Performing Ambiguity: The Art of Tseng Kwong Chi
In his all too short career, the photographer rejected conventional codes of identity and insisted on new, ambiguous conditions of being.
Eye Level
Eye Level is the blog of the Smithsonian American Art Museum and Renwick Gallery. Publishing behind-the-scenes museum stories since 2005.
Contemporary Craft in Focus: The Queer Houses of Brooklyn
Contemporary Craft in Focus: The Queer Houses of Brooklyn
Artist L.J. Roberts integrates queer theory with traditional “domestic crafts” such as knitting and embroidery.
Artists, Friends, Lovers: Paul Cadmus and George Tooker
Celebrating Pride with paintings by two artists whose lives intersected and whose artworks explore similar themes
Closing the Gender Gap: Seeing American Women Sculptors in Wikipedia
Online volunteers learn the basics of how to edit Wikipedia by creating or updating articles related to the history of fifty women sculptors in the United States
Contemporary Craft in Focus: Warrior with Color Face
Contemporary Craft in Focus: Warrior with Color Face
Sculptor Wanxin Zhang explores history, politics, and culture through clay
This Present Moment is Here and Now
New exhibition celebrates the 50th anniversary of SAAM’s Renwick Gallery
Crafting a Better World
SAAM’s director on the exhibition This Present Moment: Crafting a Better World
Contemporary Craft in Focus: Harlem Hellfighters
Learn more about artist Bisa Butler's vivid portraits of African American heroes from World War I
Podcast Release: Music and Conversation with Broke Royals
SAAM's Luce Foundation Center is teaming up with DC local music podcast Hometown Sounds to bring you music and conversations from your favorite artists.
Why I Am Not a Painter: on Michael Goldberg's Sardines
What happens when poet Frank O'Hara walks into Mike Goldberg's studio while he's working on a painting?
Refreshing a View of Venice: How Paper Conservators Clean a Print
SAAM conservator Kate Maynor explains the delicate process of washing paper
Depicting Love in Diane Arbus’s A woman with her baby monkey, 1971
An unexpected email reveals more about the subject of one of Diane Arbus’s celebrated portraits
A Fragile Roman Mosaic Glass Bowl Reveals Its Secrets
Go behind-the-scenes with conservators who make a fascinating discovery about a rarely seen Roman glass bowl
Exploring the American Psyche with Carrie Mae Weems
On the multimedia installation, Lincoln, Lonnie, and Me, recently acquired by SAAM
Building a Web of Knowledge Through Wikidata
This Women's History Month, learn how SAAM is using open data platforms to increase the visibility of artists represented in the collection
Podcast Release: Music and Conversation with Astra Via
SAAM's Luce Foundation Center is teaming up with DC local music podcast Hometown Sounds to bring you music and conversations from your favorite artists.
Through the Lens of Photographer Linda Rich
A look into the daily lives of women living in one close-knit Baltimore neighborhood
Presenting Ten More Visionaries and Rule Breakers in SAAM's Collection
The Drawn to Art comic series continues to share the lives of women artists you should know