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Smithsonian plans overhaul of DC's Renwick Gallery
-- The Smithsonian American Art Museum plans to close its Renwick Gallery near the White House next year for its first major renovation in 40 years.The museum announced Tuesday that the historic building would reopen in 2016. The Smithsonian says it plans Read more »
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Upcoming Cineconcert: Andrew E. Simpson and The Wind
E. Simpson will perform his original score for the 1928 silent film The Wind at a special afternoon screening at the Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery. Lillian Gish, the "First Lady of American Cinema", plays an innocent girl who from Eye Level Read more »
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Events May 14-16: New Research, Old Films and Live Jazz
Superhighway: Continental U.S., Alaska, Hawaii. 1995. Nam June Paik. Courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist. Even Smithsonian magazine can have a hard time keeping up with all the great research that Smithsonian scholars are doing from Smithsonian Magazine Read more »
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Parks, Museums and Budget Cuts
W. Lee/The New York Times A Nam June Paik exhibition at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington. The across-the-board spending cuts known as the sequester may have vanished from public consciousness a couple of news cycles ago, but travelers visiting from New York Times Travel Read more »
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EVENT: Pacific's Brubeck Institute Brings Jazz, Peace and Dave Brubeck to United Nations, Smithsonian
Art Museum University of the Pacific’s Brubeck Institute Jazz Quintet Tribute to Dave Brubeck 5-8 p.m., April 22 Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C. Dave Brubeck Forum – Jazz: A Language of Peace University of the Pacific’s Brubeck Institute from All About Jazz Read more »
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George Catlin’s American Buffalo Exhibition Debuts at National Museum...
Catlin, "Buffalo Bull, Grazing on the Prairie," 1832-1833, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Jr. “Catlin's paintings illuminate in great detail the close ties between Native American tribes and bison in the 1830,” from PRWeb Read more »
