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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 Americas
Last 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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Rare Anna Ancher exhibit opens
“A World Apart” at the Museum of Women in the Arts features the Danish painter’s work.
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‘Faking It’ uncovers photographs
The exhibit provides before and after images or explanations of how the photos were manipulated.
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Old World gone wild at McLean Project for the Arts
Cartoonish paintings by Gregory Ferrand, Nora Sturges and Matthew Mann drop us into an eerie plot.
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Once-reviled Orientalist art inspires Egyptian tycoon
Thanks to these European paintings, Shafik Gabr says he is trying to advance East-West understandings.
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Art in focus: Mason Saltarrelli
Soulful paintings on paper inaugurate dealer Randall Scott's new art gallery.
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‘Mason Saltarrelli: Golden Cacti’
At Randall Scott Projects, abstract works of mystery and spirit.
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Art review: ‘Mason Saltarrelli: Golden Cacti’
At Randall Scott Projects, paintings on paper that whisper a murmured narrative.
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Gallery event of the week: ‘Social Studies’
At Hamiltonian Gallery, Jerry Truong and Annette Isham look at how school shapes us.
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Architect presents plan for Randall School redevelopment in Southwest
Museum, residential space, restaurants and cooking school could go into long-shuttered complex.
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Julia Marciari-Alexander will be Walters’s new executive director
Marciari-Alexander, head curator at San Diego museum, starts April 1 at Baltimore museum.
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Renwick Gallery to get a facelift
The museum, which is dedicated to decorative arts and crafts, will close its doors for renovation in 2014.
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Glow in review
Corcoran exhibit looks at the those once-ubiquitous Day-Glo posters that promoted go-go concerts in D.C.
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Sol LeWitt work at National Gallery collapses; students rush to save it
Incident unprecedented at museum; spokeswoman praises children’s efforts to contain damage.
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Pre-Raphaelites’s ventured backwards
It takes considerable work to get deeper into why these paintings were indeed shocking when new.
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At Hillyer show, John Reuss makes the abstract personal
The artist’s paintings are not only anthropomorphic, in pinks, grays and blues, but also hint at death.
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Walter McConnell brings ‘New Theories’ to Washington
At Cross MacKenzie Gallery, clay works from a ceramicist who’s interested in more than vessels.
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A history of manipulated photography
At the National Gallery of Art, an exhibition looks at photography’s shaky relationship with the truth.
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