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Chuck Close
A 30-year retrospective of Chuck Close's monumental work is on display at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. See a chronological preview of the exhibit.

Roy DeCarava
Decarava's intimate black-and-white portraits of Harlem life and its great musicians are on display at the Corcoran Gallery of Art.

Jack Delano
A Russian immigrant to the United States who spent many years in Puerto Rico, Jack Delano was a photographer and illustrator who animated scenes from all parts of the Americas.

Mandala Gallery
An audiovisual gallery of a Tibetan Buddhist mandala's creation and destruction at the Sackler Gallery. You'll also see a Flash movie of the mandala being scattered into the Tidal Basin.

A View From Tibet
Montages featuring the Dalai Lama and Mao Zedong taken from photojournalist Steve Lehman's new book. A show of his photographs is on display at the Newseum through Jan. 10, 1999.

The Corcoran Biennial
Paintings from the Corcoran's 45th Biennial Exhibition, showcasing the best of previous biennials.

The African American Civil War Memorial
Photographs from the unveiling of the city's first monument to African American troops in the Civil War.

Richard Diebenkorn
This influential Californian's neo-fauvist portraits and landscapes were on view at the Phillips Collection.

Sam Gilliam: The Color of Medals
Hang out with locally based art star Sam Gilliam and watch as he plans and constructs an installation for Philadelphia's Veterans Administration Center.

ArtSites '98
The biannual exhibition of local art was on display at 10 area venues, each with a different theme.

Helen Frankenthaler
Usually known as a painter of light, airy canvases, this exhibition features the major artist's "darker side."

Stuart Davis
Selections from this influential modernist's Parisian work.

A Year in the World: 1968
From an exhibit at the Newseum that presented a vivid overview of the events of a tumultuous year. For those with Shockwave, we also present a multimedia version.

Flash! 150 Years of AP Photography
An exhibition at the Newseum chronicles the past 150 years of outstanding photography.

   
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