Take a trip across the U.S.A. with Nam June Paik's "Electronic Superhighway: Continental U.S., Alaska, Hawaii, 1995."
Location: Smithsonian American Art Museum
The painting that inspired a National Park
Thomas Moran, Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone
Superman makes an appearance in what looks (at first sight) like a Japanese print.
Superman, World War II, and Japanese-American experience
Cats, gossip, and laundry — a view of Los Angeles during the Great Depression.
Millard Sheets, Tenement Flats
Thinking about our history in a different way helps us rethink our present.
What’s in a map? Jaune Quick-To-See Smith’s ...
Daniel Boone, Moses, and the western frontier: creating an American mythology
Envisioning Manifest Destiny
The “father of video art” argued that electronic communication, not transportation, unites the modern world.
Nam June Paik, Electronic Superhighway: Continental U.S., ...
Refusing to be known only for African-American genre pictures, Tanner was devoted to lush religious scenes.
Henry Ossawa Tanner, Angels Appearing before the ...
In order to capture the beauty of America’s national parks, Brown faced the prejudices of the lawless West.
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