![]() ![]() Tlingit glass artist Preston Singletary, Nigerian photographer Iké Udé and Yanktonai Dakota artist Oscar Howe were all subjects of major exhibitions. The National Museum of Asian Art, which celebrates its centennial in the coming year, contemplated works from ancient Egypt to China in a study of how falconry has long fascinated humans and offered tranquility to visitors enjoying works of art to reflect on the philosophy of Zen. At the Hirshhorn, thousands stood in line for the chance to briefly be alone inside two of artist Yayoi Kusama’s mirrored infinity rooms. Other museums delved into the intricacies of art in all its prolific machinations. Meanwhile, in the vast heavens overhead, Smithsonian astrophysicists working with other top-notch scientists captured the first image of the black hole located at the center of the Milky Way galaxy. As the summer arrived, the Folklife Festival came out of a multiyear hiatus with music and dance, followed by an array of demonstrations of cultural expressions like art, craft and cooking on Washington, D.C.’s National Mall over the Fourth of July.Ĭrowds arrived in droves to see shows like the “Futures” exhibition, staged like a 19th-century pavilion-style world’s fair but exploring the innovations and big ideas that might conquer some of the planet’s most vexing problems. It was a year marked by visitors’ return to museums-cautiously at first, then buoyantly-after the monthslong museum closures during the Covid-19 pandemic. From rich biographies and memoirs to a bold study of the origins of empire and systemic racism from a fiction taking place at the world’s end to a heartfelt book of poetry and from a defense of the venture capitalist to a rationale for protecting urban wildlife, this year’s list of curatorial picks represents the sometimes quixotic range of interests, research and educational pursuits that take place behind the scenes at the Smithsonian. Books are a wellspring, and once again Smithsonian curators, historians, directors and other staffers have looked to 2022 titles for both scholarship and solace. ![]()
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