Treasures and Tigers of Korean Art
• January 15, 2026

The year after the death of Lee Kun-hee in 2020, the Samsung Group chairman’s family donated more than 23,000 works of Korean art from his collection — begun by his […]

‘Exodus.Report’ Hosts Exhibit on Stories and Portraits of Ukrainian Refugees
• October 27, 2025

By Mia Pech The Free Peoples of Russia House hosted the opening of ‘Exodus.Report – Portraits and Stories of Ukrainian Refugees,’ a photography exhibit by Slovak artist Jana Rajcová, on […]

From U Street to Dupont Underground
• October 16, 2025

With apologies to the late Bruce Lee: Enter the Dupont! Dupont Underground has hosted performances by, among others, Counterpoint Concerts, Chamber Dance Project, the Washington Ballet, the Picnic Theatre Company […]

D.C. Creatives Shine at the Umbrella Photo Fair
• September 29, 2025

By Mia Pech The Umbrella Photo Fair took place this past weekend at Gallery Place, showcasing more than 30 emerging and established photographers from across the DMV. The fair created […]

In the NGA’s Gallery 22: Corcoran Watercolors
• September 24, 2025

Along with the National Gallery of Art’s two feature presentations this fall — “Photography and the Black Arts Movement, 1955-1985,” which opened on Sept. 21, and “The Stars We Do Not See: […]

From Italy to the U.S., Depero’s Bold Futurism Takes Center Stage
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Art isn’t only for a visit to a museum.  The self-guided exhibition “Depero. Graphics: Between Italy & United States” is at the Embassy of Italy in Washington until January 30, […]

Fall Arts Preview: Visual Arts
• September 9, 2025

State Fairs: Growing American Craft  Renwick Gallery Through Sept. 7, 2026  The first exhibition of its kind, “State Fairs: Growing American Craft,” curated by Mary Savig, the Fleur and Charles […]

In Baltimore: Latin American Art at the Walters
• September 4, 2025

Beginning in his teens, Henry Walters, born in 1848 in Baltimore, spent his life elsewhere: in Paris during the Civil War; at Georgetown College, then Harvard; in Wilmington, North Carolina, […]

Public Art Talk at the Phillips, Aug. 22
• August 21, 2025

Public art is rarely problem-free. Consider the following three works, here in the nation’s capital. On June 19, 2020, Gaetano Trentanove’s bronze depiction of hirsute frontiersman and lawyer Albert Pike, […]

‘Delighting Krishna’ at the National Museum of Asian Art
• June 12, 2025

In 2011, I happened upon a Brooklyn Museum exhibition called “Vishnu: Hinduism’s Blue-Skinned Savior.” One of the showstoppers: a large painted textile of eight milkmaids in a line — four […]