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New: Local Color: Washington Painting at Mid-Century
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July 4, 2008 - October 13, 2008 (new opening & closing dates)
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On view are 27 large-scale, luminous, abstract paintings from the museum's permanent collection dating from the mid-1950s to the mid-1970s by such Washington D.C.-based artists as Gene Davis, Thomas Downing, Sam Gilliam, Paul Reed, Jacob Kainen, Alma Thomas, Leon Berkowitz, Fel Hines, and Howard Mehring.
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New: Earth and Sky: Photographs by Barbara Bosworth
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June 20, 2008 - November 9, 2008
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On view are more than 40 photographs by Barbara Bosworth (b.1953), including "The Bitterroot River," a series that deals with loss and recovery, and recent color photographs of songbirds and the New England landscape surrounding her home near Boston, Massachusetts. Bosworth combines multiple large-format negatives in a single print to create her panoramic images and landscape photographs. She is best known for her photographs of National Champion trees -- the largest identified example of each species in the United States. While her subjects appear direct and straightforward, her images are notable for their grace and emotional resonance.
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New: Aaron Douglas: African American Modernist
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May 9, 2008 - August 3, 2008
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On view are more than 80 rarely seen works by Aaron Douglas (1899-1979) -- one of the foremost visual artists from the Harlem Renaissance -- including paintings, prints, drawings, and illustrations, in addition to works by several of his contemporaries. Douglas combined angular cubist rhythms and a seductive Art Deco dynamism with traditional African and African American imagery to develop a radically new visual vocabulary; his art made a lasting impression on American modernism.
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New: The Honor of Your Company Is Requested: President Lincoln's Inaugural Ball
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March 8, 2008 - January 18, 2010
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On view in this small exhibition to celebrate Abraham Lincoln's second inaugural ball is ephemera from the ball, including the invitation and menu, as well as engravings illustrating the night's events and other artifacts. The ball took place in the building on March 6, 1865, during the final stages of the Civil War and only six weeks before Lincoln was assassinated at Ford's Theater.
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New: Grand Opening of the Robert and Arlene Kogod Courtyard
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November 18, 2007 - New Permanent
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The enclosed Robert and Arlene Kogod Courtyard -- a year-round gathering space with a new glass canopy designed by renowned British architectural firm Foster + Partners in London and interior landscape design by Kathryn Gustafson -- was unveiled Nov. 18, 2007. Its completion marks the final phase of a major renovation of this National Historic Landmark. The courtyard provides a dynamic year-round public gathering space that can accommodate a variety of functions for the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the National Portrait Gallery, which both share in this historic building.
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American Art through 1940
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This exhibition links artworks to major moments in America's past in nine thematic sections in 31 galleries. The introductory area features Frederic Auguste Bartholdi's model for the Statue of Liberty, a symbol of America as a place welcoming to all immigrants whose ingenuity and creativity plays a key role throughout America's art.
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These introductory galleries feature paintings by Edward Hopper, 19th- and 20th-century landscapes from across the United States that convey a sense of place and the defining role of land in the American imagination, and 56 photographs from Lee Friedlander's series "The American Monument" (1963-2001) -- a new acquisition -- offer his sometimes ironic, sometimes elegiac record of outdoor sculptures across the country.
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Commissioned by the museum, David Beck created MVSEVM, an exquisitely crafted world in miniature; the work reflects the neoclassical architecture of the building, from the 1840s when it was the U.S. Patent Office to the present day.
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Luce Foundation Center for American Art
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The Luce Foundation Center for American Art is the first visible art storage and study center in Washington that showcases some 3,300 artworks from the museum's permanent collection: paintings densely hung on screens; sculptures, contemporary crafts, and art objects arranged on shelves; and portrait miniatures, bronze medals, and contemporary jewelry in drawers that slide open with the touch of a button. The space allows the museum to display five times the number of works on public view.
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Lunder Conservation Center
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The Lunder Conservation Center -- shared with the National Portrait Gallery -- is the first facility that provides a unique opportunity for the public to view through glass walls conservators at work in several labs examining, treating, and preserving art.
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Modern and Contemporary Art
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Located in the Lincoln Gallery with soaring arches, this exhibition features modern and contemporary art.
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Last update: August 4, 2008, 13:38
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