Upcoming Exhibitions
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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 struggled to synthesize the turbulent times, and participated in a process of free and open questioning inherent to American character and civic life.
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Tiffany Chung: Vietnam, Past Is Prologue
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Connections: Contemporary Craft at the Renwick Gallery
March 29, 2019
Renwick Gallery (Pennsylvania Avenue at 17th Street NW)This summer the Renwick Gallery’s dynamic ongoing permanent collection presentation, “Connections” returns to view, featuring 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, some of which will be displayed at the museum for the first time. Nora Atkinson, The Lloyd Herman Acting Curator-in-Charge, selected the objects and conceived the innovative presentation.
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American Myth & Memory: David Levinthal Photographs
June 7, 2019 — October 14, 2019
Smithsonian American Art Museum (8th and F Streets, NW)Populated with toy cowboys and cavalry, Barbie dolls and baseball players, David Levinthal’s photographs reference iconic images and events that shaped postwar American society. Despite their playful veneer, Levinthal’s images provide a lens through which to examine the myths and stereotypes lurking within our most beloved pastimes and enduring heroes. In doing so, Levinthal encourages us to consider the stories we tell about ourselves—what it means to be strong, beautiful, masculine, feminine, and ultimately, American.
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Reforestation of the Imagination
June 28, 2019–January 5, 2020
Renwick Gallery (Pennsylvania Avenue at 17th Street NW)Ginny Ruffner (b. 1952) is a glass artist best known for her elegant sculptures and mastery of glass techniques. Recently, she has created work that combines traditional glass sculpture with Augmented Reality (AR) technology to create an interactive viewer experience. Visitors to the exhibition "Reforestation of the Imagination" will use a downloadable app that superimposes digital information over seemingly barren sculptures, creating two distinct realities to explore. -
Michael Sherrill Retrospective
June 28, 2019–January 5, 2020
Renwick Gallery (Pennsylvania Avenue at 17th Street NW)In his delicately rendered sculptures, Michael Sherrill seeks to elicit a sense of wonder from viewers, and to make them see the natural world anew through his exquisite works in clay, glass, and metal. This retrospective, organized by The Mint Museum, illustrates the artist’s evolution over his more than 40-year career and highlights his contributions to contemporary art, craft, and design. Sherrill is considered one of the foremost practitioners of using a new approach to traditional methods and incorporating new media and technologies into his work. Sherrill’s exceptional skills and his keen sense of materials together achieve what he calls his “natural narratives.”