The artist Amy Sherald has canceled a major exhibition of her work at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, citing ...

Sherald said she backed out amid discussions of removing a painting that shows a transgender woman dressed as the Statue of ...

Amy Sherald has withdrawn her upcoming solo show, "American Sublime," from the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery.

Amy Sherald withdrew “American Sublime” from the National Portrait Gallery, saying the Smithsonian proposed replacing her ...

An artist whose work once caught national attention is stepping away from a planned Smithsonian exhibition after concerns ...

The Smithsonian has awarded fellowships to 10 accomplished visual artists from an international pool of candidates as part of the 2024 Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship Program. Over the course ...

Composing Color: Paintings by Alma Thomas" explores the life of this groundbreaking artist and educator. On view at the Smithsonian American Art Museum from September 15, 2023 – June 2, 2024, the ...

Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill contained a provision to snatch the space shuttle Discovery from the Smithsonian and relocate ...

Monadnock No. 2, Abbott Handerson Thayer, oil on canvas, 1912 National Museum of Asian Art Full-time curators “tend to gravitate toward favorites,” Greenwold says.

The Smithsonian Institution quietly removed the director of the Smithsonian American Art Museum this summer and placed her in another role, following years of complaints from staff about her ...

“Here: Pride and Belonging in African Art” was originally scheduled to coincide with the WorldPride celebration in Washington. The museum postponed it until next year, citing a funding shortfall.

Learn about four LGBTQ+ women who were featured in projects across the Smithsonian Meredith Herndon Audre Lorde speaking at the Third World Gay Conference in 1979. Collection of the Smithsonian ...