Exhibitions
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Annie Pootoogook
June 13, 2009 – October 10, 2010American Indian Museum New YorkVisit 39 works that chronicle the social, economic, and cultural realities of Inuit life in the Canadian North by Annie Pootoogook (Inuit, b. 1969).
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Louise BourgeoisFebruary 26, 2009 – May 17, 2009Hirshhorn
This is the first major survey since 1995 of works by the French-born artist Louise Bourgeois (born 1911).
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Directions: Amy Sillman: Third Person SingularMarch 13, 2008 – July 6, 2008Hirshhorn
As part of the Directions series, see works that are intimate, psychological, and full of humor and pathos by New York-based painter Amy Sillman.
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Amelia Earhart's Personal Collection
November 12, 2007 – September 21, 2013Postal MuseumPortraits of aviator Amelia Earhart tell the story of her career and pay special attention to her work on behalf of women’s rights.
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Pretty Women: Freer and the Ideal of Feminine Beauty
August 13, 2005 – September 17, 2006Freer Gallery of ArtSee the major works that Freer acquired during his first 12 years as a collector— images of beautiful women by James McNeill Whistler, Thomas Wilmer Dewing, and Abbott Handerson Thayer.
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Women and FlightJune 14, 1997 – September 12, 1997Air and Space Museum
Take in 75 black-and-white photographs of 37 women currently involved in aviation and space exploration by staff photographer Carolyn J. Russo.
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Miriam Schapiro: A Woman's Way
April 25, 1997 – July 20, 1997American Art MuseumFeaturing key works from the 1970s to the 1990s, this exhibition presents mixed-media canvases and prints from the Feminist Art Movement and the Pattern and Decoration trend.
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Lost & Found: Edmonia Lewis's Cleopatra
June 7, 1996 – April 14, 1997American Art MuseumSee the life and work of Edmonia Lewis, a nineteenth-century African American sculptor.
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2nd Annual Exhibition of Visual Arts and Crafts by Smithsonian WomenMarch 4, 1996 – March 29, 1996S. Dillon Ripley Center
Reflect on and celebrate the creative lives of women artists within the Smithsonian Institution community, in conjunction with Women's History Month. See 64 works including photography, painting, ceramics, textiles, jewelry, and mixed media.
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Directions: Cindy Sherman: Film Stills
March 15, 1995 – June 25, 1995HirshhornView 69 black-and-white photographs made between 1977 and 1980 that suggest stills from Grade-B, Hitchcock-esque, noir films.
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North American Wildflowers: Watercolors by Mary Vaux WalcottApril 15, 1994 – August 29, 1994American Art Museum
Admire 50 original watercolors from North American Wildflowers published in 1925 by the Smithsonian Institution, that represent a fraction of the over 700 watercolors Walcott created.
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Patty Wagstaff: National Aerobatic Champion
March 11, 1994 – March 31, 1995Air and Space MuseumHonor the career of Patty Wagstaff, 1st woman to win the U.S. National Aerobatic Championship in 1991, and again in 1992 and 1993, in her aircraft the Extra 260.
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Lilly Martin Spencer (1822-1902): The Joys of SentimentJune 15, 1973 – September 3, 1973American Art Museum
See the first exhibition of the works of one of America's formost 19th century woman artists, including some 30 paintings, 28 drawings and 10 prints, all of pretty, sentimental and anecdotal subjects.
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Collection of Period Costumes
1914 – Before 1955Arts and Industries BuildingThe Collection of Period Costumes exhibition opened in 1914 in the Smithsonian’s Arts and Industries Building.
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