The Smithsonian unveils Buddhist paragons who put 'Mind Over Matter'
The National Museum of Asian Art in Washington, D.C. displays the breadth of its Zen artifacts, from both Japan and China, for the first time in a new exhibition.
Hiroshi Sugimoto’s Jekyll and Hyde year
The artist famous for his riddling photos has turned to old-fashioned function and grace in his design for the Hirshhorn Sculpture Garden in the U.S.
'Paws crossed!' Giant panda may be pregnant at Washington zoo
One of the U.S. capital's resident giant pandas may be pregnant, officials at the Smithsonian Institution's National Zoo said on Monday, but warned fans of the black-and-white mammals not to get baby fever just yet. Mei Xiang, who was artificially inseminated on March 1, is ...
Obama jokes about his ears and gray hair as official portrait is unveiled
Former U.S. President Barack Obama joked about his ears and gray hair and praised his wife Michelle Obama's "hotness" at the unveiling of the couple's official portraits at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery on Monday. The Obamas tapped artists Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald for ...
Smithsonian internment exhibition to warn against racial profiling
Curators of an upcoming Smithsonian museum exhibition on the wartime internment of Japanese-Americans have put out a call for families to contribute artifacts for display. The National Museum of American History in Washington wants items that reveal everyday life inside the camps. A curator said ...
The ripple effect of Tawaraya Sotatsu's waves
'The most important Japanese artist you've never heard of." That is how James Ulak, senior curator of Japanese art at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery in Washington, describes Tawaraya Sotatsu, the focus of the gallery's current magnificent exhibition. The show presents the first in-depth ...
Vintage ET Atari videogame found in New Mexico landfill sent to Smithsonian
A copy of a vintage ET Atari videogame extracted from a New Mexico landfill where hundreds of the cartridges were dumped after the game flopped in the 1980s has made its way to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington. The games were found earlier this year ...
