Exhibitions
Current, Upcoming and Traveling Exhibitions
The Smithsonian American Art Museum presents an array of changing special exhibitions at both its historic main building in the heart of Washington, D.C.'s downtown cultural district, and at its branch museum, the Renwick Gallery, located nine blocks west near the White House. Exhibition subjects range from single-artist retrospectives to thematic explorations to installations of rarely seen works from the Museum's permanent collection. Special exhibitions at the Renwick Gallery, which open in the spring and fall, focus on contemporary artists as well as traditions in American craft and decorative arts.
Current Exhibitions
Graphic Masters III: Highlights from the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Graphic Arts galleries, 2nd floor South, American Art Museum
Now through August 8, 2010
Grand Salon Installation—Paintings from the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Grand Salon, 2nd floor, Renwick Gallery
June 6, 2009 — Permanent
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Upcoming Exhibitions
2010
Framing the West: The Survey Photographs of Timothy H. O'Sullivan
Osher Galleries, 1st floor West, American Art Museum
The Art of Gaman: Arts and Crafts from the Japanese American Internment Camps, 1942-1946
Special exhibition galleries, 1st floor, Renwick Gallery
Christo and Jeanne-Claude: Remembering the Running Fence
Special exhibition galleries, 3rd floor North, American Art Museum
Telling Stories: Norman Rockwell from the Collections of George Lucas and Steven Spielberg
Osher Galleries, 1st floor West, American Art Museum
A Revolution in Wood: The Bresler Collection
Special exhibition galleries, 1st floor, Renwick Gallery
Alexis Rockman: A Fable for Tomorrow
Special exhibition galleries, 3rd floor North, American Art Museum
2011
To Make a World: George Ault and 1940s America
Osher Galleries, 1st floor West, American Art Museum
Renwick Craft Invitational 2011
Special exhibition galleries, 1st floor, Renwick Gallery
2012
The Art of Video Games
Special exhibition galleries, 3rd floor North, American Art Museum
Better Angels of Our Nature: Art During the Civil War and Reconstruction
Osher Galleries, 1st floor West, American Art Museum
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Traveling Exhibitions
Explore a map of traveling exhibitions from the American Art Museum and see what artworks are visiting your hometown!
Better Angels of Our Nature: Art During the Civil War and Reconstruction
Modern Masters from the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Christo and Jeanne-Claude: Remembering the Running Fence
Alexis Rockman: A Fable for Tomorrow
To Make a World: George Ault and 1940s America
If you are interested in hosting an American Art exhibition at your museum, please visit our traveling exhibitions page.
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