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Perez's architectural portraits of the Marina Towers in Chicago and the Watergate in Washington evoke modernism's futurist aspirations as well as the sadness of an always-impossible ideal. Corcoran Gallery of Art 500 17th St. NW, Washington, DC | 202-639-1700

Surgical instruments, an elephant clock and the first camera obscura are among the artifacts collected in this traveling exhibition. National Geographic Museum 1145 17th St. NW, Washington, DC | 202-857-7588

The exhibit features objects excavated from several sites throughout the Arabian Peninsula, including alabaster bowls and fragile glassware, heavy gold earrings and Hellenistic bronze statues. Arthur M. Sackler Gallery - Smithsonian Institution 1050 Independence Ave. SW, Washington, DC | 202-633-1000

Simon's detailed photographic archive of images and text reveals social changes driven by science, culture and chance. Corcoran Gallery of Art 500 17th St. NW, Washington, DC | 202-639-1700

More than 30 dance-themed prints, drawings and sculptures by French artist Henri Matisse will be on view. The works span three decades of the artist's career. The centerpiece is a rarely shown Matisse series of 11 transfer lithographs of a dancer/acrobat moving through various positions. Baltimore Museum of Art 10 Art Museum Drive, Baltimore, MD | 443-573-1700

Chesapeake artist, Marc Castelli, exhibits 23 watercolor paintings that express his knowledge of the waterman, their boats and equipment, and the environment in which they work Annmarie Garden 13480 Dowell Rd., Solomons, MD | 410-326-4640

An installment of the In the Tower series, which spotlights artists working from the midcentury to present day, includes the abstract expressionist's linear paintings and drawings from the 1940s. National Gallery of Art Fourth Street and Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC | 202-737-4215

A collection of 30 photographs and mixed media works, new and old, by the Moroccan artist. National Museum of African Art - Smithsonian Institution 950 Independence Ave. SW, Washington, DC | 202-633-4600

Recently imprisoned for speaking out against the Chinese government and now facing bail restrictions, Chinese artist Ai Weiwei isn't likely to leave that country in the immediate future. His artwork, however, will travel -- the provocative artist's installation of 12 zodiac-inspired animal heads is on display in the Hirshhorn Sculpture Garden. Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden - Smithsonian Institution Independence Avenue at Seventh Street SW, Washington, DC | 202-633-1000

A three-channel work, "To Be and to Last (Ser y Durar)," by the Madrid-based collective formed by Pablo Espana and Ivan Lopez captures a team of local traceurs who perform parkour in a civil cemetery. Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden - Smithsonian Institution Independence Avenue at Seventh Street SW, Washington, DC | 202-633-1000