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Closing soon · Until 20 Sept 2026

Dear America: Artists Explore the American Experience

The Art Institute of Chicago — Through prior acquisition of the Friends of American Art and the Walter H. Schulze Memorial collections

Dear America: Artists Explore the American Experience is on view at National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., United States, until September 20, 2026.

Last verified August 15, 2026 · Official source ↗

An exhibition of 115 works on paper organized around themes of lands, people and community, and freedoms, examining American artistic interpretations from the 19th century onward. Part of the National Gallery's programming for America's 250th anniversary, on view in the West Building.

Artists

Venue

  1. National Gallery of Art
    Washington, D.C., United States · April 11 – September 20, 2026
    Closes 20 Sept

Images

An Impressionist view of a small pond on a rocky island, painted in short strokes of blue, green and pink with low scrub in the foreground.

Childe Hassam, The Little Pond, Appledore, 1890

The Art Institute of Chicago — Through prior acquisition of the Friends of American Art and the Walter H. Schulze Memorial collections · Source ↗