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5x5 project serves up public art with a side of D.C. flavor
The city-sponsored public-art festival enlisted five curators to direct five artists or artistic teams.
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In the galleries: Watercolors, silkscreen, portraiture
‘Ifluence and Inspiration in Alexandria’ higlights recent work.
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Retrospective captures sensibilities of famed Thai director
From a black-comic thriller to a love triangle ghost story, Pen-ek Ratanaruang’s films merge genres.
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A break from the bustle
Hirshhorn, Kreeger exhibits offer moments of peace from the rushing of modern life.
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National Gallery of Art showcases Kainen collection
The last in a series of exhibitions highlighting the major gifts given by Ruth Cole Kainen in 2012 is open.
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In the galleries: A meeting of lines in art and architecture
“Form, Light, Line” converge impressively at the Old Print Gallery in Washington’s Georgetown district.
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In this exhibit, Mexican cinematographer becomes the star
Separate events honor two creative forces: Gabriel Figueroa and Kafka.
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In a new exhibit, shoes tell the story
Japanese artist Chiharu Shiota believes shoes are imbued with the spirits of their ancestors.
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Museum of the American Indian celebrates 10 years
Events for the anniversary have been occurring all year, but they will really ramp up Sept. 18-21.
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Street Smart: What to do in Petworth
Despite becoming a flourishing hot spot for 20-something creatives, single professionals and young families, Petworth’s rich sense of community remains palpable.
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Give the Corcoran a ‘farewell hug’ on Saturday
Say an early goodbye to the museum this weekend.
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You can now visit the Corcoran for free
Now that the Corcoran is a part of the National Gallery of Art, it will no longer charge admission fees.
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In the galleries: ‘Transient States’ even tips its hat to Manet
Steven Walls depicts “the states between visual perception, memory, waking life and dreams.”
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Street Smart: What to do in Olde Towne Gaithersburg
A farming community called Log Town in 1765, Gaithersburg became an industrial center by the 19th century, thanks to the B&O Railroad.
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Artist’s woodcuts, papercuts a mashup of somber and silly
Franca Bartholomaei is fond of the phantasmagorical. Also, a recital includes a score’s revived version.
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Corcoran merger with National Gallery, GWU approved: 7 things you need to know
The Corcoran will no longer exist as an independent institution.
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National Museum of Language in its final days
Already reduced in size, the museum is converting its considerable knowledge base for the Internet.
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In the galleries: The Washington Color School on show
The paintings in this exhibition at Bethesda’s Marin-Price Galleries have a midcentury European feel.
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Randall Scott’s latest gallery project: relocation
The gallery owner finds lower rent, higher visibility and an chance to grown in Baltimore.
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Ferguson, Mo., images reveal unfiltered, uneasy truths
We’ve been conditioned to distrust the authenticity of pictures, but these photos show us the world we’ve built.
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Museum to showcase the works of Meret Oppenheim
‘Meret Oppenheim: Tender Friendships’ is at the National Museum of Women in the Arts.
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Washington National Cathedral goes under the microscope
An expert of Gothic architecture attempts to measure the majesty and refinement of the District landmark.
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For Corcoran group, an anxious wait in the face of a merger
The group is dedicated to preserving the nearly 150-year-old museum as an independent institution.
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In Chicago, a walking (almost) advertisement for Magritte
Seven-foot-tall sculpture of two feet — inspired by the surrealist artist’s work — suns itself at a city beach.
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Galleries gathering again in once arty Georgetown
Numbers are falling in locales such as Dupont Circle, but the survivors are clustering near serious money.
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Memorials to World War I less obvious, more meaningful
While D.C. may have no grand statement site, many smaller, specific installments tell the stories of the war.
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In the galleries: ‘Syzygy’ at American University Museum
William Newman partners outer space with home in painting/photograph combinations.
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Smithsonian exhibit goes ‘Beyond Bollywood’
The National Museum of Natural History examines Indian Americans who helped shape the country.
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Closing arguments presented in plan to break up Corcoran
Opposing attorneys plead their case to the judge in the effort to save the District’s oldest arts institution.
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Charles M. Russell’s artwork sells for millions at auction
The artist is famous for his depictions of Native Americans in the West. One of his works sold for $1.9 million
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In the galleries: ‘Everyware’ showcases photo-based work
In show at Project 4 Gallery, three artists use new technology to create pieces that exhibit nostalgia.
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Rembrandt humanely depicts rape, suicide of Lucretia
Unlike many others, the painter shows men’s role in the Roman woman’s tragic story.
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An unlikely home for art on Good Hope Road
The Honfleur Gallery hasn’t “saved” Anacostia, but residents say it’s a model of development done right.
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U-Md. adds own plan to proposals Corcoran’s rescue
The university’s president tells court he could within six weeks deliver a budget to meet the gallery’s needs.
