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    Here: Pride and Belonging in African Art Added

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    Here: Pride and Belonging in African Art

    Explore how LGBTQ+ artists from Africa and its diaspora are part of a larger, joyful story of African art history.

    January 23, 2026 – August 23, 2026

    African Art Museum

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    The Outwin 2025: American Portraiture Today Added

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    The Outwin 2025: American Portraiture Today

    The Outwin 2025 features 35 portraits (by 36 artists) from the museum’s seventh triennial Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition.

    January 24, 2026 – August 30, 2026

    Portrait Gallery

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    Teen Portrait Competition, 2025 Added

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    Teen Portrait Competition, 2025

    A video presentation of photographs from the 19 finalists in the 2025 Teen Portrait Competition.

    January 24, 2026 – August 30, 2026

    Portrait Gallery

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    Nick Cave: Mammoth

    Nick Cave envisions a world animated by the power of the past and the transformative possibilities of the imagination.

    February 13, 2026 – January 3, 2027

    American Art Museum

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    Art of Noise

    An exploration of how design has transformed people’s relationship to music over the past 100 years.

    February 13, 2026 – July 19, 2026

    Cooper Hewitt Design Museum

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    Carlotta Corpron: Light Is a Plastic Medium Added

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    Carlotta Corpron: Light Is a Plastic Medium

    Corpron's investigations into the poetics of light and form and innovative use of technology supported the establishment of photography as fine art.

    February 27, 2026 – January 31, 2027

    Hirshhorn Museum

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    Vishnu’s Cosmic Ocean

    See the largest bronze ever cast in Southeast Asia, a depiction of the Hindu god Vishnu reclining on a coiled serpent floating in the primordial ocean. 

    March 7, 2026 – September 7, 2026

    Asian Art Museum, East Building

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    Into the Waters with Senju and Bingyi: Two Contemporary Paintings Added

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    Into the Waters with Senju and Bingyi: Two Contemporary Paintings

    Feel the power and beauty of water in this exhibition featuring contemporary artists Hiroshi Senju and Bingyi. 

    April 2, 2026 – August 23, 2026

    Asian Art Museum, East Building

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    Of the Hills: Pahari Paintings from India’s Himalayan Kingdoms Added

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    Of the Hills: Pahari Paintings from India’s Himalayan Kingdoms

    Discover the extraordinary beauty and unique history of paintings made for Hindu kings in India’s Pahari (hill) region between the 1620s and 1830s.

    April 18, 2026 – July 26, 2026

    Asian Art Museum, East Building

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    The Art of Air and Space: Interpretations of Flight Added

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    The Art of Air and Space: Interpretations of Flight

    Explore the relationships between art and the transformative power of the experience of flight.

    July 1, 2026 – Indefinitely

    Air and Space Museum

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    The Ascent of Rauschenberg: Reinventing the Art of Flight Added

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    The Ascent of Rauschenberg: Reinventing the Art of Flight

    Gain a richer understanding of Robert Rauschenberg’s innovative techniques, sustained legacy, and unique perspective on all things that fly.

    July 1, 2026 – Summer 2027

    Air and Space Museum

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    Much Here is Beautiful: Photography Surveys of the U.S. Bicentennial Added

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    Much Here is Beautiful: Photography Surveys of the U.S. Bicentennial

    From the California coast to the Kansas heartland to the streets of New York City, photographs provide an expansive and evocative portrait of America with a focus on the 1970s and early 1980s.

    September 18, 2026 – April 17, 2027

    American Art Museum

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    Handwork: Contemporary Craft at the Renwick Gallery Added

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    Handwork: Contemporary Craft at the Renwick Gallery

    See objects from the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s permanent collection that explore the meaning and relevance of craft in American culture.

    November 13, 2026 – Ongoing

    Renwick Gallery

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    Photographic Memory: Fifty Years of Photography at the National Portrait Gallery Added

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    Photographic Memory: Fifty Years of Photography at the National Portrait Gallery

    Photographic Memory marks fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the National Portrait Gallery's photographs collection.

    November 14, 2026 – TBD

    Portrait Gallery

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