smithsonian

Looking down the length of a three-story atrium viewed from the second floor. It is lit by skylights and large hanging lights and the floor is patterned with a geometric white and black pattern. The mezzanines on either side and above us are filled with display cases bathed in amber light.

American Art Museum Finale

July 20, 2024July 20, 2024

Well, we’ve reached the end of our brief tour of the Smithsonian American Art Museum! I hope you’ve enjoyed it. It was a lot of… Read More »American Art Museum Finale

Painting of a pale-skinned thin man in a white suit and petal pink shirt who sits facing us with an orange and white cat lying on his lap. His short black hair is grey at the temples and a grey moustache spreads into billowing sideburns on his cheeks.

Man with the Cat by Cecilia Beaux

March 16, 2024April 19, 2024

Henry Sturgis Drinker and Cecilia Beaux had a complicated history but that didn’t get in the way of Cecilia making him the subject of one… Read More »Man with the Cat by Cecilia Beaux

Two young teenage girls with pale skin and dark hair stand among tall poles draped with fluttering pink and green ribbons in a desolate landscape. Beyond them is a crumbling brick wall with a narrow body of water and distant hills visible behind it and a hazy blue sky overhead.

Confrontation by Hughie Lee-Smith

February 17, 2024March 2, 2024

Putting ordinary people in odd, unsettling surroundings was the specialty of Hughie Lee-Smith. In today’s episode we look at his “Confrontation” from the Smithsonian American… Read More »Confrontation by Hughie Lee-Smith