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The Smithsonian American Art Museum is dedicated to collecting, understanding, and enjoying American art. The Museum celebrates the extraordinary creativity of artists whose works reflect the American experience and global connections.
Location
Washington, United States

Current events

Marion Perkins, Skywatcher, ca. 1948. Courtesy of SAAM
The shape of power. Stories of race and American sculpture
8 Nov 2024 — 14 Sep 2025
George Tooker, The waiting room, 1959. Courtesy of SAAM
Artist to artist
1 Oct 2024 — 18 May 2025
Bisa Butler, Don’t tread on me, God damn, let’s go!  The Harlem Hellfighters, 2021. Courtesy of SAAM
Contemporary craft at the Renwick gallery
19 Apr 2023 — 8 Jun 2025
Janet Echelman, 1.8 Renwick, exhibition view. Courtesy of SAAM
1.8 Renwick
18 Sep 2020 — 13 May 2025

Permanent events

Galleries for Folk and Self-Taught Art. Courtesy of SAAM
Galleries for Folk and Self-Taught Art
Permanent event
Connections. Courtesy of SAAM
Connections
Permanent event
Emery Blagdon, The healing machine, ca. 1955-1986. Courtesy of SAAM
Galleries for folk and self-taught art
Permanent event
Various artists, Galleries for modern and contemporary art, exhibition view. Courtesy of SAAM
Galleries for modern and contemporary art
Permanent event
Gertrude Goodrich, Scenes of American life (beach), 1941-1947. Courtesy of SAAM
Experience America
Permanent event
Experience America. Courtesy of SAAM
Experience America
Permanent event
Direct Carving. Courtesy of SAAM
Direct Carving
Permanent event

Past events

Miriam Schapiro, Wonderland, 1983. Courtesy of SAAM
Subversive, skilled, sublime. Fiber art by women
31 May — 5 Jan 2024
Sculpture Down to Scale. Courtesy of SAAM
Sculpture Down to Scale
31 May 2019 — 6 Jun 2020
Picturing the American Buffalo. Courtesy of SAAM
Picturing the American Buffalo
11 Oct 2019 — 12 Apr 2020
Ginny Ruffner. Courtesy of SAAM
Ginny Ruffner
28 Jun 2019 — 5 Jan 2020
Michael Sherrill Retrospective. Courtesy of SAAM
Michael Sherrill Retrospective
28 Jun 2019 — 5 Jan 2020
American Myth & Memory. Courtesy of SAAM
American Myth & Memory
7 Jun — 14 Oct 2019
Tiffany Chung. Courtesy of SAAM
Tiffany Chung
15 Mar — 2 Sep 2019
Artists Respond. Courtesy of SAAM
Artists Respond
15 Mar — 18 Aug 2019
Disrupting Craft. Courtesy of SAAM
Disrupting Craft
9 Nov 2018 — 5 May 2019
Between Worlds. Courtesy of SAAM
Between Worlds
28 Sep 2018 — 17 Mar 2019
No Spectators. Courtesy of SAAM
No Spectators
30 Mar 2018 — 21 Jan 2019
Trevor Paglen: Sites Unseen. Courtesy of SAAM
Trevor Paglen: Sites Unseen
21 Jun 2018 — 6 Jan 2019
Rufino Tamayo, New York Seen from the Terrace [Nueva York desde la terraza], 1937, oil on canvas, 20 3/8 x 34 3/8 in. FEMSA Collection. © Tamayo Heirs/Mexico/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY. Photo by Roberto Ortiz
Tamayo: The New York Years
3 Nov 2017 — 18 Mar 2018
Kara Walker, Lost Mountain at Sunrise, from the portfolio Harper's Pictorial History of the Civil War (Annotated), 2005, Offset lithograph and screenprint on paper, 39 x 53 inches, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment © 2005 Kara Walker
Kara Walker
13 Oct 2017 — 11 Mar 2018
Thomas Wilfred, Lumia Suite, Op. 158, 1963–64. Projectors, reflector unit, electrical and lighting elements, and a projection screen; approx. 9 yrs., 127 days, 18 hrs. Museum of Modern Art, New York, Mrs. Simon Guggenheim Fund, 582.1964. Photo: Courtesy Yale University Art Gallery
Lumia
6 Oct 2017 — 7 Jan 2018

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