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# Explore Art & Design

                  -   Smithsonian American Art MuseumWhich Artist Shares Your Birthday?
Find out which artists were born on your birthday or in any year in the Smithsonian American Art Museum's collections.
Learn More  About  Which Artist Shares Your Birthday? 
                  -   Spring SeasonSmithsonian 2024 Art Guide
With art from across the nation and around the globe, there is truly something for every art lover!
Learn More  About  Smithsonian 2024 Art Guide 
                  -   National Portrait Gallery PodcastPortraits
Art, biography, history, and identity collide in this podcast from the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery. Join Director Kim Sajet as she chats with artists, historians, and thought leaders about the big and small ways that portraits shape our world. 
Learn More  About  Portraits 
                  -   Smithsonian DigitizationSmithsonian 3D
Explore some of the Smithsonian’s most treasured objects
Learn More  About  Smithsonian 3D 

The Smithsonian’s museums display objects from our collections that span the breadth of art and design from the ancient to the modern-day, from the whimsical to the practical. Along with our art-focused programs and research, our work illustrates how art and design are integral to humanity, enriching us all.

**Explore** and discover featured content or search for your specific interest.Search What is 2+5? Search-        Smithsonian Collection Spotlight  Hats Off to These Pieces
Who wore it best?
 
-        Smithsonian Sparks  The Story Behind the Color         The natural world is full of color, but who chooses the color for the products we buy?   
-        Smithsonian Collection Spotlight  We Heart Art
From amulets to valentines, the heart motif in art and design.
 
-        Smithsonian Collection Spotlight  Jazzed About Art
Seeing sound through art in our collections.
 
-        Smithsonian Snapshot  Cosmic Beadwork         This artwork brings illumination to the problem of light pollution.   
-        Smithsonian Collection Spotlight  Signs of Spring
Celebrating spring and the coming of warmer days through the visual arts.
 
-        Smithsonian Collection Spotlight  American Art Pottery
Beautiful and useful, American art pottery from across the Smithsonian.
 
-        Smithsonian Collection Spotlight  West Meets East
A continuing exchange of ideas through art and design.
 
-        Smithsonian Collection Spotlight  The Art of Rock and Roll
A selection of rock and pop inspired art from concert posters and album covers to *objects d'art.*
 
-        Race and Our Shared Future  Reckoning: Protest. Defiance. Resilience. 
Take a look at the ways in which visual art has long provided its own protest, commentary, and escape for African Americans. 
 
-        Smithsonian Collection Spotlight  Architecture
From pyramids to cathedrals to sykscrapers, architecture is a mirror of society.
 
-        Smithsonian Collection Spotlight  Time for Tea
Beautiful objects designed for tea from across the Smithsonian and around the world.
 
Sidedoor Podcast
The Smithsonian's flagship podcast sneaks you through the side door to learn the stories behind the collections. Discover more episodes on art and design.
-        Sidedoor Podcast  Inventor, Photographer ... Murderer         Meet Muybridge, a pioneering and eccentric photographer from the 1800s whose work paved the way for the invention of motion pictures.   
-        Sidedoor Podcast  Painting Michelle Obama         Journey to Amy Sherald's studio to hear exactly how she captured the spirit of Michelle Obama in paint on canvas.   
-        Sidedoor Podcast  Face Value         Follow the money to see behind-the-scenes in the process of minting twenty new quarters featuring American women from history.   
-        Sidedoor Podcast  The Artist Critics Love to Hate         His paintings, sketches, and prints papered the second half of the 20th century, highlighting American icons in his colorful expressionist style.   
Collections Sampler-  Cape Cod Morning 
-  Elizabeth Winthrop Chanler (Mrs. John Jay Chapman) 
-  The Sick Child 
-  The South Ledges, Appledore 
-  Among the Sierra Nevada, California 
-  Self-Portrait with Pipe 
-  Yellow Calla 
-  Moon Masque 
-  Up the Hudson 
-  Folk Family 
-  The Hunter 
-  "Vesevo" Teapot 
-  Celia con Rolos 
-  Modern Painting with Clef 
-  Shell #1 
-  Girl with Ice Cream Cone 
-  Self-Portrait 
-  Love 
-  Print 
-  Untitled, Bronx Storefront, "La Rumba Supermarket" 
-  Sin Título, from the series La Tempestad 
-  Grey Sun 
-  Strong Woman and Child 
-  *Sai Mado (The Distant Gaze)* 
-  *Untitled* 
-  *I Go To Prepare A Place For You* 
-  Kajikazawa in Kei Province (Koshu Kajikazawa) From the series, Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji 
-  Bracelet 
-  Icon 
-  Geisha Kimono 
-  Visions of a Nuclear Future 
-  Variations in Flesh Colour and Green - The Balcony 
-  Madama Butterfly, from the portfolio Metropolitan Opera Fine Art Series 
-  American Indian #4 
-  Navajo Chicken Fight 
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