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The inhumanity brought on by Executive Order 9066 spurred Isamu Noguchi to action
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From subject to statement, food has played a role in art for millennia
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Commissioned for <em>Smithsonian</em> magazine, this painting shows a leader at a crossroads
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Photographer Mark Marchesi spent four years tracing images from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's epic poem, "Evangeline"
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How a Mesoamerican insect once created the globe's most coveted color
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Photographer Emanuele Fornasier spends hours capturing the intricacy of chemical reactions
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Several innovative art shows, some which close early in the new year, are a must-see
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The Hirshhorn's 65-year retrospective boasts six mirror rooms by this hugely popular artist
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The six-decade career of the artist and commercial designer is on view at the Smithsonian American Art Museum
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One Smithsonian curator weighs in on new best practices for outreach
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Gene Davis, the leading member of the Washington Color School, is celebrated a half century after his striped paintings caught on
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The African Art Museum at its first award ceremony recognizes two international artists who have overcome personal hardships to excel
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Noted visual artist Bill Viola is subject of the first all-video exhibition in one of D.C.'s oldest buildings.
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Eight sumptuous books from the past year that meet at the intersection of science and art
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Horace Poolaw's photography is unearthed at the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian
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The 41-year-old artist mashes decades-old depictions of indigenous peoples with modern-day style
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A fortuitous influx of cash launched the Smithsonian Institution and its earliest art collection
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Canadian artist Ken Hall built <em>Legacy</em> based on 3D scans of the skeleton of Hope, an orca that died on the coast of Washington in 2002
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Artist Spencer Finch explores landscape by building a tiny, scale replica of a California grove
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