Smithsonian American Art Museum & Renwick Gallery
Smithsonian American Art Museum & Renwick Gallery
Featured Exhibitions
Through January 3, 2027
Artist Nick Cave invites visitors to walk among the fantastical remains of these ancient creatures.
Through September 7, 2026
State Fairs: Growing American Craft is the first major exhibition dedicated to artists’ contributions to the great U.S. tradition of state fairs.
Through November 8, 2026
Shahzia Sikander’s video artwork The Last Post (2010) critically considers the legacy of British colonialism in Asia using her signature approach of infusing Indo-Persian miniature paintings with a contemporary perspective.
Featured Stories
04/21/2026
The Smithsonian announced the appointment of Lynda Roscoe Hartigan as the Margaret and Terry Stent Director of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, effective September 8, 2026.
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Gold-fringed walls and piñata corncobs transform the Grand Salon of SAAM's Renwick Gallery and highlight the role of maize in North American visual culture.
Rebekah Mejorado
Public Relations Specialist
Finding ourselves in art, objects, and stories.
Howard Kaplan
Writer
Featured Video
Butter Sculptors Delight in the Details
Meet the artists behind “Curious Regard,” the moo-velous butter cow sculpture currently featured in a custom refrigerated case in State Fairs: Growing American Craft.
Artist Shahzia Sikander on "The Last Post"
"As an artist, I think my biggest purpose is to create work that is visceral, that is going to draw the viewer in." —Shahzia Sikander
