Featured Exhibitions
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Artists Respond: American Art and the Vietnam War, 1965-1975
March 15, 2019–August 18, 2019
Smithsonian American Art Museum (8th and F Streets, NW)Artists Respond: American Art and the Vietnam War, 1965-1975 makes vivid an era in which artists endeavored to respond to the turbulent times and openly questioned issues central to American civic life.
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Tiffany Chung: Vietnam, Past Is Prologue
March 15, 2019–September 2, 2019
Smithsonian American Art Museum (8th and F Streets, NW)Through maps, videos, and paintings that highlight the voices and stories of former Vietnamese refugees, Tiffany Chung probes the legacies of the Vietnam War and its aftermath. -
Connections: Contemporary Craft at the Renwick Gallery
March 29, 2019 - Ongoing
Renwick Gallery (Pennsylvania Avenue at 17th Street NW)Connections is the Renwick Gallery’s dynamic ongoing permanent collection presentation, featuring more than 80 objects celebrating craft as a discipline and an approach to living differently in the modern world. The installation includes iconic favorites alongside new acquisitions.
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David Best's Temple
March 30, 2018 - January 5, 2020
Renwick Gallery (Pennsylvania Avenue at 17th Street NW)David Best’s Temple transforms the Renwick Gallery’s Bettie Rubenstein Grand Salon into a glowing sanctuary, offering visitors a quiet place to reflect and pay tribute to lost loved ones.
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Popping (Up) With Pride at SAAM
Saisha Grayson, curator of time-based media at SAAM, discusses the pop-up exhibition for the June 9 celebration of Pride.