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Smithsonian Institute

Young woman with dark hair in ponytail sings into microphone while holding guitar

A Look at the National Museum of Asian Art’s Centennial Celebration

The inaugural festival is part of the museum's 100th year anniversary celebrations.
By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
Adam and Eve, depicted in the Sistine Chapel.

Adam and Eve Get Their Junk Back, Is Istanbul’s Art Scene Finished? …And More

News from around the art world for July 26, 2016.
By Guelda Voien
Installation view of the PolyThread knitted textile pavilion, designed by Jenny E. Sabin, commissioned for Beauty—Cooper Hewitt Design Triennial. Photo by Matt Flynn © 2016 Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. PolyThread knitted textile pavilion, 2015–16 Designed by Jenny E. Sabin, Jenny Sabin Studio Design Team: Martin Miller, Charles Cupples Fabricated by Shima Seiki, WHOLEGARMENT Engineering Design by Arup Fabric finishing by Andrew Dahlgren Final finishing, sewing, and assembly by All Sewn Together 3D seamless Whole Garment digitally knit cone elements, photoluminescent, solar active and drake yarns; twill tape; aluminum armature Commissioned by Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

The Future Is Now: Meet the Designers Building a Sustainable (and Beautiful) Future

Designs on view are sleek, eco-friendly, and as utopian as ever.
By Alanna Martinez
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 21: The abandoned trolley station beneath Dupont Circle that the city hopes will be developed into a public arts and/or entertainments space in Washington, DC on January 21, 2010. The area has been locked up since the mid 90's when it was an underground retail complex for a few months. Local architects and arts groups are working with the city to make the tunnel space viable again. (Photo by Linda Davidson/The Washington Post via Getty Images). StaffPhoto imported to Merlin on Thu Jan 21 13:24:04 2010

DC’s Secret Tunnels to Become Art Space, Knoedler Trial Begins—and More

By Alanna Martinez
A student found a painting looted by Nazis during World War II at the Museum of Art Ein Harod in Israel. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)

Nazi-Looted Art in Israel Revealed, New Mexico Museum Joins Smithsonian—and More

By Alanna Martinez
Edinburgh Airport, Scotland, United Kingdom (EDI/EGPH). (Photo: Image by Carolyn Russo, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution)

Unlikely Art: Pictures of the World’s Most Beautiful Airport Towers

By Alanna Martinez
Art dealer and Director of OK Harris Gallery Ivan Karp poses with OK Harris artists for a portrait in February 1970 in front of OK Harris Gallery in Soho, New York City, New York. In the doorway, starting second from left is artist Duane Hanson, Ms. Marilyn Karp, and gallerist Ivan Karp. (Photo by David Gahr/Getty Images)

The Smithsonian Acquires the Complete Records of Pioneer Soho Gallery OK Harris

By Alanna Martinez
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