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‘Extraktions’ gives order to fragments
Delaware artist Ron Meick’s work is on exhibit at Washington Printmakers Gallery.
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Art adds a little extra culture to agriculture
A seed library commissions artists to design heirloom packaging for its packets
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Exhibit: ‘Living Artfully: At Home with Marjorie Merriweather Post’
The show at Post’s Hillwood mansion lets visitors immerse themselves in the intricacies of luxurious living.
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The good fight of Faith Ringgold
In a Women in the Arts show, Ringgold’s ’60s works still challenge us to see — and celebrate — color.
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Oprah Winfrey donates $12 million to Smithsonian
Combined with previous gift, it is the Museum of African American History and Culture’s largest donation.
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Project will fill Mall with handmade bones to raise genocide awareness
Three-day installation aims to honor victims and survivors, protest global conflict
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Beneath Braque’s enigmatic surfaces, a civilized decency
A Phillips Collection exhibition surveys the French painter’s unruly, colorful and ultimately humane works.
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Issues that can’t be brushed off
At the Smithsonian’s Museum of African Art, a discussion of black women and health, hair and heritage.
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Galleries: ‘Loose Canon’
Northern Virginia artist Ethan Rochmis’s Watergate Gallery show is mainly ink drawings of horizontal lines.
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Corcoran carpet breaks world record at Sotheby’s auction
The gallery’s Clark Sickle-Leaf Carpet sells for more than $33 million, shattering expectations.
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Panel’s video promotes Eisenhower Memorial
The Eisenhower Memorial Commission introduced an online educational component to its project.
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The Phillips Collection unveils Georges Braque exhibition
The museum focuses on the French artist's still lifes, painted between 1928 and 1945.
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'Anchorman: The Exhibit' to open at Newseum in November
Memorable sets and props from the Will Ferrell film will go on display, just in time for the release of "Anchorman: The Legend Continues" in December.
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‘Anchorman: The Exhibit’ to open at Newseum in November
Interactive exhibition will include props and costumes from the 2004 cult hit, just in time for the sequel.
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Last chance to see Jeanne Silverthorne’s ‘Vanitas!’
At the Phillips Collection, contemporary rubber sculpture is paired with modernist still life.
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National Arboretum’s deep roots
With its gardens, paths and springtime azaleas, the arboretum is an urban oasis.
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‘Threads of Feeling’: Mothers’ tokens of love in 1700s Britain
Swatches left with foundlings alter ideas about parenting and everyday life in 18th-century London.
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If Smithsonian bursts the Bubble, Hirshhorn goes back to square one
Next month’s decision on the ambitious project could change the direction of the art museum.
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Sackler exhibition explores the pages of Japan’s illustrated books
“Hand Held” in part traces the evolution from Chinese-inspired nature scenes to manga images.
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Hirshhorn director plans to resign after board splits on ‘Bubble’
Some want to continue fundraising for the structure on Mall; others want to focus on different priorities.
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Gallery opening of the week: ‘Summer Solos’
At the Greater Reston Arts Center, two artists turn salvaged wood into art.
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Final weekend for two shows at
Art Museum of the AmericasLast chance to view exhibitions exploring the mixture of cultures in Hispaniola and Guatemala.
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Museums to offer free admission to active duty military personnel
Military personnel and their families will be admitted free to participating museums from Memorial Day to Labor Day.
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Husband-wife team are leaving Portrait Gallery for a new challenge
After 12 years at the Portrait Gallery, Frank and Anne Collins Goodyear are becoming co-directors of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art in Maine.
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At Glenstone exhibit, a fine, light, smart touch
Swiss duo reinvigorates old artistic ideas in a show that is delightful, engaging and often moving.
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Ellsworth Kelly, behind enemy lines
The magnificent centerpiece to “Sculpture on the Wall” breaks through the Barnes’s fustiness.
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Hirshhorn Bubble: Smithsonian’s shot at creative groundbreaking
If the Smithsonian doesn’t move forward with the Bubble, creative stagnation will be business as usual.
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Painting as sculpture
South Carolina artist James Busby uses deep texture and grooves in his paintings on panels.
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Last chance to see ‘Pre-Raphaelites’
First major U.S. survey of avant-garde English art movement closes at the National Gallery of Art.
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Gallery opening of the week: Victoria Fu
At Flashpoint Gallery, an exhibition of photography and film projection.
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Hirshhorn ‘Bubble’ would be a money-loser, report says
Twice-delayed Mall project would lose money in all 3 scenarios examined in study.
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Visit the Corcoran, Phillips Collection and more for free on Art Museum Day
A handful of museums are waiving admission on Saturday.
