2014-2016 Advance Exhibition Schedule - Smithsonian American Art Museum Our Coverage Sponsored by The Westin Georgetown, Washington D.C.
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Exhibitions are in galleries at the Smithsonian American Art Museum's main building, located at Eighth and F streets N.W., unless otherwise noted. Nationally touring exhibitions are listed on p. 5. The Renwick Gallery, the museum's branch for craft and decorative art, is closed for renovation.
Dates and exhibitions are all subject to change
EXHIBITIONS
Oct. 10 - Feb. 8, 2015 -- Richard Estes' Realism
Oct. 31 - Feb. 22, 2015 -- The Singing and the Silence: Birds in Contemporary Art
April 3, 2015 - Aug. 30, 2015 -- The Artistic Journey of Yasuo Kuniyoshi
April 24, 2015 - Sept. 7, 2015 -- Watch This! Revelations in Media Art
Oct. 23, 2015 - March 20, 2016 -- Irving Penn: Beyond Beauty
Oct. 30, 2015 - April 3, 2016 -- Living Modern
PERMANENT COLLECTION INSTALLATIONS
Now through Aug. 31 -- Pop Art Prints
Sept. 26 - Feb. 1, 2015 -- Untitled: The Art of James Castle
Now through Feb. 15, 2015 -- Watch This! New Directions in the Art of the Moving Image
Feb. 27, 2015 - Aug. 2, 2015 -- Mingering Mike's Gold Supersonic Greatest Hits
Upcoming Exhibitions and Installations at the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Sept. 26, 2014 - Feb. 1, 2015
In 2013, the Smithsonian American Art Museum acquired 54 pieces by artist James Castle
(1899-1977). With this acquisition, the museum now holds one of the largest public collections of Castle's work. "Untitled: The Art of James Castle" features these selected drawings, handmade books, texts and constructions from the artist's immense body of work. Since Castle's work first came to light in the 1950s, attention has primarily focused on the unusual circumstances of his life: Castle was born profoundly deaf, remained illiterate and never acquired a conventional mode of communicating with others. This exhibition seeks to situate Castle's remarkable artistic vision within the meaningful context of his life, and to question how the works themselves can elucidate the world of one of the most enigmatic American artists of the 20th century. Nicholas R. Bell, the Fleur and Charles Bresler Senior Curator of American Craft and Decorative Art, is organizing the exhibition.
Media preview: Thursday, Sept. 25 from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Book: A catalog ($49.95), co-published with D Giles Limited, London, is forthcoming.
Credit: "Untitled: The Art of James Castle" is organized by the Smithsonian American Art Museum with generous support from the William R. Kenan Jr. Endowment.
Oct. 10, 2014 - Feb. 8, 2015
"Richard Estes' Realism" is the most comprehensive exhibition of paintings by Richard Estes (b. 1932) ever organized. A master of contemporary realism, Estes is primarily known as a painter of urban scenes. The exhibition features 46 paintings spanning a 50-year career, including a number of works from private collections that are rarely seen publically. The exhibition also shows, for the first time, Estes' panoramic landscape paintings and water scenes alongside his more famous cityscapes, offering new insights into Estes' particular vision. The exhibition is the first complete overview of Estes's work in the U.S. since 1978. It explores the full range of Estes' career as a painter, with works from the late 1960s to 2013. Paintings in the exhibition balance Estes' interest in cities-London, New York, Paris, Tokyo-with luminous sunlit scenes of Venice and Antarctica as well as his explorations of the Maine coast and the woods on Mount Desert Island, where he has spent part of each year since the late 1970s. Recently, Estes has captured nocturnal images of New York City, and several examples are on display. A number of Estes' rare portraits and self-portraits also are included in the exhibition. Patterson Sims, an independent curator, and Jessica May, curator of contemporary and modern art at the Portland Museum of Art, organized the exhibition. Virginia Mecklenburg, chief curator at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, is coordinating the exhibition in Washington, D.C.
Media preview: Thursday, Oct. 9 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Book: A catalog ($40), distributed by Yale University Press, is available.
Tour: The exhibition is on view at the Portland Museum of Art (May 22 - Sept. 7) before traveling to the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
Credit: "Richard Estes' Realism" is organized by the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Portland Museum of Art in Maine. The museums thank the following donors for their generous support of the exhibition: Gabrielle Bekink and the Honorable Rudolf Bekink, Isabelle and Scott Black, The Wolf Kahn & Emily Mason Foundation, Thelma and Melvin Lenkin, The Lunder Foundation - Peter and Paula Lunder, Elizabeth Ragland Park Fund of Triangle Community Foundation, Debbie Frank Petersen, the Walter and Lucille Rubin Foundation, Holly and Nick Ruffin and John Wilmerding. The accompanying catalog is supported by Furthermore: a program of the J.M. Kaplan Fund, Marlborough Gallery and the Wyeth Foundation for American Art.
Oct. 31, 2014 - Feb. 22, 2015
"The Singing and the Silence: Birds in Contemporary Art" examines mankind's relationship to birds and the natural world through the eyes of twelve contemporary American artists, including David Beck, Rachel Berwick, Lorna Bieber, Barbara Bosworth, Joann Brennan, Petah Coyne, Walton Ford, Paula McCartney, James Prosek, Laurel Roth Hope, Fred Tomaselli and Tom Uttech. The opening of the exhibition dovetails with two significant environmental anniversaries-the extinction of the passenger pigeon in 1914 and the establishment of the Wilderness Act in 1964. Inspired by the confluence of these two events, the exhibition explores how artists working today employ avian imagery as a means for understanding contemporary culture and the widespread desire to meaningfully connect with the natural world. The exhibition is organized by Joanna Marsh, The James Dicke Curator of Contemporary Art.
Media preview: Thursday, Oct. 30 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Credit: "The Singing and the Silence: Birds in Contemporary Art"is organized by the Smithsonian American Art Museum with generous support from Rollin W. King, The Margery and Edgar Masinter Exhibitions Fund, Caroline Niemczyk, Debbie Frank Petersen, Rosemary L. Ripley, Holly and Nick Ruffin and the C.K. Williams Foundation.
Feb. 27, 2015 - Aug. 2, 2015
In 2013, the Smithsonian American Art Museum acquired a collection of well over 100 pieces of musical ephemera made between 1965 and 1979 by a self-taught Washington, D.C. artist known only as Mingering Mike. The collection consists of "vinyl" LP albums (made from painted cardboard), original album art, song lyrics and liner notes, 45 rpm singles and more pertaining to the artist's youthful fantasy of being a famous soul singer/songwriter. The collection is a window on an historical moment when D.C. played a pivotal role in music history and therefore held tremendous cultural significance. Untrained as either musician or visual artist, Mingering Mike nonetheless embodies a critical component of the American Dream, in which a poor black youth conquers tough circumstances by actualizing-to whatever extent possible-a world filled with fame, fortune and happiness. The installation will feature a wide array of objects from the collection, selected by Leslie Umberger, curator of folk and self-taught art.
Credit: "Mingering Mike's Supersonic Greatest Hits" is organized by the Smithsonian American Art Museum with generous support from the Herbert Waide Hemphill Jr. American Folk Art Fund.
April 3, 2015 - Aug. 30, 2015
The Smithsonian American Art Museum is organizing a major exhibition about Japanese-born artist Yasuo Kuniyoshi (1889-1953). "The Artistic Journey of Yasuo Kuniyoshi" will be a highly selective survey of the artist's 70 best paintings and drawings, chosen from leading public and private collections in America and Japan. It will be the first overview of Kuniyoshi's work in more than 25 years. The guest curator is the leading Kuniyoshi scholar Tom Wolf, professor of art history at Bard College. Joann Moser, deputy chief curator at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, is co-curator.
Book: A catalog, written by Wolf, will accompany the exhibition.
Credit: "The Artistic Journey of Yasuo Kuniyoshi"is organized by the Smithsonian American Art Museum. American Honda Motor Co., Inc. provided leadership support for the exhibition. Additional generous contributions have been provided by the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation, the Fukutake Foundation, Friends of Franklin Riehlman and the Sara Roby Foundation.
Watch This! Revelations in Media Art
April 24, 2015 - Sept. 7, 2015
Creative and commercial innovations in hi-fidelity stereo, broadcast television, videotape and satellite technologies ignited a frenetic pace of social change through the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, simultaneously shattering and shaping modes of communication and expression. From the 80s into the millennium the electronic age burst through to the digital age, advancing in previously inconceivable directions at blinding speeds and opening entirely new terrain for creative exploration that continues today. Artists have embraced such technological leaps and created an artistic revolution that continuously redefines how we imagine, receive and understand our time. "Watch This!" highlights key moments in this history, which is influenced as much by developments in science and technology as by style or medium, and identifies the pervasive interdependence between technology and contemporary culture. The exhibition will include 45 works of art from 1941 to 2013, many of which were recently acquired by the museum, including single-channel video, installations, 16 mm films, video games and related ephemera. The exhibition is organized by Michael Mansfield, curator of film and media arts.
Oct. 23, 2015 - March 20, 2016
Irving Penn (1917-2009) is one of the best-known American photographers of the second half of the 20th century. This exhibition, the first retrospective of Penn's work in almost 20 years, will demonstrate his legacy as a modern master and place Penn in the context of the contemporary moment. It will include approximately 140 photographs from the museum's permanent collection, and will debut 100 photographs recently donated by The Irving Penn Foundation. The exhibition is organized by Merry Foresta, guest curator and independent consultant for the arts. Foresta was the museum's curator of photography from 1983 to 1999.
Book: A catalog will be co-published by The Irving Penn Foundation and the museum.
Tour: The exhibition will tour following its presentation in Washington, D.C.
Credit:Irving Pennis organized by the Smithsonian American Art Museum with generous support from the Bernie Stadiem Endowment Fund and The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation. The C.F. Foundation in Atlanta supports the museum's traveling exhibition program, "Treasures to Go."
Oct. 30, 2015 - April 3, 2016
"Living Modern" features the stellar collection of Sam Rose and Julie Walters, who for the past 25 years have collected the work of Georgia O'Keeffe, Alexander Calder, David Hockney, Pablo Picasso and a host of other American and European artists who have pushed the boundaries of art. This international perspective, which illuminates cross-currents in modern art, is a first for the Smithsonian American Art Museum. The exhibition features more than 75 paintings and sculptures. The exhibition is organized by Virginia Mecklenburg, chief curator.
Book: A catalog is forthcoming.
Permanent Collection Installations
March 21, 2014 - Aug. 31, 2014
"Pop Art Prints" presents a selection of 37 prints that are rarely on public display from the Smithsonian American Art Museum's permanent collection. The installation includes works from the 1960s by Allan D'Arcangelo, Jim Dine, Robert Indiana, Jasper Johns, Roy Lichtenstein, Claes Oldenburg, Mel Ramos, Robert Rauschenberg, James Rosenquist, Andy Warhol and Tom Wesselmann. The artworks on display were selected by Joann Moser, deputy chief curator.
May 1, 2013 - Feb. 15, 2015
The current installation of "Watch This! New Directions in the Art of the Moving Image," which is the third in the series, features artworks that survey the complexities of space and time both structurally and conceptually, expounding on unique properties inherent in the moving image. The four featured artworks are: John Baldessari, "Six Colorful Inside Jobs" (1977); Bruce Nauman, "Walk with Contrapposto" (1968); Charlemagne Palestine, "Running Outburst" (1975); and Bill Viola, "The Fall into Paradise" (2005). Michael Mansfield, curator of film and media arts, selected the works.
Credit: The James F. Dicke Family Endowment generously supported "Watch This!"
Nationally Touring Exhibitions
The Smithsonian American Art Museum's traveling exhibition program has circulated hundreds of exhibitions since it was established in 1951.
Ralph Fasanella (1914-1997) was a self-taught painter who celebrated the common man and fought for the working class in artworks that tackled the complex issues of postwar America. The son of Italian immigrants, Fasanella was born in the Bronx and grew up in the working class neighborhoods of New York City. He worked as a truck-driver, ice delivery man and union organizer before taking up painting in 1945. Fasanella viewed painting as an extension of his union activity and made artworks on social themes as memorial documents, teaching tools and rallying cries for his community. Often laden with symbolic imagery, these paintings deal with themes of struggle, endurance, family and community. He felt strongly about the need to remember the sacrifices of earlier generations, inscribing "lest we forget" on several of his paintings. The exhibition is organized by Leslie Umberger, curator of folk and self-taught art.
Smithsonian American Art Museum (May 2, 2014 - Aug. 3, 2014)
American Folk Art Museum in New York, N.Y. (Sept. 2 - Nov. 30, 2014)
Credit: "Ralph Fasanella: Lest We Forget" is organized by the Smithsonian American Art Museum with generous support from Tania and Tom Evans, Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. American Folk Art Fund and Paula and Peter Lunder. The C.F. Foundation in Atlanta supports the museum's traveling exhibition program, "Treasures to Go."
"Our America" presents the rich and varied contributions of Latino artists in the United States since the mid-20th century, when the concept of a collective Latino identity began to emerge. The exhibition is drawn entirely from the Smithsonian American Art Museum's pioneering collection of Latino art. It explores how Latino artists shaped the artistic movements of their day and recalibrated key themes in American art and culture. The exhibition features works in all media by 72 leading modern and contemporary artists. Of the 92 artworks included in the exhibition, 63 have been acquired by the museum since 2011, representing its deep and continuing commitment to collecting Latino art. "Our America" presents a picture of an evolving national culture that challenges expectations of what is meant by "American" and "Latino." E. Carmen Ramos, curator of Latino art, organized the exhibition.
Smithsonian American Art Museum (Oct. 25, 2013 - March 2, 2014)
The Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum in Miami (April 2, 2014 - June 22, 2014)
Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento, Calif. (Sept. 21, 2014 - Jan. 11, 2015)
Utah Museum of Fine Arts in Salt Lake City (Feb. 6, 2015 - May 17, 2015)
Arkansas Art Center in Little Rock, Ark. (Oct. 16, 2015 - Jan. 17, 2016)
Delaware Art Museum in Wilmington, Del. (March 5, 2016 - May 29, 2016)
Hunter Museum of American Art in Chattanooga, Tenn. (Feb. 17, 2017 - June 4, 2017)
Sioux City Art Center in Sioux City, Iowa (July 8, 2017 - Oct. 15, 2017)
Book: A catalog ($65/$40), with essays by Ramos and Tomás Ybarra-Frausto, independent scholar and published in association with D Giles Limited, London, accompanies the exhibition.
Credit: "Our America: the Latino Presence in American Art" is organized by the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Generous support for the exhibition has been provided by Altria Group, Aida M. Alvarez; Judah Best, The James F. Dicke Family Endowment, Sheila Duignan and Mike Wilkins, Tania and Tom Evans, Friends of the National Museum of the American Latino, The Michael A. and the Honorable Marilyn Logsdon Mennello Endowment, Henry R. Muñoz III and Zions Bank. Additional significant support was provided by The Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center. Support for "Treasures to Go," the museum's traveling exhibition program, comes from The C.F. Foundation, Atlanta.
"The Art of Video Games" is one of the first exhibitions to explore the 40-year evolution of video games as an artistic medium, with a focus on striking graphics, creative storytelling and player interactivity. The exhibition features some of the most influential artists and designers during five eras of game technology, from early pioneers to contemporary designers. "The Art of Video Games" focuses on the interplay of graphics, technology and storytelling through some of the best games for 20 gaming systems ranging from the Atari VCS to the PlayStation 3. The exhibition features 80 video games, selected with the help of the public, that demonstrate the evolution of the medium. The games are presented through still images and video footage. In addition, the galleries include video interviews with developers and artists, historic game consoles, large prints of in-game screen shots and a selection of five playable games. Chris Melissinos, former chief evangelist and chief gaming officer for Sun Microsystems and founder of PastPixels, is the guest curator of the exhibition.
Smithsonian American Art Museum (March 16, 2012 - Sept. 30, 2012)
Boca Raton Museum of Art in Boca Raton, Fla. (Oct. 24, 2012 - Jan. 13, 2013)
EMP Museum in Seattle, Wash. (Feb. 16, 2013 - May 13, 2013)
Phoenix Art Museum in Phoenix, Ariz. (June 16, 2013 - Sept. 29, 2013)
Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse, N.Y. (Oct. 25, 2013 - Jan. 19, 2014)
Hudson River Museum in Yonkers, N.Y. (Feb. 15, 2014 - May 18, 2014)
Toledo Museum of Art in Toledo, Ohio (June 19, 2014 - Sept. 28, 2014)
Flint Institute of Arts in Flint, Mich. (Oct. 25, 2014 - Jan. 18, 2015)
Chrysler Museum of Art in Norfolk, Va. (Feb. 13, 2015 - May 10, 2015)
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art in Memphis, Tenn. (June 6, 2015 - Sept. 13, 2015)
The Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum in Miami (Oct. 9, 2015 - Jan. 25, 2016)
Book: A book ($40), published in cooperation with Welcome Books, accompanies the exhibition.
Credit: "The Art of Video Games" is organized by the Smithsonian American Art Museum with generous support from the Entertainment Software Association Foundation; Sheila Duignan and Mike Wilkins; Shelby and Frederick Gans; Mark Lamia; Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk; Rose Family Foundation; Betty and Lloyd Schermer; and Neil Young. The C.F. Foundation in Atlanta supports the museum's traveling exhibition program, "Treasures to Go."
"African American Art: Harlem Renaissance, Civil Rights Era and Beyond" presents a selection of paintings, sculpture, prints and photographs by 43 black artists who explored the African American experience from the Harlem Renaissance through the Civil Rights era and the decades beyond, which saw tremendous social and political changes. In response, these artists created an image of America that recognizes individuals and community and acknowledges the role of art in celebrating the multivalent nature of American society. The artworks in the exhibition lay out a vision of America from an African American viewpoint. All 100 artworks in the exhibition are drawn entirely from the Smithsonian American Art Museum's rich collection of African American art.
Smithsonian American Art Museum (April 27, 2012 - Sept. 3, 2012)
Muscarelle Museum of Art at The College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Va.
(Sept. 28, 2012 - Jan. 6, 2013)
Mennello Museum of American Art in Orlando, Fla. (Feb. 1, 2013 - April 28, 2013)
Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Mass. (June 1, 2013 - Sept. 2, 2013)
Albuquerque Museum of Art in Albuquerque, N.M. (Sept. 29, 2013 - Jan. 19, 2014)
Hunter Museum of American Art in Chattanooga, Tenn. (Feb. 14, 2014 - May 25, 2014)
Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento, Calif. (June 28, 2014 - Sept. 21, 2014)
Book: A catalog ($60/$40), co-published with Skira Rizzoli in New York, is available.
Credit: "African American Art: Harlem Renaissance, Civil Rights Era and Beyond" is organized by the Smithsonian American Art Museum with generous support from Alston & Bird; Amherst Holdings, LLC; Diane and Norman Bernstein Foundation; Larry Irving and Leslie Wiley; the William R. Kenan Jr. Endowment Fund; Clarence Otis and Jacqui Bradley; and PEPCO. The C.F. Foundation in Atlanta supports the museum's traveling exhibition program, "Treasures to Go."
"Annie Leibovitz: Pilgrimage" charts a new direction for one of America's best-known living photographers. Unlike her staged and carefully lit portraits made on assignment for magazines and advertising clients, the photographs in this exhibition were taken simply because Leibovitz was moved by the subject. The pictures are, in a certain sense, portraits of subjects that have shaped Leibovitz's distinctly American view of her cultural inheritance. Visiting the homes of iconic figures, including Thomas Jefferson, Emily Dickinson, Georgia O'Keeffe, Pete Seeger and Elvis Presley, as well as places such as Niagara Falls, Walden Pond, Old Faithful and the Yosemite Valley, she let her instincts and intuitions guide her to related subjects-hence the title "Pilgrimage." Some of the pictures focus on the remaining traces of photographers and artists she admires, such as Julia Margaret Cameron, Ansel Adams and Robert Smithson. Together the pictures show Leibovitz at the height of her powers, unfettered by the demands of her commercial career. "Annie Leibovitz: Pilgrimage" is presented in conjunction with a new book by Annie Leibovitz, Pilgrimage, published by Random House.Smithsonian American Art Museum (Jan. 20, 2012 - May 20, 2012)
Concord Museum in Concord, Mass. (June 28, 2012 - Sept. 23, 2012)
Wexner Center for the Arts in Columbus, Ohio (Sept. 22, 2012 - Dec. 30, 2012)
Gettysburg National Military Park Museum and Visitor Center in Gettysburg, Pa.
(Oct. 25, 2012 - Jan. 21, 2013)
Georgia O'Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe, N.M. (Feb. 15, 2013 - May 5, 2013)
San Jose Museum of Art in San Jose, Calif. (June 6, 2013 - Sept. 8, 2013)
Columbia Museum of Art in Columbia, S.C. (Oct. 4, 2013 - Jan. 5, 2014)
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, Ill. (Feb. 8, 2014 -
Aug. 31, 2014)
New-York Historical Society in New York City (Nov. 7, 2014 - Feb. 15, 2015)
Credit: "Annie Leibovitz: Pilgrimage" is organized by the Smithsonian American Art Museum. The Bernie Stadiem Endowment Fund provided support for the exhibition. The C.F. Foundation in Atlanta supports the museum's traveling exhibition program, "Treasures to Go."
"George Catlin's American Buffalo" explores the representation of buffalo and their integration into the lives of Native Americans through 40 original paintings by the artist George Catlin (1796-1872). Catlin's role as an early proponent of wilderness conservation and national parks also is examined. Adam Duncan Harris, the Petersen Curator of Art and Research at the National Museum of Wildlife Art in Jackson Hole, Wyo., is the guest curator of the exhibition.
National Museum of Wildlife Art in Jackson Hole, Wyo. (May 10, 2013 - Aug. 25, 2013)
Palm Springs Art Museum in Palm Springs, Calif. (Oct. 1, 2013 - Dec. 29, 2013)
Wichita Art Museumin Wichita, Kan. (Feb. 1, 2014 - May 11, 2014)
C.M. Russell Museum in Great Falls, Mont. (May 31, 2014 - Sept. 14, 2014)
Mennello Museum of American Art in Orlando, Fla. (Oct. 4, 2014 - Jan. 1, 2015)
Reynolda House Museum of American Art in Winston Salem, N.C. (Feb. 12, 2015 - May 3, 2015)
Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum in Canyon, Texas (May 30, 2015 - Aug. 30, 2015)
Book: A catalog ($49.95), published in association with D Giles Limited, London, accompanies the exhibition.
Credit: "George Catlin's American Buffalo" is organized by the Smithsonian American Art Museum in collaboration with the National Museum of Wildlife Art in Jackson Hole, Wyo. Generous support for the exhibition has been provided by Mary Anne and Richard W. Cree, and Lynn and Foster Friess. Additional support for the exhibition and the publication was provided by the William R. Kenan Jr. Endowment Fund and the Smithsonian Council for American Art. Support for "Treasures to Go," the museum's traveling exhibition program, comes from The C.F. Foundation, Atlanta, Ga.
About the Smithsonian American Art Museum and its Renwick Gallery
The Smithsonian American Art Museum celebrates the vision and creativity of Americans with artworks in all media spanning more than three centuries. Its main building, a National Historic Landmark and major example of Greek Revival architecture, is located at Eighth and F streets N.W. in the heart of a revitalized downtown arts district. It is open daily from 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. (closedDec. 25). Admission is free. Metrorail station: Gallery Place/Chinatown (Red, Yellow and Green lines). Smithsonian Information: (202) 633-1000. Museum information (recorded): (202) 633-7970. Follow the museum on Twitter, YouTube, Tumblr, Instagram, Facebook, Flickr, Pinterest, iTunes U and ArtBabble.Website: americanart.si.edu.
The Renwick Gallery, the museum's branch for craft and decorative arts, is currently closed for renovation. Its Second Empire-style building, also a National Historic Landmark, was designed by architect James Renwick Jr. in 1859 and completed in 1874. It is located steps from the White House in the heart of historic federal Washington, at Pennsylvania Avenue and 17th Street N.W. Renovation updates are available online, americanart.si.edu/renwick.
