Exhibitions
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Sublime Light: Tapestry Art of DY Begay
September 20, 2024 – July 13, 2025American Indian MuseumSublime Light celebrates more than three decades of innovation by fiber artist DY Begay and is the first retrospective of Begay’s career, showcasing 48 of her most remarkable tapestries.
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Brilliant Exiles: American Women in Paris, 1900–1939
April 26, 2024 – February 23, 2025Portrait GalleryBrilliant Exiles illuminates the accomplishments of sixty unconventional women who pursued their personal and professional aspirations in Paris.
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Commissioned Portrait of Oprah Winfrey
December 13, 2023 – December 15, 2024Portrait GalleryChicago-based artist Shawn Michael Warren painted Winfrey in a purple taffeta dress amidst a lush garden at her California home.
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Jessica Diamond: Wheel Of Life
July 14, 2023 – January 5, 2025HirshhornWheel Of Life fills the Hirshhorn’s second-floor inner-circle galleries with 15 text-and-image-based artworks.
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Former First Lady, Michelle Obama by Artist Amy Sherald
February 13, 2018 – IndefinitelyPortrait GalleryView the commissioned portrait of former First Lady Michelle Obama, now permanently installed in the museum.
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The Struggle for Justice
February 12, 2010 – PermanentPortrait GalleryThis exhibition showcases major cultural and political figures who struggled to achieve civil rights for disenfranchised or marginalized groups.
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