Philip Kennicott

Eisenhower family remains opposed to core design of Gehry memorial

Philip Kennicott

While Dwight Eisenhower’s family welcomed changes to the memorial unveiled this month, it remains opposed to the fundamental architectural idea of metal tapestries depicting the heartland, on worries of cost and sustainability.

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Gretchen Feldman: A life that never lacked for color

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Carla Broyles

Feldman produced thousands of robust watercolors, rural landscapes, scenes of life on Martha’s Vineyard and abstract art.

Dissident melds Chinese issues, artisanship

HANDOUT: 'Fragments' by Ai Weiwei (China, b. 1957), 2005. Iron wood (tieli), tables, chairs, parts of beams and pillars from dismantled temples of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). Courtesy of the Sigg Collection. Installation view at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, 2012 Photo: Hutomo Wicaksono

Anne Midgette

You’ve read the headlines, now see the work: Pieces by the dissident artist Ai Weiwei come to Washington in installations at the Sackler and Hirshhorn and then a retrospective.

From Japan, a wave of images

HANDOUT: 'Afternoon' Yasushi Ebihara on view at the '2:46 and thereafter' exhibition of new works created in response to the devastating earthquake and resulting tsunamis that struck the northeast coast of Japan at 2:46 PM on March 11, 2011.

Mark Jenkins

“2.46 and Thereafter” is a collection of Japanese artists’ responses to last year’s earthquake, tsunami and nuclear calamity.

‘Frida Kahlo: Her Photos’ offers intimate look at the artist

HANDOUT IMAGE: Author: Florence Arquin. Title: Frida Kahlo with Fulang Chang. Date: ca. 1938. Technical Data: Facsimilar printed on Litho Matte Realistic paper. Size: 5.5 x 8 cm. FRIDA KAHLO: HER PHOTOS. THE CELEBRATED ARTIST’S LIFE REVEALED THROUGH PERSONAL PHOTOGRAPHS SEALED UNTIL 2007 AND NEVER SEEN IN THE UNITED STATES. Thursday, February 23- Sunday, March 25, 2012. (Credit: Florence Arquin)

Roger Catlin

Painter’s personal photographs are on display at Arlington’s Artisphere.

African American museum groundbreaking showcases living history

US President Barack Obama speaks during the groundbreaking ceremony for the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture on the National Mall in Washington, DC, February 22, 2012. Scheduled to open in 2015, the museum will be the only national museum to be entirely devoted to African American life, art, history and culture. AFP PHOTO / Saul LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)

Jacqueline Trescott

Speakers at the groundbreaking of the African American museum emphasized the future.

Senator probes Smithsonian secretary’s travel history

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY, 18: Wayne Clough, the Secretary of the Smithsonian. He addressed the controversy regarding the removal of the video 'Fire in the Belly,' and admitted that he would probably do things differently in regards to the removal of the work. (Michael S. Williamson/The Washington Post)

Jacqueline Trescott

Sen. Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa) has asked the Smithsonian Inspector General for complete travel documents for Secretary G. Wayne Clough.

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An upcoming exhibit to appear in Canada explores personal identity through characters from the “Star Wars” universe.

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There’s more than war in the Defense Department’s refreshed and relocated National Museum of Health and Medicine.

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Discovery’s last flight sends it to Smithsonian

The workhorse of the space shuttle fleet gets a prime location at the museum.

Spring Arts Preview 2012

The Post Arts staff offers you its most-anticipated events of the coming season and more.

Crystal Bridges: A world-class museum from the land of Wal-Mar

An American art museum in Arkansas has ruffled feathers, challenged stereotypes and raised expectations as this country’s newest major cultural institution.

Remaking D.C., and its art scene

Art patrons Mera and Donald Rubell helped transform parts of Miami. Now the couple aims to do the same in Southwest Washington.

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Stuck between conceptual and literal

REVIEW | New memorial to Martin Luther King Jr. turns out to be a relatively modest affair.