The Smithsonian American Art Museum and the National Portrait Gallery are open today. Tomorrow, Monday, November 17, all Smithsonian museums, including SAAM's Renwick Gallery, will open to the public. For more updates, please see si.edu/visit.
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.