Taupin, who wrote the words for many of Elton John’s hit songs, is in Toronto for an exhibition of his mixed-media ...

the Smithsonian American Art Museum has redesigned and reinstalled its collection of modern and contemporary art. The new rooms are brighter and more open, and deftly designed to include more wall ...

The Smithsonian American Art Museum’s (SAAM) modern and contemporary galleries reopened Friday after a three-year renovation – bringing new installations exploring American art and ushering ...

“One night I dreamed that I painted a large American flag, and the next morning I got ... banner—currently on view at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City—used a technique that is ...

The Smithsonian American Art Museum has completely revamped its modern and contemporary art galleries. The space—which is home to one of the museum’s most popular pieces, Nam June Paik’s “Electronic ...

Holger Cahill in his landmark 1932 exhibition American Folk Art: The Art of the Common Man in America, for the Museum of Modern Art, looked to the pre-industrial past for “the simple and unaffected ...

William C. Agee, an art historian who championed American art, focusing attention on under-appreciated modernists, who was also an adventurous curator, former museum director, and professor ...