DCSIMG
American Art

Highlights

  • Stuart Davis, <i>Composition</i>,1935, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the Evander Childs High School, Bronx, New York through the General Services Administration Eye Level
    A clear lens on art
    Stuart Davis, <i>Composition</i>,1935, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the Evander Childs High School, Bronx, New York through the General Services Administration

    Stuart Davis, Composition,1935, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the Evander Childs High School, Bronx, New York through the General Services Administration

  • Nam June Paik, <i>Electronic Superhighway: Continental U.S., Alaska, Hawaii</i>, 1995, 49-channel closed circuit video installation, neon, steel and electronic components, Smithsonian American Art Museum,Gift of the artist. © 1995, Nam June Paik Nam June Paik:
    Global Visionary

    Through August 11, 2013
    Nam June Paik, <i>Electronic Superhighway: Continental U.S., Alaska, Hawaii</i>, 1995, 49-channel closed circuit video installation, neon, steel and electronic components, Smithsonian American Art Museum,Gift of the artist. © 1995, Nam June Paik

    Nam June Paik, Electronic Superhighway: Continental U.S., Alaska, Hawaii, 1995, 49-channel closed circuit video installation, neon, steel and electronic components, Smithsonian American Art Museum,Gift of the artist. © 1995, Nam June Paik

  • Property and labor in different classes are essentially antagonistic; but property and labor in the same class are essentially fraternal…Education, then, beyond all other devices of human origin, is the great equalizer.--Horace Mann on the nature of education. From the series Great Ideas of Western Man., Honoré Sharrer, 1951, Smithsonian American Art Museum 2013-14 Fellowship Awards
    Property and labor in different classes are essentially antagonistic; but property and labor in the same class are essentially fraternal…Education, then, beyond all other devices of human origin, is the great equalizer.--Horace Mann on the nature of education. From the series Great Ideas of Western Man., Honoré Sharrer, 1951, Smithsonian American Art Museum

    "Property and labor in different classes are essentially antagonistic; but property and labor in the same class are essentially fraternal…Education, then, beyond all other devices of human origin, is the great equalizer."--Horace Mann on the nature of education. From the series Great Ideas of Western Man., Honoré Sharrer, 1951, Smithsonian American Art

  • The Nam June Paik Archives Explore the Nam June Paik Archives
    The Nam June Paik Archives

    The Nam June Paik Archives

Welcome to the American Art Museum Mobile Site

To access the menu, touch the icon at the top left side corner of the screen.
Courtyard of Museum Building

Welcome to our mobile site. This is a beta release and you may encounter some problems. You can always switch to the desktop version by rotating your device into landscape mode.

Version 0.5