The Libraries will be hosting a series of lectures to accompany its current exhibition at the National Museum of American History, Paper Engineering: Fold, Pull, Pop & Turn. Save the date on your calendar for these sure-to-be-fascinating talks about pop-ups from some of the leading artists in the field.
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September 21 is Miniature Golf Day. The illustration at left follows the adventures of a lost golf ball, probably on a turf course, but is still definitely in the spirit of the fun game, I mean sport, we call miniature golf or mini-golf.
From cave paintings to modern video artists have been inspired by dogs and illustrated their gratitude through all artistic medium. The Smithsonian American Art/National Portrait Gallery Library holds monographs on the subject of dogs in art.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/smithsonianlibraries/4899537612/in/photostream/Artpolice is a serial that can be found in the Smithsonian American Art/National Portrait Gallery Library’s own collection of “little magazines,” which specializes in the forward-thinking art and aesthetics of small press publications of the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s.
Although the Freer Gallery of Art is generally well-known as an Asian art museum, it also houses a no-less-important collection of a large number of paintings and etchings by James McNeill Whistler.
Perusing the special collections of the American Art & Portrait Gallery Library, I came across Elizabeth Bryant Johnston’s 1882 compilation, Original Portraits of Washington, Including Statues, Monuments, and Medals. I more »
Born in 1867, Frank Lloyd Wright is considered the greatest American architect of the last century. The magazine featured here, ReD. Revue Svazu moderní kultury Devětsil [ReD: Review of the more »
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