Modern Nutcracker Ballet – Christmas Legend
• November 25, 2024

Aru Dell’Arte Dance Company is bringing The Nutcracker into the 21st century. Once upon a time – more than magic was about to happen the night before Christmas. This show […]

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 […]

‘From the Deep’: Afrofuturistic Aquatopia at African Art Museum
• May 18, 2023

The artist Ayana V. Jackson is very much part of “From the Deep: In the Wake of Drexciya with Ayana V. Jackson,” the exhibit she created now at the Smithsonian Institution’s […]

Last Chance: Matisse and Modigliani in Philadelphia
• January 12, 2023

Sunday, Jan. 29, is the last day to see “Matisse in the 1930s” at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and “Modigliani Up Close,” a few blocks away at the Barnes […]

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, […]

With the Rise of NFTs, How Is the Art World Changing?
• April 15, 2022

While the modern art world is naturally one of upheaval, the meteoric rise of Non-Fungible Tokens or NFTs in the past pandemic year has left many wondering how new digital […]