Hirshhorn Museum Head Leaving for Guggenheim
• April 13, 2026

After 12 years leading the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Director Melissa Chiu has been named director of another cylindrical landmark, the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Guggenheim Museum in Manhattan, effective […]

Artswatch: KenCen Upheaval, Air & Space Museum Marks 50 Years
• February 25, 2026

 Kennedy Center to Close for 2-Year Overhaul  In the wake of a subscriber, donor and artist boycott, President Donald Trump — who reconstituted the Kennedy Center board, which named him chairman and voted to insert his name (in defiance […]

DC Artswatch
• November 10, 2025

    Studio Theatre’s Muse to Step Down After nearly 20 years in the role, Studio Theatre Artistic Director David Muse will leave the position in late 2027. The search for […]

DC Artswatch
• September 9, 2025

 Leaving Town: NPG Director, Sherald Show   National Portrait Gallery Director Kim Sajet, who resigned two weeks after being “fired” by President Trump in a May 30 Truth Social post, will […]

D.C. ArtsWatch
• June 10, 2025

Georgetown’s Tudor Place Gets Public History Award  Tudor Place Historic House & Garden received the National Council on Public History’s Outstanding Public History Project Award for the Georgetown historic site’s […]

January 2025 D.C. Artswatch  
• January 15, 2025

New Executive Director at Capital Jewish Museum Dr. Beatrice Gurwitz, former deputy director of the National Humanities Alliance, joined the Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum as executive director […]

D.C. ArtsWatch
• June 12, 2024

New Artistic Leadership at Imagination Stage Joanne Seelig Lamparter is the new chief artistic programming officer for Imagination Stage, succeeding Janet Stanford, the venue’s founding artistic director, who retired on May […]

March ArtsWatch
• March 13, 2024

In this month’s Artswatch: a new director of development at Virginia’s Hylton Performing Arts Center, a new director of advancement at the National Portrait Gallery and a new public art […]

April 2023 ArtsWatch
• April 12, 2023

The latest ArtsWatch includes a generous gift to the Spy Museum, repatriated objects to the National Museum of Asian Arts, the World Culture Festival and a new Studio Theatre associate […]

February 2023 Arts Watch
• February 8, 2023

New leaders have been appointed at the National Portrait Gallery, Museum of African American History and Culture, Hindman Auctions and the Phillips Collection. Have an ArtsWatch tip? Email editorial@georgetowner.com with […]