April 22 – August 21, 2016 - In this exhibition, the Smithsonian’s Archives of American Art reveals how artists find inspiration. The Archives’ collections hold a kaleidoscopic array of source materials; many of these materials are somewhat ordinary: comic- strip panels, newspaper clippings, and snapshots of mundane scenes. Yet the ways in which artists draw on them provides a gl...

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April 24, 2016 - Consol Energy Park, just 20 miles south of Pittsburgh, PA will play host to this extravaganza using their entire outdoor parking area plus a large paved plaza near the restrooms and food concessions. Come and be a part of it!  Have you been looking for years for that rare something to complete a collection? Is bargain hunting your passion?  The Washington Antiques Fair m...

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April 26, 2016 – September 5, 2016 - The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History recognizes the life and legacy of Prince Rogers Nelson (1958 – 2016) by displaying his “Yellow Cloud” electric guitar. The guitar was made in 1989 and used during Prince’s Diamonds and Pearls era.  “Prince was a multi-talented artist who achieved popular succes...

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May 12, 2016–May 14, 2017 - The site-specific wall drawing, which stretches the entire circumference of the inner-circle galleries on the museum’s second level, more than 400 linear feet.  The drawing is temporary and will be painted over at the end of the exhibition’s yearlong run. Meyers creates her works by hand-drawing thousands of closely spaced, rippling lines, each n...

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May 12, 2016 – May 14, 2017 - The exhibition is a site-specific wall drawing, which occupies the entire circumference of the inner ring galleries covers nearly 400 linear feet. The drawing is temporary and will be painted over at the end of the exhibition’s yearlong run.

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May 13, 2016 – May 12, 2019 - This exhibition features Mathew Brady’s portraits of twenty celebrities from showman P.T. Barnum and inventor Samuel Morse to musician Teresa Carreño and clergyman Henry Ward Beecher who reflect the diversity of American intellectual and cultural life during Lincoln’s presidency.

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MAY 16 2016–NOV 18 2016 - The artist describes The Book of F as “dotted with ditties that popularize the ‘F’ word without once mentioning the most used and abused word,” and The Wise Man and His Long Beard represents a folktale through a beard made out of lamp wicks. This exhibition showcases 10 of Pereira’s artists’ books.

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Join us in our nation’s capital at the American Alliance of Museums 2016 Annual Meeting & MuseumExpo to explore how the themes of power, influence and responsibility shape the work of museums in the U.S. and around the world. “Going to AAM” – as attending the conference has come to be known – is considered the quintessential experience for museum professionals. T...

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May 27, 2016 – September 5, 2016 - The exhibition is organized by the Art Institute of Chicago in close collaboration with the artist and includes many works that have never before been shown. Puryear’s works have particularly strong resonance for SAAM as the artist was born and raised in Washington, D.C., and the exhibition features artwork and material relating to two of Puryear&rsqu...

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May 27, 2016 – September 5, 2016 - a larger-than-life exhibit of 17 marine wildlife sculptures from jellyfish to sharks made entirely of plastic pollution directly recovered from oceans. Placed throughout the Smithsonian's National Zoo, the sculptures represent more than 315 billion pounds of plastic in oceans, illustrating the devastating effects of the ocean's deadliest predator tr...

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