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Sylvia Plath contemplated majoring in studio art, and created art throughout her short life.

An exhibition soon to be on view at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery constructs a visual biography of the writer.

Top to bottom: Gordon Ames Lameyer, “Sylvia ‘Marilyn’ Shot” (1954) (courtesy the Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana)

Sylvia Plath, “Triple-Face Portrait” (1950-51), tempera on paper (courtesy the Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, © Estate of Sylvia Plath)

Sylvia Plath, “A War to End Wars” Self-Portrait (February 26, 1946) (Mortimer Rare Book Collection, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, © Estate of Sylvia Plath)

Sylvia Plath, collage (includes images of Eisenhower, Nixon, bomber, etc.) (1960) (Mortimer Rare Book Collection, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, © Estate of Sylvia Plath)

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Beginning in 2006, Smithsonian photographer Carolyn Russo journeyed through 23 countries, documenting the one structure nearly every traveler arriving by air sees: the airport tower.
The Elegant Architecture of Airport Control Towers — Beginning in 2006, Smithsonian photographer Carolyn Russo journeyed through 23 countries, documenting the one structure nearly every traveler arriving by air sees: the airport tower.
**The Elegant Architecture of Airport Control Towers**

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Over the past few months, critics have been debating over what the National Museum of African Art should do with its 50th anniversary exhibit Conversations: African and African American Artworks in Dialogue, which includes dozens of artworks from... — Over the past few months, critics have been debating over what the National Museum of African Art should do with its 50th anniversary exhibit *Conversations: African and African American Artworks in Dialogue*, which includes dozens of artworks from Bill and Camille Cosby’s personal collection. Shut it down immediately? Move up the closing date? Remove the Cosby-owned items?
**A Sign the Smithsonian Is Getting Nervous About Cosby Exhibition**

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Over the past few months, the Smithsonian has been criticized for not addressing the rape claims leveled against Bill Cosby. The comedian’s private art collection makes up a third of the works shown at the National Museum of African Art‘s (NMAA) 50th... — Over the past few months, the Smithsonian has been criticized for not addressing the rape claims leveled against Bill Cosby. The comedian’s private art collection makes up a third of the works shown at the National Museum of African Art‘s (NMAA) 50th anniversary exhibition, the opening of which coincided with the media storm around the growing number of allegations. The show doesn’t just include art, but also pictures of Cosby and quotations by him.
**Bill and Camille Cosby Funded the Smithsonian’s Exhibition of Their Art**

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WASHINGTON, DC — Chanting “kick Koch off the board” and lifting signs with slogans like, “climate deniers out of science museums,” a crowd of protesters picketed in front of the Smithsonian Institution Building (The Castle) just after 12:30pm.... — WASHINGTON, DC — Chanting “kick Koch off the board” and lifting signs with slogans like, “climate deniers out of science museums,” a crowd of protesters picketed in front of the Smithsonian Institution Building (The Castle) just after 12:30pm. Marching in a circle, there were around 60 or 70 activists in attendance, a bit shy of the “hundreds” promised by the protest’s press release. Mere minutes into the event, a middle aged man in a collared shirt and slacks walked by, thrust his arms out in frustration, and said, “Wrong, wrong, wrong … It’s a democracy.” A protestor countered by claiming Koch’s private funds were influencing a public institution, but the man simply sighed and continued walking. That was about as spontaneous as the day would get.
**Protesters Demand Smithsonian Kick David Koch Off National Museum of Natural History Board**

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For over five decades Chief Solomon Osagie Alonge photographed the royal court and everyday life of Benin, Nigeria. Drawing on their collection of over 2,000 glass plate and large format film negatives, as well as around 100 prints, the Smithsonian... — (via Rare Portraits of Kings and Commoners from 20th-Century Nigeria)
For over five decades Chief Solomon Osagie Alonge photographed the royal court and everyday life of Benin, Nigeria. Drawing on their collection of over 2,000 glass plate and large format film negatives, as well as around 100 prints, the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art is exhibiting some of his rarely-seen photographs.
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From Vincent Van Gogh to Joseph Cornell, writing has always been a crucial part of the artist’s life. For some, it helps formulate a better conceptual understanding of works created through more mysterious, intuitive processes. For others, it’s a way... — (via Artist’s Diaries Since 1865)
From Vincent Van Gogh to Joseph Cornell, writing has always been a crucial part of the artist’s life. For some, it helps formulate a better conceptual understanding of works created through more mysterious, intuitive processes. For others, it’s a way to ruminate over source material — the highs and lows that fuel creative drive.
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A Day in the Life: Artists' Diaries from the Archives of American Art Abraham Rattner Diaries Donald W. Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture Helen Torr Dove and Arthur Dove Henry Mosler Joseph Cornell journals Lawrence A. Fleischman Gallery Notebooks Oscar Bluemner Rubin Peale Smithsonian Washington D.C. Writing

It’s just a couple of arrows, but the pair of slender wood weapons are a reminder of a man who chose to live the rest of his life in museum rather than a reservation. And they’re easy to miss among the multitude of objects in the Smithsonian’s... — (via The Arrows of the Last Yahi Indian, Who Chose to Live Out His Final Days in a Museum)
It’s just a couple of arrows, but the pair of slender wood weapons are a reminder of a man who chose to live the rest of his life in museum rather than a reservation. And they’re easy to miss among the multitude of objects in the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian in New York’s ongoing *Infinity of Nations* exhibition.
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Smithsonian Joins MoMA in Expanding Video Game Collection
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How the Looming US Government Shutdown Will Affect the World of Art
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