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Schedule of events related to ‘Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes’
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A look at the art during German upheaval
Artists showed varying degrees of political sentiment in the time of the Nazi Party.
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Your show of shows: Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes
The National Gallery of Art’s “Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes” looks at the stages in a storied life.
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Ballets Russes drove audiences from modern music? Just the opposite.
The company created something brand-new and made it wildly popular throughout European society.
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Costumes play key role in ‘Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes’ exhibition
38 costumes show that the Ballets Russes’ fashions were as essential to myth as the choreography or scores.
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Ballets Russes: The ascent of men
The innovative company redefined the feminized ballet world with its modernism and masculine dancers.
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Gallery opening of the week: ‘Raising Dust’
Five ceramic artists push clay in unusual directions at Carroll Square.
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Gordon Parks photos at Adamson put oppression in black and white
Gordon Parks’s striking photos reveal outright racism in American culture, as well as a quieter denial of freedom.
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War of 1812: Commemorations
Some of the events marking the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812 in the next two months:
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Mini-golf returns to the National Building Museum on May 27
The museum's layout for 2013 has 18 holes, up from 12, and these are no ordinary windmills.
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Smithsonian to close some exhibit areas because of sequestration
Sections of museums will be closed as part of budget cuts tied to sequestration.
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The Holocaust Museum: A timeline
The museum is celebrating its 20-year anniversary.
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‘An unlikely voice’ speaks up for the Holocaust Museum
How an African American poet found her muse at the Holocaust Museum, which is marking its 20th anniversary.
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Mayer exhibit at GMU: Hard-edged sculptures that aren’t boxed in
With their right angles and orderly aesthetic, Alex Mayer’s intriguing sculptures really want to be useful.
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‘Over, Under, Next’ at the Hirshhorn: Art review
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Holocaust Museum celebrates 20th anniversary
Called "a living memorial to the Holocaust," and hailed as groundbreaking,the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum unsparing narrative--populated with artifacts, oral and video histories, and conversations with survivors --has attracted nearly 35 million visitors.
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The Gate: Smithsonian blossoms
More than 6 million people have visited the Smithsonian Institution since the start of the year.
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In Hyattsville, a permanent, changing work of art and light
Hyattsville restaurateur commissions work of art to call attention to his evolving community, arts district
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Dolls exhibit opens at Smithsonian’s Museum of American Indian
“Grand Procession: Dolls From the Charles and Valerie Diker Collection” displays 23 handmade figurines.
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Gallery event of the week: ‘Mixtopias’
At VisArts, a pair of art exhibitions explore the theme of hybridity and changing urban demographics.
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Art and poetry at the Smithsonian
Celebrate National Poetry Month with artist and poet Fred Joiner.
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Smithsonian set to begin rolling closures of some galleries
As soon as May 1, Smithsonian art museums, such as the Hirshhorn and the National Portrait Gallery, will be forced to temporarily close certain exhibition galleries on a rolling basis.
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Smithsonian, National Archives adjusting hours due to budget cuts
Visitors will notice changes to summer hours and exhibitions as of May.
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At Air and Space taking the time to find yourself
“Time and Navigation,” at the Air and Space Museum explores the whys that link when and where.
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‘Minescape’: Photos from the Bosnian war’s front lines
Photographs capture the insane cycle of human self-destruction and regeneration.
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Textile Museum displays Southeast Asian ethnic weaving before its move
The museum’s last exhibit before its move to GW campus highlights their dynamic collection of textile traditions
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The deal at the Corcoran
For its partnership with U-Md. to work, it must have transparency, inclusion and detoxification.
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Galleries: ‘Concrete Abstract’ brings the symbolic to square one
At Heiner show, 8 mostly local artists fixate on right angles made of everyday fabrics in bold, bright hues.
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Last chance to see ‘Ill Street Blues’
Street artists paint and paste directly on the Corcoran’s walls.
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Gallery event of the week: ‘Options 2013’
The Washington Project for the Arts presents its biennial showcase of local art at the Arlington Arts Center.
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Administration seeks $59 million increase for Smithsonian
Request includes money to advance one of President Obama’s education initiatives.
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Demystifying architecture
Barry Bergdoll of MoMA presents the 62nd A.W. Mellon Lectures at the National Gallery, beginning Sunday.
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Exhibit traces American idea of art through the early South
Evolution is seen in a series of portraits on view at Colonial Williamsburg
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Corcoran celebrates U-Md. partnership with a tour and a tweet
Details of the relationship remain unclear, but some at Corcoran say they Fear the Turtle.
