At the Hirshhorn: Kusama’s Meditative Carnival
• March 8, 2017

The hype was staggering from the moment it was announced. The Hirshhorn would mount the first Washington exhibition of Yayoi Kusama, the radical Japanese artist who has dominated the worlds […]

Dots, Pumpkins and Mirrors: Yayoi Kusama at the Hirshhorn (photos)
• February 23, 2017

Visitors to this major exhibition, on view through May 14, will have the opportunity to discover six of the artist’s “Infinity Room.”

Museums Are Our Responsibility: Visual Arts Preview
• February 22, 2017

One of our new president’s campaign promises was to eliminate government waste, pledging to cut all unnecessary federal spending. This includes line items like federally funded research and development centers, […]

Toulouse-Lautrec at the Phillips Collection
• February 11, 2017

This exhibition of the influential Post-Impressionist’s iconic and rare printed works is on view through April 30.

Toulouse-Lautrec at the Phillips Collection
• February 8, 2017

Of all the Post-Impressionists in 19th-century France, perhaps no artist has maintained such a lasting cultural influence as Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Admittedly, there is an audacity to that claim. This […]

New Director at American Art Museum
• February 6, 2017

Effective April 3, Stephanie Stebich succeeds Elizabeth Broun, who retired last fall after 27 years.

Dumbarton House Offers Hard-Hat Tour, Talk
• February 2, 2017

Closed for a construction project, the Federal-period museum in Georgetown will reopen in April.

Through the Looking Glass
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Although our Puritan ancestors scorned the pretense of personal vanity, mirrors were part of their early colonial households — if used only to glimpse their appearance before they wended their […]

DC Artswatch 1-11-17
• January 13, 2017

The Smithsonian’s 22nd annual orchid exhibition, opening Jan. 14, will take place in an unusual location: the **Hirshhorn Museum**. “Orchids: A Moment,” a collaboration among **Smithsonian Gardens**, the **U.S. Botanic […]

‘Stuart Davis: In Full Swing’ at the National Gallery
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The retrospective of one of the deans of American painting runs through March 5.