Jasper Johns at the Whitney
• December 8, 2021

    Thanks to Andy Warhol, Campbell’s soup and Brillo pads hold an honored place in art history. Two years younger, Jasper Johns got there first with Ballantine ale and Savarin coffee, pointing the way to Pop Art as he had […]

STC Artistic Director Simon Godwin Enthralls at Cultural Leadership Breakfast
• November 22, 2021

When, in his 20s, Simon Godwin decided to leave the Royal and Derngate Theatres in Northampton, England, to study clowning, mime and acrobatics at the London International School of Performing Arts, his soon-to-be-former boss declared: “Your […]

Cultural Leadership Breakfasts to Return Nov. 18, Dec. 16 
• November 11, 2021

The Georgetowner’s monthly Cultural Leadership Breakfast Series — which presented insider talks by 38 leaders of D.C.-area museums, theaters, performing arts venues, dance companies and other arts organizations before going on […]

Philip Bermingham: The Power of Photography
• May 17, 2021

Some of the people photographed by Philip Bermingham — Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip with George H. W. and Barbara Bush, for instance — are figures known the world over. […]

PERFORMING ARTS
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CLASSICAL AND CHORAL MUSIC Streaming in Washington Performing Arts’ Home Delivery Plus series from June 4 to 10 will be a performance of Bach’s “The Art of Fugue” by German […]

DC Artswatch: NGA, NBM, NPG, Corcoran, ASC
• May 13, 2021

Three D.C. museums add key people, GW names a new Corcoran School director and Ethan McSweeney leaves the American Shakespeare Center in Staunton, Virginia.

Weekly Arts Round Up, May 13, 2021
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This weekend: a “makers market” at Dumbarton House and live jazz at Glover Park Grill. Starting May 21, you can visit Xiao Qi Ji, the National Zoo’s “Little Miracle,” in panda (so to speak).

Weekly Arts Round Up, May 6, 2021
• May 6, 2021

As part of the Smithsonian’s phased re-emergence, the Renwick Gallery will reopen on May 14 with “Forces of Nature: Renwick Invitational 2020.”

Weekly Arts Round Up, April 29, 2021
• April 29, 2021

Woolly Mammoth’s free virtual gala will take place on Monday and the National Air and Space Museum’s Udvar-Hazy Center will reopen on Wednesday with timed-entry ticketing.

Weekly Arts Round Up, April 22, 2021
• April 22, 2021

Sign up for the National Sporting Library & Museum’s online program on brook trout next Thursday and you may win a sample of dry flies.