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Corcoran, University of Maryland agree to explore partnership
The museum-university partnership could include shared faculty and joint student degrees.
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U-Md. in talks with struggling Corcoran over potential partnership
College of Art and Design faculty invited to meeting to discuss possible deal.
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Dallas’s Perot Museum: Design as mere decoration
New museum literally turns its back on Dallas Art District.
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Wayne Reynolds makes a lavish push for his bold plan for the Corcoran
Philanthropist has party to unveil his vision for gallery and school — and to vie for board chairmanship.
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Galleries: ‘Landscapes/Cityscapes’s’ wild, whimsical real estate
The mostly fictitious places carved and painted into in Aline Feldman’s woodcut prints are entirely inviting.
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A new face at the Portrait Gallery
Kim Sajet, the incoming director, combines daring and tradition.
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Throw open the shutters at the Freer
In gallery’s Peacock Room, sunlight is restrained 353 days a year from a room painted without restraint.
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‘Ceramica de los Ancestros: Central America’s Past Revealed’
Exhibition spotlights ceramic collection of the National Museum of the American Indian.
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Gallery opening of the week: Kathryn Cornelius
Exhibition celebrates seven weddings and seven divorces.
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Museum charts a ‘seismic shift’ in pop culture, courtesy of David Bowie
More than 300 artifacts from the pop icon’s personal collection pay tribute to his aura of mystery and invention.
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The Gate: The U.S. Botanic Garden
A trip to the “living plant museum” might help bend our minds toward the warmth and renewal of the season.
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As Corcoran board privately debates Reynolds’s plan, he goes another route
In campaign to save Corcoran, become its chairman, he’s hosting a lavish party at the Hay-Adams.
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Persons of interest: Winners of Boochever Portrait Competition
Two videos and a sculpture took the top prizes in the National Portrait Gallery’s triennial competition.
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The old master seen anew
The breathtaking genius of Durer takes your breath away again at the National Gallery of Art.
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Portrait Gallery hosts third triennial portrait competition
Works includes portraiture in rice, glitter and thread, along with such traditional media as painting.
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Gallery opening of the week: ‘Julie Wolfe: Rewilding’
At Hemphill Fine Arts, works that invite a re-evaluation of our place in nature.
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Hearing on Eisenhower memorial ramps up controversy on project
Almost a year after Frank Gehry’s design underwent changes, family and others still critical of vision.
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Democratizing design with 3-D printers
Printers producing 3-D models could some day turn anyone into a designer.
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What WPA’s auction gala has in store
The show is a formidable overview of the D.C. art scene, with a lineup strong on photographs.
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National Gallery’s East Building closing was a tough trade-off
Closing the East Building for three years is a blow to visitors but will provide major new exhibit space.
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National Gallery of Art announces major renovation to East Building
The ambitious $30 million project will add more than 12,260 square feet of exhibition space.
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Walters Art Museum exhibits Baltimore’s Richard Caton Woodville
The 19th-century artist had a short career, but provided interesting observation on the day.
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One ancient artifact, many meanings
The 2,600-year-old Cyrus Cylinder, and the leader it honors, are often seen as milestones for religious freedom.
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‘Crude’ is oiling for a fight
Russian artist Andrei Molodkin takes aim at oil’s role in geopolitics, democratic ideals and his own life.
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Former Ford’s Theatre chairman makes pitch to save Corcoran Gallery
Wayne Reynolds says he could revive the financially struggling gallery if he is made board chairman.
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Dumbarton’s iconic gardens redefined
Overseeing a D.C. treasure, John Beardsley brings in artists who challenge gardening notions.
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660 pounds of wax became art by Wolfgang Laib
The German artist used beeswax from Germany to create a permanent installation at the Phillips Collection.
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Mingering Mike’s dream revealed
Artist, who had hoped to be a soul singer, created a fantasy with illustrated album covers and discs.
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Cultural institutions preparing for federal budget cuts
Some will defer maintenance, but the National Gallery of Art could be forced to close seven extra days.
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‘Pump Me Up’ at the Corcoran
Exhibit displays music and art of the District’s go-go, graffiti and hardcore punk subcultures of the 1980s.
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Gallery opening of the week: ‘Process: Photography’
The Athenaeum celebrates the diversity of photographic technology.
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‘Wax Room’: An enigma that sticks
Wolfgang Laib’s beeswax work will be a permanent installation at the Phillips Collection.
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A revered Persian rug goes on the auction block
Corcoran stands to make millions for a carpet that just didn’t fit the museum.
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Photographers MacDonnell and Tan offer images without explanation
Both artists are storytellers of a sort, but the story is largely in the hands of the viewer.
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