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The National Gallery of Art is an art museum in Washington, D.C., United States, located on the National Mall, between 3rd and 9th Streets, at Constitution Avenue NW. Open to the public and free of charge, the museum was privately established in 1937 for the American people by a joint resolution of the United States Congress.
This list of museums in Washington, D.C. encompasses museums defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
The Renwick Gallery is a branch of the Smithsonian American Art Museum located in Washington, D.C. that displays American craft and decorative arts from the 19th to 21st century. The gallery is housed in a National Historic Landmark building that was opened in 1859 on Pennsylvania Avenue and originally housed the Corcoran Gallery of Art.
Since its opening, the museum has generally staged multiple exhibitions each year, often hosting one separate exhibition in each floor. Among the most important recent exhibitions, was the first ever American exhibition of contemporary North Korean art, [5] which was held concurrently with an exhibition of art by notable immigrant Greater Washington area artists, [5] including Ric Garcia, Joan ...
Pop Art Prints (2014) Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art (2013) Landscapes In Passing: Photographs by Steve Fitch, Robbert Flick, and Elaine Mayes (2013) A Democracy of Images: Photographs from the Smithsonian American Art Museum (2013) Nam June Paik: Global Visionary (2012) The Civil War and American Art (2012) 40 under 40: Craft ...
Two political statues have mysteriously popped up in Washington, DC, drawing crowds of onlookers, just a week before Election Day.
Artechouse (stylized in all caps) is an American innovative art space and destination for immersive and interactive art exhibitions.Dedicated to showcasing works by new media artists, Artechouse main goal is to present exhibitions that support its mission to inspire, educate, and empower others.
The J. Paul Getty Museum's priceless collection of artwork, which includes paintings by Van Gogh, Rembrandt, Monet and Degas, once again found itself in the path of destruction as the Palisades ...