SAAM Staff

On Thursday, SAAM preparators reinstalled Luis Jiménez’s Vaquero at the north entrance of the building.

Today we are launching Meet Me at Midnight, an interactive art mystery Web site for kids. It's perfect for eight- to ten-year-olds and is meant to be a fun intro to visiting the museum and seeing some cool artwork. Of course, we hope to teach a little something along the way.

Last week Kriston posted his impressions of the newly renovated Old Patent Office building which will house SAAM and the National Portrait Gallery come July 1.

Check out SAAM’s new Interact feature—Speaking of Pictures—which allows you to roll over an art image to find hidden meanings.

Grant Wood’s iconic work, American Gothic, makes a return visit to Washington for the first time in 40 years. See it—along with lesser-known gems, such as Corn Cob Chandelier— in Grant Wood’s Studio: Birthplace of American Gothic.

Today, an introduction to one of the first exhibitions to be installed: Passing Time: the Art of William Christenberry. Christenberry works in a variety of media including painting, photography, and sculpture, often using the rural landscape of his native Alabama as his subject.