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• In Harmony: Artist Rufino Tamayo and Composer Carlos Chávez

  was Mexico's most important composer of the twentieth century, as well as a conductor, theorist, educator, and founder of the Mexican Symphony Orchestra. Like... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2017 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Drawn to the City: Tamayo in New York

  New York City sparked Mexican artist Rufino Tamayo's imagination during his early visits in the 1920s and 1930s. At the time, Manhattan was a burgeoning new... Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2017 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Stranger Things

  It has been a bumper season for eerie exhibitions at SAAM and the Renwick Gallery, from our " dollhouses of death," to an installation of ominous train tracks,... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2017 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Kara Walker: Dark Shadows of History

  For over two decades, African American artist Kara Walker has been making work that weaves together imagery from the antebellum South, the brutality of... Read more

  Posted on 13 October 2017 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Luce Unplugged: Aaron Abernathy

  Luce Unplugged brings DC's best musical acts to the Smithsonian American Art Museum for an evening concert after a staff-led art talk. On Thursday, August 24,... Read more

  Posted on 18 August 2017 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• A Sense of Place: New Mexico as Seen by Artist Gene Kloss

  Gene Kloss felt that immersion in nature was essential to the production of art. Her paintings and etchings were directly informed by nature and she couldn't... Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2017 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Throwback Thursday, Nam June Paik: Because Almost All of the Audience is...

  It's Throwback Thursday! Here at Eye Level, we have decided it's a great opportunity to bring back some of our interesting posts from the past. Today is video... Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2017 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• A Photographer and a Writer Walk into a Museum

  The other day, in my quest to look at works of art with fresh eyes, I asked a colleague to join me (that's one way to get new eyes) in a walk through the museum... Read more

  Posted on 22 June 2017 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Watch This: Our New Exhibition, Watch This!

  

  "Watch This! Revelations in Media Art" presents contemporary artworks that trace the evolution of a continuously emerging medium. The exhibition explores the... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2015 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Picture This: Renwick Renovation Update

  

  The Renwick Gallery, presently under renovation, is scheduled to reopen this coming November. The Renwick Gallery, built in 1859, was the first structure in... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2015 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Artist Talk: Mark Bradford, Artist and Maker

  

  On Monday, April 20, at 6pm in American Art's McEvoy Auditorium, artist Mark Bradford will be discussing his Amendment series in the third annual James Dicke... Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2015 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Luce Artist Talk: A Couple of Questions with Four Artists

  

  This month's Luce Artist Talk is on Saturday, April 18th at 1:30 p.m. and will feature four multidisciplinary artists who are participating in the Source Theate... Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2015 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Five Questions (+1) with Michael Heaston of the Domingo Cafritz Young Artists...

  

  The Domingo Cafritz Young Artists Program at Washington National Opera will be performing their annual semi-staged excerpts from operas on Thursday, April 9 at ... Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2015 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Yasuo Kuniyoshi: Bearing the Weight

  

  Opening today, the exhibition, The Artistic Journey of Yasuo Kuniyoshi, looks at the evolution of the artist's work, and is the first comprehensive exhibition... Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2015 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Luce Unplugged: 5 +1 Questions with Gully Waters

  

  Come at 5:30 p.m. next Thursday, April 9th to American Art's Luce Foundation Center to grab a drink from the bar (cash only!), explore the artworks of the Luce... Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2015 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Luce Unplugged: Five Questions with Baby Bry Bry

  

  Beloved punk rockers Baby Bry Bry & The Apologists (BBB) will kick off our first Thursday Luce Unplugged on March 26th. The Apologists split the difference... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2015 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Innovation Handi-hour

  

  Join us on Wednesday, March 25, in the Luce Foundation Center from 5:30 to 9 p.m. in the Smithsonian American Art Museum as we celebrate craft and innovation... Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2015 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Computers and Art

  

  This blog post is adapted from an essay written by Michael Mansfield, associate curator of film and media arts, to accompany the exhibition, Watch This! Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2015 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Q and Art: Margaret Jordan Patterson

  

  I love the bright flower prints by Margaret Jordan Patterson. Can you tell me more about the artist? Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2015 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Luce Artist Talk: Five Questions with Costume Designer Deb Sivigny

  

  Join us this Saturday, March 21st at 1:30 p.m. to see how costume design and artworks in the Luce Foundation Center connect to one another as part of our Luce... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2015 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE