American Art Museum

Since the days of ancient Greece, public art has existed as a major art form. Religious and social art was vigorously implemented by the Greeks to bolster public confidence in the empire. America…

The historic home for the Smithsonian American Art Museum, which it shares with the National Portrait Gallery, is one of the oldest public buildings constructed in early Washington (after the…

Photo by Anonymous. Wouldn t you love to peek inside Frida Kahlo s personal photo album? To see the images that have special meaning for the artist, images that paint a picture that varies greatly…

AVAM s Kinetic Sculpture Race named Best Event For Out-Of-Towners by Baltimore Magazine We are simply euphoric at the news that our beloved Kinetic Sculpture Race has been awarded a Best of Baltimore…

The beautiful Navarre Building, located across from the Brown Palace in downtown Denver, has a very interesting and colorful history of its own. The building was designed and built in 1880 by…

Note: This post contains artistic depictions of nudity. Douglas Hyland is the Director of the New Britain Museum of American Art, Connecticut. For the past 15 years he has expanded not only the…

Host your corporate special event at Washington’s most elegant and dazzling venue. The Smithsonian American Art Museum, part of the Donald W. Reynolds Center, is housed in a gloriously renovated…

1st floor West, American Art Museum (8th and F Streets, N.W.) October 23, 2015 – March 20, 2016 the archived webcast of Irving Penn at the Intersection of Art, Fashion, and Photography Forum…

The American Wing Galleries for Painting, Sculpture, and Decorative Arts, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York A brief tour of the gallery titled “History, Landscape, and National Identity…