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Large-scale installation of corncob piñatas.

The Fantastical World of Justin Favela

Gold-fringed walls and piñata corncobs transform the Grand Salon of SAAM's Renwick Gallery and highlight the role of maize in North American visual culture.

Chiura Obata’s Silence, Last Twilight on an Unknown Lake, Johnson Peak

Selected Artworks from Chiura Obata: American Modern

A watercolor image of a lake with mountains in the background. — Chiura Obata, Silence, Last Twilight on an Unknown Lake, Johnson Peak, 1930, color woodcut on paper, 11 x 15 5/8 inches, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Obata Family, 2000.76.18, © 1989, Lillian Yuri Kodani.