“I Am… Contemporary Women Artists of Africa” Opens at the Smithsonian June 20 Exhibition of Multimedia Works of Art by 27 Modernist and Contemporary Artists From 10 African Countries June 3, 2019 African Art Museum Exhibitions
National Museum of African Art To Host the 26th Annual Children’s Africana Awards and Book Festival April 4, 2019 African Art Museum Public Programs
“Striking Iron: The Art of African Blacksmiths” Opens at Smithsonian April 17 International Traveling Exhibition Displays 225 Objects of Utility, Empowerment and Spiritual Potency February 11, 2019 African Art Museum Exhibitions Exhibitions
"Good as Gold: Fashioning Senegalese Women” Exhibition Opens at Smithsonian First In-depth Presentation Exploring the History, Techniques and Fashion of Gold Jewelry in Senegal October 23, 2018 African Art Museum Exhibitions
National Museum of African Art Will Hold Its Third Annual African Art Awards Dinner Oct. 26 Edson Chagas, Wangechi Mutu and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Named as 2018 Honorees September 13, 2018 African Art Museum
placeholder-logo Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art Opens Its Doors for Community Day Aug. 18 Museum Celebrates Swahili Arts and Culture August 9, 2018 African Art Museum
Nine Smithsonian Museums Received Works From the Corcoran Gallery of Art Trustees Art Museums Collect Photos, Paintings and Sculptures May 14, 2018 African American Museum African Art Museum American Art Museum American Indian Museum Anacostia Community Museum Cooper Hewitt Asian Art Museum Hirshhorn Museum Portrait Gallery African American Museum
Smithsonian Launches Pilot Program of “Pepper” Robots Softbank Robotics Donates Robots as Part of Significant Gift April 24, 2018 African American Museum African Art Museum Arts and Industries Hirshhorn Museum Smithsonian Castle Environmental Research Center
First Major Traveling Exhibition Dedicated to the Arts of the Swahili Coast Comes to the Smithsonian “World on the Horizon: Swahili Arts Across the Indian Ocean” Opens May 9 March 9, 2018 African Art Museum
Augustus (Gus) Casely-Hayford Named Director of National Museum of African Art February 5, 2018 African Art Museum African Art Museum
National Museum of African Art Will Hold Its Second Annual African Art Awards Dinner Oct. 27 Alice Walton Joins Ghada Amer and Mary Sibande as Honorees October 4, 2017 African Art Museum
Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art Brings “Chief S.O. Alonge” Exhibit to Benin, Nigeria September 13, 2017 African Art Museum
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