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Installation view of Nick Cave: Mammoth at the Smithsonian American Art Museum

Smithsonian American Art Museum · Penn Quarter

Nick Cave: Mammoth (Nick Cave: Mammoth)

Now showing13 February 2026 – 3 January 2027·Free

Nick Cave trasforma le sale espositive in un sito di scavo: pelli e ossa di mammut ricreate ad arte, un video che ridà vita a queste creature e centinaia di oggetti trovati disposti come reperti scientifici.

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© Nick Cave; photo by Ron Blunt Studio, courtesy Smithsonian American Art Museum (Courtesy of the museum)