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3 Questions Digital Series with Pamela Nelson

An interview from Art in Embassies 3 Questions Digital Series with Pamela Nelson, who speaks about her creative process and artwork at the U.S. Ambassador's residence in Nur Sultan, Kazakhstan.
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3 Questions Digital Series with Eric Standley

An interview from Art in Embassies 3 Questions Digital Series with Eric Standley, who speaks about his creative process and artwork at the U.S. Ambassador's residence in Tirana, Albania.
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Art in Embassies Stockholm Video Tour

A visit to the U.S. Ambassador's residence in Stockholm, Sweden, featuring a tour of the Art in Embassies exhibition and interviews with Ambassador Howery and the exhibition artists.
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American Institute Taiwan

The permanent collection of Art in Embassies for The American Institute in Taiwan featuring interviews with artists and an overview of the collection.
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Haas Brothers Hirshhorn Lecture

As part of the Art in Embassies Lecture Series, the Haas Brothers were welcomed to the Hirshhorn Museum to speak on their art and inspiration to push the boundaries of design.
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Bennington College – Art In Embassies Oslo

Art in Embassies entered a four-year partnership with Bennington College to create an outdoor commission for the new U.S Embassy in Oslo, Norway, starting in 2014. Installed and dedicated in the fall of 2018, the project highlights our ties to this changing ecosystem and seeks to encourage dialogue through our common bonds, concerns, and successes.
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Alma Allen Nuevo Laredo installation

Follow the journey of this Art in Embassies project from the artist’s studio in Mojave desert, to a foundry deep in Mexico City, to its final home at the US Consulate in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. Portal was conceived in the United States and constructed and installed in Mexico, following the artist’s own move from Joshua […]
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Sibylle Szaggars Redford in Suriname

Artist Sibylle Szaggars Redford traveled to Suriname for her commission for the new permanent collection of the U.S. Embassy in Paramaribo, Suriname.
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We The People by Mark Bradford video

We the People is a site-specific painting by Los Angeles artist Mark Bradford created for the new U.S. Embassy in London.
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Mickalene Thomas Video Dakar Senegal

Mickalene Thomas was commissioned to create an exterior mural for the U.S. Embassy in Dakar, starting in 2014. This video chronicles her research in Senegal and interactions with local artists in Dakar who collaborated on the mural project.
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Art in Embassies Swaziland

This video delves into the connections and inspiration for the U.S. embassy art collection in Swaziland. Focusing on interviews with local and American artists, it explores the cultural connections and research which led to the Art in Embassies permanent exhibition at the embassy.
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Vik Muniz at the Hirshhorn

Joined in conversation by notable author and sociologist Sarah Thornton, Vik Muniz will dive into his distinguished career for this Meet the Artist program, presented in partnership between U.S. Department of State’s Office of Art in Embassies and the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Brazilian artist Vik Muniz, best known for creating what he terms […]
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Rachel Mica Weiss – Bishkek

Rachel Weiss talks about her influence and the construction process for her work in the U.S. Embassy Bishkek.
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Cheryl Pope – Santo Domingo

Cheryl Pope explains the influences and construction of her work “Untitled” which is on display permanent in the U.S. Embassy Santo Domingo.
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Art in Embassies in Madrid

The Art in Embassies Madrid exhibition, with over eighty-two works on loan by American and Spanish artists, galleries and museums is one of the largest to date. This video showcases some of the works, artists and interior spaces of the U.S. Ambassador’s residence in Madrid.
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Taipei 2016 Art in Embassies exhibition walk-through

AIT Director Moy: As AIT Director one of the great honors I have is the chance to install an art exhibition in my residence. Kathy and I hope that this exhibition tells a visual story of what it is like to be an American today. We selected pieces that are meaningful to us personally and […]
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James Jean, Adrift, 2015, Archival pigment-based ink print, Courtesy of the artist, Los Angeles, California
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Time lapse American Institute Taiwan exhibition

Time lapse video of the American Institute Taiwan’s Art in Embassies exhibition installation.
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Double America by Glenn Ligon

Glenn Ligon explains the significance of his work “Double America” on loan to the U.S. Ambassador’s residence in Madrid from 2013-2016. “I was thinking about how America and democracy has always had this sense of opposition showing tremendous promise and also tremendous amount of things wrong, things that need to be fixed, to be worked on.
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