Exhibitions
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Subversive, Skilled, Sublime: Fiber Art by Women
May 31, 2024 – January 5, 2025Renwick GalleryLearn how the featured artists mastered and subverted the everyday materials of cotton, felt, and wool to create deeply personal artworks.
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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 – October 20, 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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Janet Echelman's 1.8 Renwick
September 18, 2020 – OngoingRenwick GalleryEchelman’s colorful fiber and lighting installation examines the complex interconnections between human beings and our physical world.
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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 Four Justices
October 28, 2013 – IndefinitelyPortrait GallerySee Supreme Court justices Sandra Day O'Connor, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sonia Sotomayor, and Elena Kagan in this life-size portrait.
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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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