'Subversive, Skilled, Sublime: Fiber Art by Women' which was held from 2024-2025 at the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery in Washington, D.C. showcased the power, precision, and poetry of textile art. 🪡 Featuring works by pioneering female artists, the exhibition celebrated craftsmanship as a form of rebellion—where thread became a voice for identity, labour, and emotion. 🧶 The.exhibition presents an alternative history of twentieth-century American art by showcasing the

National Portrait Gallery USA on Instagram: "It’s our birthday! 🏛️🙂‍↕️ As the National Portrait Gallery turns fifty-seven today, we’re heading over to the Smithsonian Libraries Archives to look at one of the very first National Portrait galleries. “The National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans” contains 147 portraits of important figures in the U.S. The publication, which resulted in four volumes, aimed to provide a record using “the most authentic materials that can be obtained, in