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• In This Case: Guitar

  

  Guitar by an unidentified artist In This Case is a series of ongoing posts on art in the Luce Foundation Center, a visible art storage facility at the... Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Conservation: Treating Frederick Eversley's Sculpture

  

  Conservator Hugh Shockey works on Eversley's sculpture Untitled. Did you know that sandpaper technology has improved over the past 40 years? Neither did I... Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• 40 Under 40: Q & A with Curator Nicholas Bell

  

  Nicholas Bell, curator of 40 under 40: Craft Futures oversees installation in the exhibition galleries. We recently opened 40 under 40: Craft Futures at the... Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Kerplunking Culture: Art-o-Mat Swap Meet

  

  Repurposed vending machines produced by Artists in Cellophane I have a confession. I like vending machines a little too much. The convenience, the multitude of... Read more

  Posted on 26 July 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• The Moon is a Television: On Nam June Paik's 80th

  

  Cupcakes decorated with Nam June Paik's Zen for TV Long before there was YouTube and social media, there was Nam June Paik who said, "Someday everybody will hav... Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Picture This: Einstein Wrapped in Yarn

  

  Click image for larger view. Crazy, fun things happen when artists come to town. Olek, pictured here and one of 40 artists whose work is in the Renwick Gallery'... Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Preparing for African American Art: A Conversation with Renee Stout

  

  Left: conservator Hugh Shockley talks with artist Renée Stout. Right: Stout's The Colonel's Cabinet Have you ever looked at a work of art and wished you could... Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Picture This: Installing 40 Under 40

  

  Joey Ellis works carefully to install his piece, China Tree, in the 40 under 40 exhibition galleries. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't stoked about this week's... Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Yes, But is It Art?

  

  Mark Tansey's Interception About two dozen art enthusiasts gathered at American Art's Lincoln Gallery on Tuesday evening to take part in a conversation titled,... Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Art Conservation: The Work of John Rodgers

  

  Left: Objects conservator, Helen Ingalls. Center: John Rodgers' The Wounded Scout, a Friend in the Swamp and Taking the Oath and Drawing Rations. Right: Art... Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Design Front and Center at Luce

  

  Interior Designers Anna Kahoe and Scott Fazzini are inspired by Dennis Burlingame's Snake Charmer (left) and Joseph Hirsch's The Naked Man (right). D.C. has... Read more

  Posted on 10 July 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Handi-Hour Goes "Postal Modern!"

  This summer we are partnering with the National Postal Museum as Handi-hour goes "postal modern!" Join us at the Renwick Gallery on Wednesday, July 11, from 5:3... Read more

  Posted on 09 July 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Nam June Paik: Birthdays Are Always Fun

  

  Museum visitors looking at Nam June Paik's Electronic Superhighway: Continental U.S., Alaska, Hawaii July 20 would have been Nam June Paik's 80th birthday. Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Music and Abstraction, Works by Freddy Rodríguez

  

  Freddy Rodríguez's artworks: left: Danza Africana, center: Amor Africano, and right: Danza de Carnaval The exhibition Our America: The Latino Presence in... Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• The Art of Video Games: Interview Extras

  

  Interviewing Nolan Bushnell at the 2011 Game Developers Conference. You may remember we interviewed a whole bunch of video game designers, artists, writers,... Read more

  Posted on 28 June 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE, GAMING, TECH

• Q and Art: Melons and Pentimenti

  

  This post is part of an ongoing series on Eye Level: "Q and Art," where American Art's Research department brings you interesting questions and answers about ar... Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• 40 Under 40: Meet Craft Evangelist Gabriel Craig

  It’s no secret that we’re excited for 40 under 40: Craft Futures to open at our Renwick Gallery July 20. If you’ve been following along, you know we’ve been... Read more

  Posted on 22 June 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Preparing for African American Art: Conserving a Work by Richard Hunt

  

  Top: Conservator Hugh Shockey applies layers of wax to the surface of Richard Hunt's sculpture. Bottom: Study for Richmond Cycle. Click on image for larger view. Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Picture This: The DyingTecumseh

  

  Before the museum opened to the public, staff moved our sculpture, The Dying Tecumseh by Ferdinand Pettrich, from its usual home in American Art's permanent... Read more

  Posted on 16 June 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• In This Case: Luce Under 40

  

  If you haven't noticed, we are very excited about the upcoming exhibition 40 under 40: Craft Futures in honor of the Renwick Gallery's 40th anniversary as the... Read more

  Posted on 15 June 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE