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A round ceramic vase with a short neck decorated with intricate geometric and floral patterns painted in red, pink, blue, yellow, and purple.

National Museum of Women in the Arts · Downtown

Burnished: Pueblo Pottery at NMWA

Now showing8 May 2026 – 27 September 2026·$16

The first focus exhibition of NMWA's Pueblo pottery collection, celebrating the women potters of the American Southwest who have shaped clay jars and bowls for over two millennia.

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Smithsonian American Art Museum

Black-and-white George Hurrell portrait of Joan Crawford, chin lifted, in dramatic studio lighting

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National Portrait Gallery

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