Per Kirkeby airs out the abstract
The artist’s drypoints, etchings and aquatints are lighter than earlier shows, even in mostly black.
The Civil War aesthetic
Rather than focusing on battle scenes, a Smithsonian American Art Museum exhibit examines the effect on artists and their work.
Innocence lost in ‘Nothing Lasts Forever’ show
U.K. artists join children as subjects with allusions to orphanages and the Holocaust at Connersmith.
Young music-theater pros find footing onstage in new WNO program
First graduates of American Opera Initiative’ stage three new one-act works at Kennedy Center
Son disapproves of Dwight D. Eisenhower memorial design
A letter from Dwight D. Eisenhower’s son suggests proposed memorial design is “too extravagant.”
Fall Museum Guide 2012: A season of plenty
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Discovery’s last flight sends it to Smithsonian
The workhorse of the space shuttle fleet gets a prime location at the museum.
Crystal Bridges: A world-class museum from the land of Wal-Mart
An American art museum in Arkansas has ruffled feathers, challenged stereotypes and raised expectations as this country’s newest major cultural institution.
Remaking D.C., and its art scene
Art patrons Mera and Donald Rubell helped transform parts of Miami. Now the couple aims to do the same in Southwest Washington.
How to visit a museum without going
Experts agree that museums are inexorably moving into the brave new virtual world.
Stuck between conceptual and literal
REVIEW | New memorial to Martin Luther King Jr. turns out to be a relatively modest affair.
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