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Star witness for foes of Corcoran breakup entertains court
Philanthropist Wayne Reynolds said he could close the gallery’s budget deficit with one dinner party.
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Corcoran Gallery’s lawyers conclude case for breakup
The group challenging the disposal plan contends that the institution is financially healthier than portrayed.
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Along new Silver Line, a utilitarian approach
ARCHITECTURE REVIEW| Though lacking in flourishes, stations aim for worthy goal of city-suburb integration.
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What you need to know about the Corcoran Gallery case
An evidentiary hearing begins Monday in D.C. Superior Court over the proposed breakup plan.
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Last days at the Corcoran? Perhaps.
There’s a funereal air in museum’s gallery space, which will soon close with no firm date for reopening.
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Take a ride through artist Salvatore Scarpitta’s works
Hirshhorn exhibition shows cars and other pieces from three distinct periods of his career.
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Showcasing Cartier’s ‘dazzling gems’
A Hillwood Estate exhibit showcases Marjorie Merriweather Post’s jewelry by Cartier.
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National Gallery of Art to exhibit works of Piero di Cosimo
The museum will open a retrospective of the Renaissance painter’s work on Feb. 1.
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Corcoran Gallery critics get their days in court
Judge schedules week of hearings to decide deal with George Washington and National Gallery.
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British Players offer bawdy fun show at the Freer
“Entertaining Whistler’s London” was full of bad jokes, genuinely funny acts and naughty songs.
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In the Galleries: Putting the ‘gold’ in ‘Gold Rush’
Gold is revered universally, and two artists show that in their mixed-media pieces.
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Corcoran plan backed by District as critics seek alternative
The Corcoran Gallery’s proposed arrangement with the National Gallery and GWU heads to court.
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Corcoran Gallery answers critics of reorganization
Lawyers answer critics’ attack, setting up legal skirmish in D.C. court.
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Did a Corcoran Gallery memo in 1945 foretell the future?
Soon after the National Gallery opened in 1941, the Corcoran Gallery knew it had a strong rival for top art museum in Washington. Corcoran leaders met in 1945 to come up with a plan. They’d never believe what’s happening now.
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In the Galleries: A Washington Color School reunion
The show’s 19 works constitute an impressive sampler of Washington color painting.
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National Gallery names Lynne Cooke a modern art curator
She is preparing an exhibition about the relationship between mainstream and self-taught artists.
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Advocates launch legal action to stop Corcoran deal
They call plan to break up gallery a “betrayal” and accuse its trustees of mismanagement.
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Petition about Corcoran Gallery of Art should be heard
Critic’s Notebook: The questions about the decision to dismember the gallery demand transparency.
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Albert Paley’s fluid, yet sci-fi metal works at the Corcoran
The last major show at the independent Corcoran gives a nod to local flavor and his artistic process.
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After 500 years, Titian’s ‘Danaë’ still makes you blush
Masterpiece of erotic mythology goes on view at National Gallery of Art.
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Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee, together again
A National Portrait Gallery exhibit features both men during the final years of the Civil War.
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Do you own a Warhol? Check your records.
A Michigan exhibit showcases nearly 100 of the artist’s album covers.
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In the Galleries: Creating objects of power
An occult artistic collaboration unifies the primeval and contemporary, the organic and mechanical.
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Agreement keeps Folklife Festival on the Mall for five years
As preservationists work to limit the number of events on the space, one of the older events gets to stay.
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Renwick Gallery fundraising ends with $5.4M donation
David M. Rubenstein, co-founder of The Carlyle Group, has helped fund renovations for Smithsonian building.
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Washington Project for the Arts finds a long-term home
After multiple moves in 40 years, the alternative arts program will settle in a new development near the 9:30 Club.
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For videos, a new vision at women’s museum in D.C.
Landmark “Total Art” exhibition features the creative videos of women in the past three decades.
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Ai Weiwei, art without compromise
China’s most famous artist continues his work and his dissidence, even as he feels himself slowing.
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D.C. exhibit: Images inspired by the writings of Octavio Paz
The Mexican Cultural Institute will showcase art that illuminates the writings of Octavio Paz, the poet, essayist and Nobel Prize winner.
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Ai Weiwei: A retrospective of his works
They can be haunting, frightening, puzzling, even confounding, but always affecting.
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In the galleries: Where nature and art come together
Nara Park constructs sculptures from plastic boxes with printed rocklike patterns and genuine water.
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Hirshhorn honors chief curator in Oscar-themed send-off
Kerry Brougher will be director of L.A.’s new Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Museum.
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‘Danae’ by Titian to go on display at National Gallery of Art
The work by the Italian Renaissance painter will be featured at the museum from July 1 through Nov. 2.
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Clark collection: The story of a privileged and peculiar life
Items from her $300 million estate to be auctioned Wednesday at Christie’s in New York.
