2023 Spring Visual Arts Preview
Ari Post • February 8, 2023
Pour, Tear, Carve The Phillips Collection March 18 to May 14 “Pour, Tear, Carve” explores the role that materials and application in art can play in evoking personal memories, conveying […]
Fall Arts Preview : Visual Arts
Ari Post • September 14, 2022
Sargent and Spain National Gallery of Art Oct. 2, 2022 – Jan. 2, 2023 John Singer Sargent’s decades-long captivation with Spain yielded a remarkable body of work. Over seven extended […]
Omicron Surge Shutters 5 Smithsonian Museums
As the Omicron variant has spread alarmingly throughout the District, the Smithsonian Institution – suffering a shortage of support staff to serve the public – has announced temporary closures of […]
Winter Arts Preview
Ari Post • December 9, 2021
National Building Museum The Wall/El Muro: What Is A Border Wall? Through November 2022 This exhibition examines the U.S./Mexico border wall from the perspective of architecture and design. By focusing on the built environment, […]
Weekend Round Up: June 24-27
This weekend, we’re excited for the virtual Smithsonian Folklife Festival. An online poetry reading from one of DC Public Library’s own and the Hong Kong Film Festival at the National […]
Weekly Arts Round Up, April 8, 2021
Five works of light art will make their Georgetown debut tomorrow, when “Glow” opens to the public. Glen Echo Park’s Dentzel Carousel is 100, and the virtual celebration has begun.
Weekly Arts Round Up, March 25, 2021
Smithsonian Associates and the National Portrait Gallery will offer full-day programs online this Saturday to close out Women’s History Month.
Weekly Arts Round Up, February 4, 2021
Get into a February frame of mind with red works of art at Washington Printmakers Gallery and two streamed poetry programs.
DC Artswatch: MLK Day, Inauguration, Notre-Dame, Presidents’ Day, Year of the Ox
With the inauguration on the minds of many, the White House Historical Association will present two free online programs about past inaugurations on Jan. 19, the day before.
Weekly Arts Round Up, January 7, 2021
Classes are being offered by the Washington School of Ballet, Hinckley Pottery and others. Also available: virtual visits to the Tudor Place garden, Asian temples and Coney Island.