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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 Great Nature, Storm on Mount Lyell from Johnson Peak

Selected Artworks from Chiura Obata: American Modern

A watercolor image of landscape with snow. — Chiura Obata, Great Nature, Storm on Mount Lyell from Johnson Peak, 1930, color woodcut on paper, 11 x 15 3/4 inches, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Obata Family, 2000.76.8, © 1989, Lillian Yuri Kodani.