Exhibitions
Current, Upcoming and Traveling Exhibitions
The Smithsonian American Art Museum presents an array of changing special exhibitions at both its historic main building in the heart of Washington, D.C.'s downtown cultural district, and at its branch museum, the Renwick Gallery, located nine blocks west near the White House. Exhibition subjects range from single-artist retrospectives to thematic explorations to installations of rarely seen works from the Museum's permanent collection. Special exhibitions at the Renwick Gallery, which open in the spring and fall, focus on contemporary artists as well as traditions in American craft and decorative arts.
Current Exhibitions
Staged Stories: Renwick Craft Invitational 2009
(Renwick)
Now through January 3, 2010
Graphic Masters II: Highlights from the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Now through January 10, 2010
Grand Salon Installation—Paintings from the Smithsonian American Art Museum
(Renwick)
June 6, 2009 — Permanent
Now through January 3, 2010
The Honor of Your Company Is Requested: President Lincoln's Inaugural Ball
Now through January 18, 2010
Upcoming Exhibitions
2009
What's It All Mean: William T. Wiley in Retrospect
2010
Graphic Masters III: Highlights from the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Framing the West: The Survey Photographs of Timothy H. O'Sullivan
The Art of Gaman: Arts and Crafts from the Japanese American Internment Camps, 1942-1946 (Renwick)
A Revolution in Wood: Turned Wood from the Charles and Fleur Bresler Collection (Renwick)
Alexis Rockman: A Fable for Tomorrow
2011
To Make a World: George Ault and 1940s America
Renwick Craft Invitational 2011 (Renwick)
2012
Better Angels of Our Nature: Art During the Civil War and Reconstruction
Traveling Exhibitions
Explore a map of traveling exhibitions from the American Art Museum and see what artworks are visiting your hometown!
What's It All Mean: William T. Wiley in Retrospect
Modern Masters from the Smithsonian American Art Museum