Exhibitions

Exhibitions

JAN. 21-APRIL 22: CELL PHONE Cutting-edge art using such cellphone technologies as messaging, video, photography, ring tones and global positioning is explored in this first museum show of its kind. Contemporary Museum, 100 W. Centre St., Baltimore. 410-783-5720.

JAN. 27-APRIL 22: ORCHIDS: TAKE A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE The beauty and diversity of orchids are showcased. National Museum of Natural History, 10th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-633-1000 (TDD: 202-357-1729).

JAN. 28-APRIL 29: JASPER JOHNS: AN ALLEGORY OF PAINTING, 1955-1965 The American painter's influence on the genres of pop, minimalist, process, conceptual and performance art is the focus of this exhibition of about 80 objects drawn from Johns's groundbreaking first decade of artmaking. National Gallery of Art, East Building, Fourth Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-737-4215 (TDD: 202-842-6176).

FEB. 2-JULY 8: RED The use of red, a color often associated with status and prestige, is explored in objects including a fragment of a 6th-century Egyptian textile and a contemporary AIDS lapel ribbon. Textile Museum, 2320 S St. NW. 202-667-0441.

FEB. 11-MAY 6: UNTAMED: THE ART OF ANTOINE-LOUIS BARYE The foremost animal sculptor of the 19th century is the focus of this show, which will also include several of the artist's paintings and sketches. Walters Art Museum, 600 N. Charles St., Baltimore. 410-547-9000.

FEB. 11-MAY 13: PISSARRO: CREATING THE IMPRESSIONIST LANDSCAPE Camille Pissarro's evolution from traditional landscape painter to impressionist pioneer is charted in this show featuring 45 canvases from the pivotal decade of 1864 to 1874. Baltimore Museum of Art, North Charles Street and Art Museum Drive, Baltimore. 443-573-1700.

FEB. 15-APRIL 1: REFRACT, REFLECT, PROJECT: LIGHT WORKS FROM THE COLLECTION Works whose substance or subject is light go on view in a show featuring art by Dan Flavin, James Turrell, Olafur Eliasson and others. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Seventh Street and Independence Avenue SW. 202-633-1000 (TDD: 202-357-1729).

FEB. 15-SEPT. 7: AFRICAN VISION: THE WALT DISNEY-TISHMAN AFRICAN ART COLLECTION Eighty-eight works of African art, some of which have never been exhibited or published, from a collection begun by Paul and Ruth Tishman in the late 1950s, purchased by the Walt Disney Co. in 1984 and donated to the Smithsonian in 2005. National Museum of African Art, 950 Independence Ave. SW. 202-633-1000 (TDD: 202-357-1729).

FEB. 17-MAY 20: MOVING PICTURES: AMERICAN ART AND EARLY FILM Paintings by such artists as Thomas Eakins and John Singer Sargent are shown side by side with the early experimental short films of Thomas Edison, the Lumiere brothers and others. Phillips Collection, 1600 21st St. NW. 202-387-2151.

FEB. 24-MAY 13: EAST OF EDEN: GARDENS IN ASIAN ART The exploration of gardening traditions in Asian cultures coincides with the National Cherry Blossom Festival. Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, 1050 Independence Ave. SW. 202-633-1000 (TDD: 202-357-1729).

MARCH 7-MAY 20: FRONT ROOM: LUISA LAMBRI The photographic installation by an Italian photographer known for her images of architecture documents the subtle changes over the course of one day in the environment of a Bauhaus-style home in Baltimore. Baltimore Museum of Art, North Charles Street and Art Museum Drive, Baltimore. 443-573-1700.

MARCH 8-AUG. 18: SHAKESPEARE IN AMERICAN LIFE In celebration of its 75th anniversary, the Folger Shakespeare Library looks at the influence of the Bard of Avon on American culture from colonial times to the present. Folger Shakespeare Library, 201 East Capitol St. SE. 202-544-7077.