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Arts in Foggy Bottom, an award winning free biennial sculpture exhibit, invites all to attend the launch of its seventh installment examining the theme of the natural environment and our […]
The Porcelain Flowers of Vladimir Kanevsky Through September 5, 2021 “There is everything in flowers—history, drama, structure, beauty, and fragrance,” contemporary artist Vladimir Kanevsky has said. Kanevsky’s remarkable porcelain sculptures […]
The Porcelain Flowers of Vladimir Kanevsky Opening April 6, 2021 “There is everything in flowers—history, drama, structure, beauty, and fragrance,” contemporary artist Vladimir Kanevsky has said. Kanevsky’s remarkable porcelain sculptures […]
Justice is Beauty: The Work of MASS Design Group opens on April 9, 2021, in conjunction with the Museum’s reopening after an extended closure. The exhibition showcases MASS Design Group, a […]
May 14–Aug. 20 Online Presentation of 11 Contemporary Videos Addresses the Pandemic’s Impact on the Shared Experience of Space and Features Teresa Hubbard / Alexander Birchler, Ragnar Kjartansson, Laure Prouvost, Jacolby Satterwhite and […]
On Sale Now! General and Premium Tables available, Premium Tables are closer to the stage. Sun, May 30: Opening Night! (SOLD OUT) Wynton Marsalis & Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra Septet Thu, […]
Through September 5, 2021 “There is everything in flowers—history, drama, structure, beauty, and fragrance,” contemporary artist Vladimir Kanevsky has said. Kanevsky’s remarkable porcelain sculptures spring to life throughout Hillwood’s mansion, inspired by flowers grown in Marjorie Merriweather Post’s gardens. Post surrounded herself with flowers, creating impressive gardens at her homes and filling the houses with […]
Opening June 12, 2021 Explore the Jazz Age through the lens of an icon. Hillwood founder Marjorie Merriweather Post was a prominent tastemaker during the era known as the Roaring Twenties. One hundred years later, Hillwood celebrates Post’s effect on the period—her impeccable attire, impressive art collection, and sumptuous design that made her one of […]
Credit information: “Will Rogers at the mike of Radio KHJ in Hollywood” by an unidentified photographer, gelatin silver print, c. 1930. Will Rogers Memorial Museum, OHS, Claremore, OK. “One Life: Will […]
June 25, 2021–February 6, 2022 Credit information: “Two Girls” by Jeremiah Gurney, quarter-plate daguerreotype with applied color, c. 1852. Collection of Wm. B. Becker. In 1840, Jeremiah Gurney (1812–1895) abandoned his […]
Opening June 26, 2021 Contemporary American artist Kristine Mays’s life-size, three-dimensional dancing wire sculptures will emerge throughout Hillwood’s gardens for the second ever installation of art in the gardens. Mays breathes life into wire, transforming an industrial product into fascinating and moving works of art. Springing to life throughout the 13 acres of formal gardens, […]
Kristine Mays: Rich Soil On view June 26, 2021 to January 9, 2022 Life-size wire sculptures transform the grounds of Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens for the second ever installation […]
Schedule: 7/1 Apollo 13 Last year marked the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo 13 voyage. Watch this epic moment in American history unfold as we head into Fourth of July weekend. […]
Opens July 2; Closes July 2022 Albert H. Small Documents Gallery Second Floor, East This summer, the crack of the bat and the roar of the crowd will be heard […]
Forty+ Projects celebrate the collective creativity of people past the age of 40 resulting in unique collaboration. Projects explore movement and performance technique within a creative premise. Forty+ will meet […]
The Wharf will be hosting free concerts on Transit Pier every Wednesday evening at 7 p.m. Music will include R&B, Americana, Motown, Jazz, Reggae, and pop covers. July 7: Jarreau Williams Experience (Rock, R&B) July 14: Dupont Brass (Brass […]
Exhibitions Positive Fragmentation: From the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation January 29–May 22, 2022 at the American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center Organized by […]
Wherever we may be, whenever we provide an address, and find our place on Washington, D.C.’s streets, we spell out and utter street numbers, state names, and in many cases, […]
When: August 5, August 19, September 9, September 23 What: An open mic event for all the creatives in our community.
Exploring Africa with Sylvia Soumah Thursday, August 5, 11am ET Trek through several regions of Africa with the music and movement of Sylvia Soumah of Coyaba Dance Theater. Participants […]
Opens Aug. 6; Closes July 2022 Second Floor, Center “Upending 1620: Where Do We Begin?” is a display that examines the early encounters between Wampanoag peoples and English colonists, and […]
The Playland series is a combination of eclectic architecture, complex machinery, and outlandish arrangements that push the limits of balance, proportion, and symmetry. Named for Playland in Rye, NY, the […]
