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  • Chiura Obata: American Modern

    A watercolor image of Grand Canyon.

    November 27, 2019 — May 25, 2020

    Smithsonian American Art Museum (8th and F Streets, NW)
    Japanese-born artist Chiura Obata’s seemingly effortless synthesis of different art traditions defies the usual division between “East” and “West.” This exhibition presents the most comprehensive survey of his rich and varied body of work to date, from bold California landscape paintings to intimate drawings of his experiences of the mass incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II.

  • Hearts of Our People: Native Women Artists

    An artwork with small details made of beads depicting nature.

    February 21, 2020 – May 17, 2020

    Renwick Gallery (Pennsylvania Avenue at 17th Street NW)

    Hearts of Our People: Native Women Artists is the first major thematic exhibition to explore the artistic achievements of Native women.

  • Alexander von Humboldt and the United States: Art, Nature, and Culture

    A painting of a bridge made from nature.

    March 20, 2020 – August 16, 2020

    Smithsonian American Art Museum (8th and F Streets, NW)

    This exhibition reveals how the influential naturalist and explorer Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) shaped American perceptions of nature and the way American cultural identity became grounded in our relationship with the environment.

  • Janet Echelman’s 1.8 Renwick

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    April 3, 2020 – August 14, 2022

    Renwick Gallery (Pennsylvania Avenue at 17th Street NW)
    Janet Echelman's colorful fiber and lighting installation, suspended from the ceiling of the Renwick Gallery's Grand Salon, examines the complex interconnections between human beings and our physical world, and reveals the artist's fascination with the measurement of time. 

  • Forces of Nature: Renwick Invitational 2020

    abstract shapes painted in silver with seven silver ornaments.

    July 17, 2020 – February 7, 2021

    Renwick Gallery (Pennsylvania Avenue at 17th Street NW)

    Forces of Nature: Renwick Invitational 2020 features artists Lauren Fensterstock, Timothy Horn, Debora Moore, and Rowland Ricketts. Representing craft media from fiber to mosaic to glass and metals, these artists approach the long history of art’s engagement with the natural world through unconventional and highly personal perspectives.