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Smithsonian under fire for abrupt cancellation of Asian American literary festival
The institution cited “unforeseen circumstances”, leaving angry participants with debt and many unanswered questions
Smithsonian picks architect for $130m Bezos Learning Center on Washington, DC's National Mall
The new education annex of the National Air and Space Museum will be funded through a $200m gift from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos
Kimchi and K-pop: National Museum of Asian Art marks centenary with festival
The Washington, DC, institution wants to better connect with Asian American communities
Acclaimed sculptural installation, once threatened with demolition, reopens at new site
An installation in Washington, DC by Elyn Zimmerman featuring 450,000-pound boulders has been relocated, with the artist reconfiguring and retitling her work for the new site
Collector Mitchell Rales donates $1.9bn to Glenstone, the museum he and his wife co-founded near Washington, DC
With the enormous gift, the foundation that supports Glenstone now has an endowment of $4.6bn, roughly equivalent to that of the Metropolitan Museum
More than $55m raised toward Smithsonian’s planned American Women’s History Museum
The museum, one of two new Smithsonian museums in advanced planning stages, garnered major support from Walmart heiress Alice Walton, fashion designer Tory Burch and others
US National Museum of Women in the Arts to reopen in October following $67.5m renovation
Described as “the first major museum solely dedicated to championing women artists”, the Washington, DC museum is adding 20% more gallery space
Sculptor Nyugen E. Smith’s new show in Washington, DC turns discarded objects into art
The Caribbean-American artist tell us about his new exhibition and how his work was inspired by makeshift houses in a Ugandan refugee camp
Planning an art pilgrimage in 2023? The best cities to visit for groundbreaking exhibitions this year
The best shows in London, Paris, Berlin, Sydney, New York and Washington, DC
Temporary monuments to pop up on the National Mall in Washington, DC, in new initiative
Six artists have been selected to create commemorative interventions in the US capital's sprawling public space
Jill Biden presides over groundbreaking party for Hirshhorn Museum’s controversial sculpture garden revamp
The project’s architect, artist Hiroshi Sugimoto, told attendees at the celebratory event that he repeatedly thought the project would be abandoned due to opposition
Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, DC picks architects for major revamp of its building and plaza
The renovation, to be executed in part by the architecture firm that designed the building’s original construction in 1974, comes after a contentious project to renovate its sculpture garden
Rubell Museum DC opens in former school, with a mission to champion ‘the unique role of artists as teachers’
Collectors Don and Mera Rubell, who also operate a museum in Miami, have added a major contemporary art space to the US capital’s cultural offerings
Smithsonian selects preferred sites for long-awaited Latino and women’s museums
The site selections must be approved or rejected by the US Congress by the end of the year
Vermeer at the National Gallery in Washington, DC declared not the real thing
The downgrading follows a study of the six paintings in the museum's collection thought to be by the Dutch master, which are now the subject of an exhibition detailing the findings
Legislation to create national LGBTQ museum in Washington, DC introduced to US Congress
Representative Mark Pocan of Wisconsin introduced legislation to establish the National Museum of American LGBTQ+ History and Culture within the Smithsonian Institution
A fixture of the Washington, DC scene becomes its newest contemporary art museum
After nearly 50 years as the Arlington Arts Center, a non-profit space just across the river from DC is being reborn as the Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington
Smithsonian reveals shortlisted designs for $130m Bezos Learning Center at National Air and Space Museum
The institution is welcoming public feedback on proposals from five anonymous architecture firms bidding for the project on the National Mall
Marvin Gaye-inspired exhibition to inaugurate Rubell Museum in Washington, DC
The exhibition will feature nearly 200 works from Don and Mera Rubell's collection
Former dealer Caitlin Berry named inaugural director of the Rubell Museum's Washington, DC outpost
Berry was previously the director of the Cody Gallery at Marymount University and the director of Hemphill Fine Arts
Monumental Richard Serra sculpture, and a custom-designed pavilion to house it, unveiled at Glenstone
The project, a unique collaboration between the master sculptor of steel and architect Thomas Phifer, is the latest addition to the private museum's campus
Smithsonian's hunt for sites for national Latino and women’s museums narrowed down to four locations
The institution will announce the selected Washington, DC sites for the National Museum of the American Latino and the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum by the end of the year
National Asian Pacific American Museum one step closer to reality as US House of Representatives approves bill
The measure, which was approved by the lower house of Congress unanimously, now heads to the Senate
Washington's National Gallery of Art surveys five centuries of African influence on Western art
Spanning art from 17th century to today, the show aims to explore the complex and compelling histories and cultural legacy of the African diaspora
Smithsonian lists potential sites for new Latino and women’s museums—including the FBI headquarters
The long list of possible locations also includes the Smithsonian’s Arts and Industries Building
First director picked to lead Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Latino
Jorge Zamanillo, currently the executive director and chief executive of HistoryMiami Museum, will lead the new Washington, DC museum through planning and construction
Rejected in 1862, Whistler’s woman in white finally has her day at the Royal Academy of Arts in London
The artist’s portrait of Joanna Hiffernan—once turned down for the RA's Summer Exhibition—is the centrepiece of an exhibition in London, while important works from New York’s Frick Collection head to Paris
Biden administration reverses Trump-era restrictions on federal art commissions
In the waning months of his presidency, Donald Trump’s administration imposed a ban on commissioning abstract or modernist art for federal buildings
Rubells’ Washington, DC museum is taking shape
Among the amenities in the works is an observation space where visitors can watch resident artists at work
Futuristic dreams rub shoulders with everyday innovations in new Smithsonian show
‘Futures’ inaugurates the renovated Arts and Industries Building with an array of technological wonders ranging from the prosaic to the otherworldly