Stories for September 2008

Fencing with Christo and Jeanne-Claude

September 11, 2008

Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Running Fence, Sonoma and Marin Counties, California, 1972–76, © Christo, 1976, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum Purchase, Photo by Wolfgang Volz Christo and Jeanne-Claude, partners in art and in life, were on hand at SAAM Saturday afternoon...

A Night at the Museum XXV

September 9, 2008

Albert Pinkham Ryder's With Sloping Mast and Dipping Prow You've been hearing a fair amount about Night at the Museum II: Battle of the Smithsonian in the papers, in the blog, and via general buzz on the street. It got...

Conserving The Lost Pleiad

September 4, 2008

Helen Ingalls begins the documentation of The Lost Pleiad while Michael Mansfield films the process. The Lost Pleiad, 1874-1875, Randolph Rogers, marble, 49 1/2 x 34 3/4 x 27 in., Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Luisita L....

Up and Running with Christo and Jeanne-Claude

September 3, 2008

Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Running Fence, Sonoma and Marin Counties, California, 1972–76, © Christo, 1976, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum Purchase, Photo by Wolfgang Volz In the mid 1970s, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, whose outdoor sculptural works of art have captivated us...