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Exhibition Press Kits
Now on View
Georgia O'Keeffe and Ansel Adams: Natural Affinities
Lino Tagliapietra in Retrospect: A Modern Renaissance in Glass (Renwick)
Local Color: Washington Painting at Midcentury
Earth and Sky: Photographs by Barbara Bosworth
The Honor of Your Company Is Requested: President Lincoln's Inaugural Ball
George Catlin's Indian Gallery (Renwick)
Upcoming in 2008
Graphic Masters I: Highlights from the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Accommodating Nature: The Photographs of Frank Gohlke
Upcoming in 2009
The Art and Craft of Greene & Greene (Renwick)
Graphic Masters II: Highlights from the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Renwick Craft Invitational 2009 (Renwick)
What's It All Mean: William T. Wiley in Retrospect
Upcoming in 2010
Framing the West: The Expedition Photographs of Timothy H. O'Sullivan
The Art of Gaman: Arts and Crafts from the Japanese American Internment Camps, 1942-1946 (Renwick)
Upcoming in 2011
Watch This! New Directions in the Art of the Moving Image
"Better Angels of Our Nature": Art During the Civil War and Reconstruction
Exhibitions Currently on Tour
Past Exhibitions Archive
July 4, 2008—Oct. 13, 2008
Local Color: Washington Painting at Midcentury
Exhibition Release (Adobe Acrobat PDF file, 19k)
Exhibition Fact Sheet (Adobe Acrobat PDF file, 17k)
Preview Images and Captions (Adobe Acrobat PDF file, 108k)
Exhibition Checklist (Adobe Acrobat PDF file, 288k)
June 20, 2008—Nov. 9, 2008
Earth and Sky: Photographs by Barbara Bosworth
Exhibition Fact Sheet (Adobe Acrobat PDF file, 18K)
Preview Images and Captions (Adobe Acrobat PDF file, 731K)
Exhibition Checklist (Adobe Acrobat PDF file, 275K)
March 8, 2008—Jan. 18, 2010
The Honor of Your Company Is Requested: President Lincoln's Inaugural Ball
Exhibition Fact Sheet (Adobe Acrobat PDF file, 23K)
On view indefinitely
George Catlin's Indian Gallery (Renwick)
Exhibition Press Release (Adobe Acrobat PDF file, 88K)
Preview Images and Captions (Adobe Acrobat PDF file, 80K)
About George Catlin (Adobe Acrobat PDF file, 28K)
Sept. 26, 2008—Jan. 4, 2009
Georgia O'Keeffe and Ansel Adams: Natural Affinities
Exhibition Press Release (Adobe Acrobat PDF file, 29K)
Exhibition Fact Sheet (Adobe Acrobat PDF file, 23K)
Preview Images and Captions (Adobe Acrobat PDF file, 129K)
Exhibition Checklist (Adobe Acrobat PDF file, 85K)
Oct. 3, 2008—Jan. 11, 2009
Lino Tagliapietra in Retrospect: A Modern Renaissance in Glass (Renwick)
Exhibition Press Release (Adobe Acrobat PDF file, 29K)
Exhibition Fact Sheet (Adobe Acrobat PDF file, 24K)
Preview Images and Captions (Adobe Acrobat PDF file, 167k)
Exhibition Checklist (Adobe Acrobat PDF file, 455K)
Nov. 27, 2008—May 25, 2009
Graphic Masters I: Highlights from the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Exhibition Fact Sheet (Coming Soon)
Preview Images and Captions (Coming Soon)
Exhibition Checklist (Coming Soon)
Dec. 5, 2008—March 1, 2009
Accommodating Nature: The Photographs of Frank Gohlke
Exhibition Fact Sheet (Adobe Acrobat PDF file, 22K)
Preview Images and Captions (Adobe Acrobat PDF file, 246K)
Exhibition Press Release (Coming Soon)
Exhibition Checklist (Coming Soon)
Feb. 27, 2009—Jan. 3, 2010
1934: A New Deal for Artists
Exhibition Fact Sheet (Coming Soon)
Preview Images and Captions (Coming Soon)
Exhibition Checklist (Coming Soon)
March 13, 2009—June 7, 2009
The Art and Craft of Greene & Greene (Renwick)
Exhibition Fact Sheet (Coming Soon)
Preview Images and Captions (Coming Soon)
May 1, 2009—July 26, 2009
Jean Shin: Common Threads
Exhibition Fact Sheet (Coming Soon)
Preview Images and Captions (Coming Soon)
June 19, 2009—Jan. 10, 2010
Graphic Masters II: Highlights from the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Exhibition Fact Sheet (Coming Soon)
Preview Images and Captions (Coming Soon)
Exhibition Checklist (Coming Soon)
Aug. 7, 2009—Jan. 3, 2010
Renwick Craft Invitational 2009 (Renwick)
Selected Artists Release (Adobe Acrobat PDF file, 26K)
Exhibition Fact Sheet (Adobe Acrobat PDF file, 24K)
Preview Images and Captions (Coming Soon)
Oct. 2, 2009—Jan. 24, 2010
What's It All Mean: William T. Wiley in Retrospect
Exhibition Fact Sheet (Adobe Acrobat PDF file, 22K)
Preview Images and Captions (Coming Soon)
March 5, 2010—Aug. 1, 2010
The Art of Gaman: Arts and Crafts from the Japanese American Internment Camps, 1942-1946 (Renwick)
Exhibition Fact Sheet (Coming Soon)
Preview Images and Captions (Coming Soon)
Feb. 12, 2010—May 9, 2010
Framing the West: The Expedition Photographs of Timothy H. O'Sullivan
Exhibition Fact Sheet (Coming Soon)
Preview Images and Captions (Coming Soon)
April 2, 2010—Aug. 22, 2010
Christo and Jeanne-Claude: Remembering the "Running Fence, Sonoma and Marin Counties, California, 1972-76," A Documentation Exhibition
Exhibition Fact Sheet (Adobe Acrobat PDF file, 22K)
Preview Images and Captions (Adobe Acrobat PDF file, 68K)
March 11, 2011—July 10, 2011
Watch This! New Directions in the Art of the Moving Image
Exhibition Fact Sheet (Coming Soon)
Preview Images and Captions (Coming Soon)
April 15, 2011—Sept. 5, 2011
"Better Angels of Our Nature": Art During the Civil War and Reconstruction
Exhibition Fact Sheet (Coming Soon)
Preview Images and Captions (Coming Soon)
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