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• Picture This: In the Pumpkin Field at Lewes

  

  James Barlett Rich's In the Pumpkin Field at Lewes (The Photographer's Wife, his Daughter, and Friends) In 1898, photographer James Bartlett Rich took this phot... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2011 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• The People Behind the Video Games: David Cage

  

  Screen shot from Heavy Rain, 2010, Written and Directed by David Cage. Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC. Exhibition coordinator Georgina Goodlander and... Read more

  Posted on 27 October 2011 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE, GAMING, TECH

• Combing the Nam June Paik Archive

  

  October is National Archives Month and as such it gives us a chance to celebrate some of the unique archival holdings that the Smithsonian owns. Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2011 CULTURE

• The Art of Video Games: A Sneak Peek

  

  The Art of Video Games exhibition (opening March 16, 2012) will highlight images and footage from the 80 games that won the public vote in April, as well as fiv... Read more

  Posted on 20 October 2011 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Elizabeth Peyton: A Passion for Beauty

  

  Elizabeth Peyton - Photo by Bruce Guthrie "I think my work is more capable of articulating my thoughts and feelings than I'm willing to say. Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2011 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Picture This: How Do You Clean the Kogod Courtyard Canopy?

  

  How do you clean the canopy over American Art's Kogod Courtyard? Very carefully. One of the best perks I have working at American Art is taking colleagues on... Read more

  Posted on 14 October 2011 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Spotlight on Chicago: Don Baum

  

  Don Baum's Chinatown Featured in the new exhibition at American Art, Made in Chicago: The Koffler Collection, Don Baum's Chinatown is an assemblage made from... Read more

  Posted on 12 October 2011 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Encuentros: Artistic Exchange Between the U.S. and Latin America

  

  Anima (Alma/Soul) by Ana Mendieta Beginning tomorrow, October 5, the American Art Museum will be hosting a two-day symposium called Encuentros: Artistic Exchang... Read more

  Posted on 04 October 2011 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Picture This: Something of Splendor

  

  William Allman, curator of the White House tells a story about the Monroe Plateau, a centerpiece that adorned the dinner table at White House functions. Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2011 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Sculpting a Career with Curator George Gurney

  

  Edmonia Lewis's The Death of Cleopatra George Gurney, the nation’s foremost expert on American sculpture, is retiring after more than 36 years at the American... Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2011 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Behind the Scenes: We Only See Light

  

  American Art's lighting designer, Scott Rosenfeld updates us on new developments in museum lighting. "We only see light." That's what Mr. Schoor, my high... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2011 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Worlds Apart: Meryle Secrest on Amedeo Modigliani and Romaine Brooks

  

  Romaine Brooks's Self-Portrait "I'm going to do something that I've never done before and that is to compare people who lived in the same place at the same... Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2011 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Luce Center: Pizza in a Pill?

  

  Artist Carmen Wong's pizza in a pill, part of her artwork Tactile Dinner Car Pizza in a pill! Trust me, I tried one and it tasted like pizza. Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2011 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Charles Willson Peale: The Man in Front of the Curtain

  

  Charles Willson Peale, The Artist in His Museum, 1822, oil on canvas, Courtesy of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Gift of Mrs. Sarah Harrison (The... Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2011 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE, HISTORY

• 9-11 Up-Close and Far Away

  

  Thomas Ruff's jpeg d01 Growing up in New York when the Twin Towers were being built makes me think we were raised at about the same time. Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2011 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• From Defense to Decoration: the Renwick Gallery in the Civil War

  

  The history of American Art's Renwick Gallery is a rich one. Recently, The Bigger Picture, the blog of the Smithsonian Institution Archives posted a story... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2011 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE, HISTORY

• Saying Goodbye (and Sometimes Hello) to George Ault

  

  George Ault, January Full Moon, 1941 Oil on canvas, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Purchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust (by exchange), Photo by Jamison... Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2011 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Picture This: A Balancing Act

  

  Photo via Flickr. © Pablo Benavente I can't stop looking at this photo: how perfectly the photographer captured the moment. A woman balances on a unicycle near ... Read more

  Posted on 30 August 2011 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE, PHOTOGRAPHY

• New Acquisitions: Albert Pinkham Ryder's The Lorelei

  

  Albert Pinkham Ryder's The Lorelei (top) and The Lovers' Boat (bottom) I first experienced Albert Pinkham Ryder's work through slides projected onto a dingy... Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2011 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Draw & Discover: Miniature Innovation

  

  The Luce Foundation Center’s Mary Tait who leads the weekly sketching program, Draw & Discover, recently discovered that one of the regular participants, C.... Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2011 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE