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In September, the Smithsonian American Art Museum reopened its modern and contemporary galleries following a redesign, with a pledge to highlight art and artists excluded in the past. We take a tour to see what made the cut

Simone Leigh, Maremi Andreozzi, and a Native art show curated by Jaune Quick-to-See Smith are among this season’s major highlights.

Fall festivals, indoor activities, a panda party and more weekend events in Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia.

New acquisitions and visitor favorites at SAAM examine the explosion of possibility in US art between the 1940s and today.

Featuring 48 contemporary artists, Many Wests highlights the places, faces, and cultures that are often erased in mainstream media.

Many Wests is an exhibition focused on what gets left out of stories traditionally told about the American West. Visions of Anglo Americans bravely settling the landscape originate, as we learn from the exhibition’s didactic material, with the U.S. government’s policy of unhalted territorial expansion beginning at the end of the seventeenth century.

A new Smithsonian American Art Museum show surveys the work of Black, Asian American, Indigenous, LGBTQ+ and Latinx artists who have lived in the region

We’re now officially in the dog days of summer! Despite August being a traditionally slow month in town, there's plenty to do this weekend. Enjoy live music

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Sporting events, art, and concerts in DC, Maryland, and Virginia July 27–July 30. Mubadala Citi DC Open, Otakon, and more things to do.