Museums

Review

In the galleries: Exploring the many perspectives of terricide

Latin artists remind us of the importance of art as a political tool to raise consciousness.

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Perspective

In one masterful image, creation and the Fall

Giovanni di Paolo painted an abstract rendering of the cosmos with Adam and Eve’s expulsion from paradise

Local artists look back on a year of upheaval in this Phillips Collection exhibition

“Inside Outside, Upside Down” offers area artists a rare showcase in a major museum.

In an age of worsening fires and floods, museums are reinventing themselves — and their mechanical rooms

With new Frankenthaler Climate Initiative funding, museums across the country are innovating to protect their collections, reduce their carbon footprint and support local communities.

Obituaries

Nancy Frankel, artist who made abstract sculptures, dies at 92

She taught at Montgomery College, mentored children and helped found artists’ groups.

In the galleries: Showcasing an artist’s exploration and influence

Exhibit depicts curiosity, discipline and inventiveness during two significant periods.

Review

Dozens of great photographers you’ve probably never heard of — all of them women — light up this revelatory show

“The New Woman Behind the Camera” is a survey of about 200 photographs taken by women from around the world in the four decades after World War I.

Art exhibition shines a light on the tangled cultural history of the Asian diaspora in the Americas

At the Art Museum of the Americas, “No Ocean Between Us” features work by Wifredo Lam and others.

Review

In the galleries: A multi-sensory exhibit with cherry blossoms and a dire warning

Dystopian imagery looks 100 years ahead where nature fights to survive

Perspective

Nam June Paik predicted the Internet, YouTube and Instagram. But he was more interesting as an artist than as a prophet.

The Korean American artist is the subject of an international traveling retrospective, the first major show since his death in 2006.

Rare ‘Gilgamesh’ tablet, once on view at the Museum of the Bible, is one step closer to being returned to Iraq

Federal government completes seizure of the illegally imported ancient artifact.

Latino Museum backers are pushing for a prime spot on the National Mall. But a turf war is looming.

The Friends of the National Museum of the American Latino helped persuade Congress to create the new museum and is now pressing to have it built on the increasingly crowded Mall.