In 1993, two nail salons in Washington, D.C. donated examples of their unique nail art designs to Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum. These designs included abstract art, re-creations of ...

In a new exhibition at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, artists explore just what makes a space feel like home Lonnie G. Bunch III December 27, 2024 ...

The exhibition is on view from March 28 through Aug. 26 at the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s main building in Washington, D.C. It is organized by Leslie Umberger, curator of folk and self-taught ...

If the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, were a board game, it would be Clue — not for murder-mystery escapades but for the opulent maze of rooms in its expansive floor plan.Built at the ...

The Smithsonian American Art Museum’s ‘Musical Thinking: New Video Art and Sonic Strategies’ showcases works by 10 contemporary artists.

Selldorf Architects’ work with the Smithsonian goes back to 2020, when the New York firm completed concept design and master plan for the museum.The plan proposed display areas for old and new ...

Coinciding with a newly released monograph, An Atlas of Es Devlin (Thames & Hudson, October 2023), the show brings the richly illustrated, 866-page volume to life using audio, video, and digital ...

In a new retrospective exhibition at the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, An Atlas of Es Devlin, you can delve into her fabricated worlds as you step into a replica of her studio, become ...

For the third time in six years, the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African Art is looking for a new director. Ngaire Blankenberg, a museum and cultural consultant who took up the ...