Past Exhibitions

American Indian Museum New York

Manifestipi

The tipi, an iconic symbol and perhaps one of the most widely recognized structures of early life for Plains Indians, gets a space-age makeover.

February 3, 2018 – March 25, 2018

In Memoriam: Reverend Billy Graham

The National Portrait Gallery recognizes the life and accomplishments of Rev. Billy Graham with a photograph by Yousuf Karsh taken in 1972.

February 22, 2018 – March 25, 2018

African American History and Culture Museum

Tamayo: The New York Years

Tamayo: The New York Years is the first exhibition to explore the influences between this major Mexican modernist and the American art world.

November 3, 2017 – March 18, 2018

American Art Museum

Kara Walker: Harper's Pictorial History of the Civil War (Annotated)

The Smithsonian American Art Museum presents the complete set of Kara Walker's print series, Harper’s Pictorial History of the Civil War (Annotated) for the first time since it was acquired in 2008.

October 13, 2017 – March 11, 2018

American Art Museum

More Than a Picture: Selections from the Photography Collection

More than 150 photographs and related objects The photography showcases a striking visual account of key historical events, cultural touchstones and private and communal moments to illuminate African American life.

May 5, 2017 – March 8, 2018

Watch This! New Directions in the Art of the Moving Image

Watch This! New Directions in the Art of the Moving Image is a series of rotating exhibitions drawn from SAAM’s media arts collection.

March 11, 2017 – March 6, 2018

American Art Museum

Solar on the Line

Solar on the Line explores the innovation and technology behind solar power as a renewable energy resource.

November 29, 2016 – March 4, 2018

Tucker automobile #39, 1948

One of the fifty-one nearly identical Tucker automobiles, designed by Preston Tucker, Alex Tremulis, and J. Gordon Lippincott and Company, were built in 1948 before the Tucker Corp. became embroiled in fraud allegations.

December 12, 2015 – February 28, 2018

In Memoriam: Mathilde Krim

The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery recognizes the life and accomplishments of AIDS research pioneer Dr. Mathilde Krim with a photograph by Annie Leibovitz.

January 22, 2018 – February 22, 2018

Connections: Contemporary Craft at the Renwick Gallery

The permanent collection returns to the Renwick Gallery with a dynamic new presentation of 80+ objects celebrating craft as a discipline and an approach to living differently in the modern world.

July 1, 2016 – February 20, 2018

Parallax Gap

This immersive, site-specific installation explores examples of interplay between craft and architecture through a ceiling-suspended structure running the length of the Renwick's iconic gallery.

July 1, 2017 – February 11, 2018

African American History and Culture Museum

Everyday Beauty: Selections from the Photography and Film Collection

This exhibition examines African American history and culture by presenting 100 images spanning 100 years. These selected works highlight the beauty of everyday occasions and feature photography and films by known and lesser-known artists.

July 7, 2017 – February 4, 2018

Posy Holders

Two large cases contain approximately 80 one-of-a-kind posy holders made of precious metals and semi-precious stones, donated by Frances Jones Poetker.

Ripley Center

Rick Araluce: The Final Stop

Rick Araluce: The Final Stop transforms a gallery into an abandoned underground subway platform in the artist’s first large-scale installation on the East Coast.

October 20, 2017 – January 28, 2018

Murder Is Her Hobby: Frances Glessner Lee and the Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death

Murder is Her Hobby: Frances Glessner Lee and The Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death explores the unexpected intersection between craft and forensic science.

October 20, 2017 – January 28, 2018

The Face of Battle, Americans at War, 9/11 to Now

The Face of Battle documents the first attempts by artists to assess the human costs of modern war through portraiture.

April 7, 2017 – January 28, 2018

Asian Art Museum, East Building

Senses of Time: Video-and Film-based Works of Africa

Six internationally recognized African artists examine how time is experienced—and produced—by the body.Time-based works by Sammy Baloji, Theo Eshetu, Moataz Nasr, Berni Searle, Yinka Shonibare MBE, and Sue Williamson repeat, resist, and reverse the expectation that time must move relentlessly forward.

May 18, 2016 – January 21, 2018

African Art Museum

Divine Felines: Cats of Ancient Egypt

Dating from the Middle Kingdom to the Byzantine period, the nearly 70 works include statues, amulets and other luxury items decorated with feline features, which enjoyed special status among Egyptians. The exhibition also dedicates a small section to cats’ canine counterparts.

October 14, 2017 – January 15, 2018

Joris Laarman Lab: Design in the Digital Age

The first U.S. exhibition of the experimental Dutch designer, Joris Laarman Lab presents new and recent work from the ingenious oeuvre of the designer-inventor who works at the intersection of design, art, and engineering.

September 27, 2017 – January 15, 2018

Cooper Hewitt Design Museum

Akunnittinni: A Kinngait Family Portrait

Grandmother, mother, and daughter each produced an oeuvre reflective of Arctic village life, rich with celebration and joy, but also sometimes taking a critical eye to the role of modernity and its effects on Inuit culture.

June 10, 2017 – January 8, 2018

American Indian Museum New York

West Wing Exhibition Preview: Second Floor

This sneak peek at the museum's renovations features a World War II billboard, a Godess of Liberty statue, an Apache fiddle, and a menorah with Statue of Liberty candle holders.

September 14, 2013 – January 7, 2018

Cooper Hewitt Design Museum

Esperanza Spalding Selects

Esperanza Spalding Selects is the 15th installation of Cooper Hewitt’s Selects exhibition series in which designers, artists, architects, and public figures are invited to examine and interpret the museum’s collection of more than 210,000 objects.

June 9, 2017 – January 7, 2018

2 West Preview Case

This preview case introduces the public to the Museum’s 2017 theme: “The Nation We Build Together.” The predominant feature is a nine-foot-tall LEGO Statue of Liberty displayed on a platform alongside images of objects that represent new exhibitions opening June 28.

March 2, 2017 – January 7, 2018