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Pierre Huyghe Wins American Art's Contemporary Artist Award
Yesterday, the American Art Museum announced that French artist Pierre Huyghe is this year’s winner of the museum’s biennial Contemporary Artist Award.
By Jess Righthand
Around the Mall Blog,
December 16, 2010
New Video Art Show Opens at the American Art Museum
Movies are a major part of our popular culture and are like visual comfort food.
By Jesse Rhodes
Around the Mall Blog,
December 10, 2010
Artist Alexis Rockman Tells A Tale of Tomorrow at American Art
A strange other world recently emerged in the third floor galleries at the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
By Beth Py-Lieberman
Around the Mall Blog,
November 23, 2010
Pheon Launches at American Art Museum
Some curious goings-on at the American Art Museum on Saturday afternoon may have caused a few head-turns. Visitors may have caught someone peering suspiciously behind a pedestal or curtain, or seen people with plastic ties paper clipped to their shirts.
By Jess Righthand
Around the Mall Blog,
September 21, 2010
Happy Birthday, Hiram Powers
Today, we take a moment to commemorate the 205th birthday of American sculptor Hiram Powers.
By Megan Gambino
Around the Mall Blog,
June 29, 2010
And the American Art Museum’s Eldredge Prize Goes to…
The Smithsonian American Art Museum has awarded its 2010 Charles C. Eldredge Prize for Distinguished Scholarship in American Art to Kirk Savage.
By Megan Gambino
Around the Mall Blog,
June 21, 2010
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Abraham Lincoln: An Extraordinary Life
by Harry R. Rubenstein
For the first time, the Smithsonian is publishing its unparalleled Lincoln collection.
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