Artist Talk: Mel Chin
• March 25, 2025

Join us for a talk with Mel Chin, a conceptual artist renowned for his research-based approach that encourages greater awareness of and dialogue around social and environmental issues. The National […]

In-Person American Voices and Visions: Modern and Contemporary Art Open House
• August 16, 2023

Join SAAM’s curatorial and conservation staff for a series of gallery talks exploring the newly reimagined and reinstalled modern and contemporary art galleries, as well as a look at our […]

Hopper at the Whitney, Katz at the Guggenheim 
• January 5, 2023

Now on view in Manhattan are major exhibitions of the work of two influential American artists, Edward Hopper (1882-1967) and Alex Katz (b. 1927). “Edward Hopper’s New York” is at […]

Excitement Builds for Just-Opened Rubell Museum DC 
• November 9, 2022

Schools and museums are places to visit and learn, so it fits that the former Randall Junior High School in Southwest D.C., is the home of the new Rubell Museum DC. […]

Women Leaders: Melissa Chiu, Director, Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden
• May 5, 2022

MELISSA CHIU, DIRECTOR, HIRSHHORN MUSEUM & SCULPTURE GARDEN Our spring arts preview featured 20 women cultural leaders in Washington, D.C. We wanted to amplify their voices in our online newsletters, […]