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Lynda Benglis

Come experience the groundbreaking work of Lynda Benglis, who throughout her career has forged new paths through her endless explorations of different techniques, materials, and mediums.
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Artist Projects: Sarah Cain, Avish Khebrehzadeh, Kay Rosen

Artists Sarah Cain, Avish Khebrehzadeh, and Kay Rosen take advantage of spaces outside and inside the East Building to transform temporary construction walls and empty spaces into sites for their distinctive works.

Conversations: Carrie Mae Weems and The Shaw 54th Regiment Memorial

Come and experience how Carrie Mae Weems responds to The Shaw 54th Regiment Memorial, created a century earlier to honor one of the first Civil War regiments of African Americans formed in the North.

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Live Music is Back

Concerts in the Sculpture Garden

Reconnect with classics like jazz or a brass ensemble, discover global psychedelia, and dance to New York’s first and only all-women mariachi group. Join us for this four-concert series.

Celebrate Sketching Through the Month of July

Sketching is Seeing

Teaching artist Stephanie Morse guides you through six different sketching activities. Each video demonstrates a different sketching technique that can be used with any object in the National Gallery’s collection. Pick up free sketchbooks and pencils when you visit or follow along at home!

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Browse through the works from our collection on display in the West Building and Sculpture Garden. 

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Collection Highlights

Look through a list of notable works, personally selected by our curators, to find new insights about the artists and discover interesting details behind their most significant creations.

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