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The exhibition pairs images shot on iPhones with ones from more traditional cameras and raises interesting questions: What makes a photograph art? When is a camera not a camera? And what is the definition of "artist"? Sometimes it's easy. The telltale square format and fake faded snapshot border of Therese Brown's untitled landscape, for instance, are a dead giveaway to the picture's Hipstamatic provenance. Other times, it's a little more tricky. Torpedo Factory Art Center 105 N. Union St., Alexandria, VA | 703-838-4565

Works by Emily Biondo, Michael Borek, Leah Cooper, Travis Head and Emily Hermant. Arlington Arts Center 3550 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA | 703-248-6800

In his second solo exhibition at the gallery, the Chinese-born artist creates a site-specifc installation focusing on the unintended byproduct of his practice as a wood sculptor: piles of sawdust. Project 4 1353 U Street NW, 3rd Floor, Washington, DC | 202-232-4340

Love it or hate it, its hard to argue that the anarchical sporadic art happening hasn't become a Washington institution. The nomadic arts festival is heading to Crystal City for the second time in its 13-year history. Artomatic 1851 S. Bell St., Arlington, VA

Photographs by Frederic Nauczyciel of communities that are in some way out of step with our fast-paced contemporary world. Honfleur Gallery 1241 Good Hope Rd. SE, Washington, DC | 202-536-8994

The exhibit examines how the samurai went from being a feudal military class to serving as a vehicle for building bridges with the West. National Geographic Museum 1145 17th St. NW, Washington, DC | 202-857-7588

Portraits by seven Asian American artists that capture the complexities of being Asian in America. National Portrait Gallery - Smithsonian Institution Eighth and F streets NW, Washington, DC | 202-633-1000

A multi-site installation of outdoor sculpture and multimedia art in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood. Various locations Around, Washington, DC

The moving image has a new home on the third floor of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, where a permanent collection documenting contemporary art's use of video has opened. Smithsonian American Art Museum - Smithsonian Institution Eighth and F streets NW, Washington, DC | 202-633-1000

The Freer Gallery's Peacock Room, designed by James McNeill Whistler, will get a makeover to appear as it did in 1908, when it was the dining room of museum-founder Charles Lang Freer. Freer Gallery of Art - Smithsonian Institution Jefferson Drive at 12th Street SW, Washington, DC | 202-633-4880