Smithsonian American Art Museum
Double Take: An Artist and an Olympian
Smithsonian American Art Museum 750 9th St. N.W., Washington, DC, United StatesOne of the most memorable images from the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City is the symbolic act of protest by Tommie Smith, winner of the men’s 200-meter race. During the medal ceremony, Smith bowed his head and raised his fist as an assertion of Black solidarity in the fight for human rights. Decades later, […]
Performance by Christine Sun Kim: Five Finger Discount History
Smithsonian American Art Museum 750 9th St. N.W., Washington, DC, United StatesArtist Christine Sun Kim brings her performance piece, Five Finger Discount History, to SAAM, challenging misconceptions in this “crash course” on the history of Deaf culture. Across her practice, Kim draws from her personal experiences to explore the nuances of language and communication. This program is presented in ASL and spoken English. The performance received […]
“The Island” Gallery Talk
Smithsonian American Art Museum 750 9th St. N.W., Washington, DC, United StatesJoin SAAM’s Curator of Time-Based Media Saisha Grayson for a special, before public hours tour of Tuan Andrew Nguyen’s single-channel color video The Island (2017). Nguyen’s video, set on the Malaysian island of Pulau Bidong, combines history with futurism to explore contemporary topics such as the impact of forced global migrations in imaginative and striking […]
“With Drawn Arms” Film Screening and Panel Discussion
Smithsonian American Art Museum 750 9th St. N.W., Washington, DC, United StatesExplore the story behind artist Glenn Kaino’s powerful aerial sculpture Bridge, in a screening of his documentary With Drawn Arms (2020, running time 1 hour, 24 minutes). The film looks back 50 years to the moment that helped define a movement and changed the course of Olympic gold-medalist Tommie Smith’s life forever. The screening is […]
“Pictures of Belonging: Miki Hayakawa, Hisako Hibi, and Miné Okubo” Gallery Talk
Smithsonian American Art Museum 750 9th St. N.W., Washington, DC, United StatesJoin guest curator and professor at the University of California, Merced, ShiPu Wang, for the opening of SAAM’s exhibition Pictures of Belonging: Miki Hayakawa, Hisako Hibi, and Miné Okubo. The exhibition is an in-depth look at the careers of these three trailblazing American women of Japanese descent and asserts their rightful place in American art.In […]