Greenan Gallery, New York 

“Dakota Modern: The Art of Oscar Howe” Presents Major Retrospective of the Yanktonai Dakota Artist’s Work
One of the 20th Century’s Most Innovative Native American Painters, Howe Challenged Stereotypes and Created Pathways for Native Painters
03.02.2022
American Indian Museum Heye Center Exhibitions
Cartoon of group of men entangled in electrical cord

“Watergate Breaks Wide Open” by Jack Davis, watercolor and ink on paperboard, 1973. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of TIME magazine.

National Portrait Gallery Presents “Watergate: Portraiture and Intrigue”
Commemorating the Watershed Moment’s 50th Anniversary, on View March 25–Sept. 5
02.22.2022
Portrait Gallery Exhibitions
Illustration of a man in robes

Portrait of a Gaofeng Yuanmiao, 1238 - 1295. Chūan Kinkō (mid-15th century) Japan, Muromachi period, 1392-1568 Ink on paper. H x W (image): 58.4 x 37.4 cm. Gift of Charles Lang Freer, Freer Gallery of Art. F1911.317a-b

National Museum of Asian Art Illustrates the Visual, Spiritual and Philosophical Power of Zen in Its Inaugural Exhibition for “The Arts of Devotion”
“Mind Over Matter: Zen in Medieval Japan” Launches “The Arts of Devotion,” a Five-Year Initiative Dedicated to Furthering Civic Discourse and the Understanding of Religion
02.17.2022
Asian Art Museum Exhibitions
Exterior of Cooper Hewitt Museum
"Duro Olowu Selects" To Open in March at Cooper Hewitt
02.15.2022
Cooper Hewitt Exhibitions

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