Museum Opening

Condé Nast Names Kogod Courtyard Architectural Wonder

March 27, 2008

Inner Space (Kogod Courtyard) by M.V. Jantzen The Kogod Courtyard, shared by the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the National Portrait Gallery, has just been named one of seven architectural wonders of the world by Condé Nast Traveler magazine. Way...

Kogod and Flickr

February 1, 2008

Photo of Kogod Courtyard by Tom Klancer via Flickr DCist observes that the Flickr response to the Kogod Courtyard has been enthusiastic. Judging from a selection of Flickr photographs, the response to the light available in the courtyard has indeed...

Gertrude Was Right: Look for a Window

December 10, 2007

Gertrude by Red Grooms "I have always enjoyed going to museums," said Gertrude Stein, "because the view from museum windows is usually very pleasant.” At the time she was visiting the Phillips Collection here in Washington, D.C. Stein established one...

10,053!

November 20, 2007

Here's the spin on Sunday's festivities. Over ten thousand people (including lots of children) attended our Friends and Family festival marking the opening of the Kogod Courtyard. Eye Level blogged a record eight stories that day (whew!), documented with many...

Magic

November 18, 2007

With the new glass canopy in place, the courtyard itself becomes a place of changing light, in a sense, alive. Now, late in the day, the bright light of high noon has been replaced with mid- to late-afternoon light—a pale...

Music to My Ears

November 18, 2007

Museum intern Mary Savig did some sleuthing on the courtyard's sound: Usually we go to art museums to, well, look at art. Today, the Kogod Courtyard is a feast for both the eyes and the ears! As I walked amidst...

Fifteen Minutes...Going on Sixteen

November 18, 2007

Top:Even Mr. Warhol himself (aka Anthony Chavez) couldn't miss opening day. Bottom: First time museum visitors Sarah Struck and Nick Easter work on their Warhol-inspired collages. Andy Warhol said famously that everyone in the future will be famous for fifteen...

Hats Off, Hands On

November 18, 2007

One of the coolest things going on this afternoon is the area where you can make your own hats. You begin by working with a basic shape of a hat but whatever else you add is really up to your...

The Sky's the Limit

November 18, 2007

Museum-Goers Enjoy the Opening of the Kogod Courtyard Kogod Courtyard, Smithsonian American Art Museum

Courtyard Buzz

November 18, 2007

Shirley and Catherine at the Festival's Bead Making Station Museum intern Mary Savig spoke with several visitors on their reasons for coming to the grand opening: Architecture aficionados, Ira and Kim came specifically to see the Norman Foster/Foster + Partners...