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Lynda Roscoe Hartigan Named Director of SAAM

The Smithsonian announced the appointment of Lynda Roscoe Hartigan as the Margaret and Terry Stent Director of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, effective September 8, 2026.

Chiura Obata’s Life and Death, Porcupine Flat

Selected Artworks from Chiura Obata: American Modern

A watercolor of a fallen tree with trees and the blue sky in the background. — Chiura Obata, Life and Death, Porcupine Flat, 1930, color woodcut on paper, 15 1/2 x 10 7/8 inches, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Obata Family, 2000.76.3, © 1989, Lillian Yuri Kodani.