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Katy Perry painting goes on view at National Portrait Gallery
Will Cotton’s sugar-sweet portrait of the chart-topping pop singer will hang near the museum’s entrance through July 6.
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‘One Nation with News for All’: Ethnic media in America
A Newseum exhibit highlights the role and power of news outlets created by and for immigrants and minorities.
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Galleries: ‘Anything Sacred,’ ‘Float,’ ‘Friends with Benefits’
Shows include works by Amy Boone-McCreesh, Sarah Knobel, Judy Rushin, Deborah Anzinger and GAIA.
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National Gallery of Art adds 16 works to its collection
The pieces include 15th-century sculptures and contemporary works, such as a video of a New York street.
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An oddly righteous, and redundant, reflection
The new 9/11 Memorial Museum turns a somber site into a place of repeated shock and anguish
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When Brits just wanna have fun
Music hall, a beloved form of entertainment from centuries past, cancans into Washington
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Galleries: ‘Kaleidoscope,’ ‘Are You Gonna Eat That?’
Shows feature works by Yuriko Yamaguchi, Amy Hughes Braden, Philip Bennet and Kate Samworth.
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Hirshhorn Museum names new director
Australian-born Melissa Chiu comes to Washington from the Asia Society Museum in New York.
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Todd Gray’s Corcoran brunch moves to Equinox in July
Muse, and its popular vegan brunch, will be among the early casualties of the museum’s merger.
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The Gate: The model as the muse
A show by Smithsonian’s Archives of American Art considers the work of the model in helping create art.
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Reconstructed Williamsburg, unreconstructed boy
Philip Kennicott’s guilty “pleasure”: Finding his uncritical inner child.
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A change in visual language signals a bigger cultural shift
James McNeill Whistler’s art becomes modern at the moment he turns his back on modernity.
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Galleries: ‘Is It Propaganda? Or Is It Political Art?’
Shows include works by Eszter Bornemisza, Jarri Hasnain, Pam Rogers and Jonathan Monaghan.
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Artworks labeled degenerate in Nazi Germany are N.Y. hit
Many pieces vilified in 1937 have stood the test of time, but so have some works by artists Hitler liked.
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Diaspora: Korean percussion that resonates
Samulnori maestro Kim Duk Soo headlines a show at the Lincoln Theatre on May 30.
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Andrew Wyeth leaves viewers on the outside looking in
REVIEW | The windows that dot artist’s paintings offer no portal past the mood of grim isolation and decay.
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National Gallery of Art receives 62 pieces from Mellons
The family’s final direct donations to the museum include works by van Gogh, Monet and Seurat.
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Egypt tries to stem flood of looted antiquities
High-tech methods help, but nation seeks U.S. help to close the market.
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Portraiture show blends the abstract and the recognizable
A National Portrait Gallery exhibit showcases works featuring both the famous and the common man.
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What to see on Art Museum Day 2014
Many local museums will be offering special programs or discounted admission.
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Galleries: ‘Alive and Present,’ ‘Enduring’
Shows include works by Agniet Snoep, Katie Miller, Chris Chernow Martin Kotler and Mary Boochever.
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Diaspora: Lily Garafulic’s 100th
The Chilean Embassy gives the sculptor her due on her centennial.
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They come to bury the Corcoran, not to praise it
Legalisms and euphemisms about “collaboration” do nothing to ease the distress of a grand institution’s fall.
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Newseum highlights minority and immigrant press
Among the artifacts on display are the engraved pocket watch of Frederick Douglass and Univision press passes.
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Galleries: ‘ Alchemical Vessels,’ ‘Digital Impressions’
Shows include works by Jae Ko, Jessica Drenk, Margaret Paris, Jeff Sutton and Gordana Gerskovic.
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Sweet home art gallery
Lynyrd Skynyrd’s drummer brings his art show to two local galleries.
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A showcase of woodcuts by the first female graphic novelist
National Museum of Women in the Arts spotlights the work of Helena BochoÅ™áková-Dittrichová
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Monet brings $24 million, not enough to benefit Corcoran
Under terms of the benefactor’s will, the museum stood to make money on the sale if it exceeded $25 million.
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Nan Rosenthal, curator of modern art, dies at 76
Ms. Rosenthal was a curator of major exhibitions at the National Gallery of Art and the Metropolitan Museum.
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Peale’s ‘Mastodon’: Capturing American ambition
The painting reflects the nation’s desire to create its own history and prehistory and silence skeptics.
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Galleries: ‘un.furl,’ ‘ambi-mimetics,’ ‘A Slight Suggestion’
Shows include works by Ryan Hoover, Steve Wanna, Nancy Sansom Reynolds, Jimmy Miracle.
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Hans Hollein, Pritzker-winning architect, dies at 80
The Viennese-born Mr. Hollein blended old and new elements in his eclectic designs.
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