The artworks are distinctly American — famed pieces in vivid colors wrestling with themes of war, violence, pop culture and ...

There are countless examples of the ways that Black creativity in America has literally changed the world — from jazz, rock, and hip-hop, to soul food, to literature, to the power of a picture. The ...

Native American art has always been contemporary. It’s the museums who have attempted to lock it in the past. That practice, finally, is changing. Native American art has always been contemporary.

With Donald Trump spreading vicious lies against Haitian immigrants, American has never needed an art exhibition the way it does “Spirit & Strength.” Hector Hyppolite, '3 Marassa,' 1947' oil on board ...

The Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art highlights its latest acquisitions of works by Native American artists in a new exhibition celebrating the intergenerational expressions of Indigenous ...

The longest-running and one of the most important showcases for American contemporary art is the Whitney Biennial. It's returning next week to New York City, and this year, NPR's Jennifer Vanasco says ...

“American Pop,” on view at the Hood Museum of Art from Dec. 13, 2025 through Nov. 7, 2026, reframes Pop Art as an evolving visual language shaped by consumer culture, colonial histories and ...

An exhibit at The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art focuses on the work of nine Native American female artists. Ancestral Edge: Abstraction and Symbolism in the Works of Nine Native American Women ...

Richard Pousette-Dart was an American artist best known for his large-scale abstract paintings. Composed of aggregate patterns and forms, his works form sprawling, frenetic compositions that made ...

Pictures of Belonging at the Smithsonian American Art Museum spotlights Miki Hayakawa, Hisako Hibi, and Miné Okubo, three Japanese American women artists whose overlooked stories bring powerful voices ...