In Richmond: Shows, Festivals, Last Call for Kahlo

September 24, 2025

Slightly more than 100 miles from Washington, D.C., Richmond, Virginia, is the self-evident choice for a southbound, arts-focused getaway. Are you free this weekend? This Sunday, Sept. 28, is the […]

In the NGA’s Gallery 22: Corcoran Watercolors


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: […]

Onstage, Georgetown: October


By Mark Edelman As the weather cools and the trees dazzle in their dormancy, it’s a great time to find a seat at one of our local performing arts venues. […]

From Italy to the U.S., Depero’s Bold Futurism Takes Center Stage


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, […]

Weekend Roundup: D.C. Lights Up with Art All Night

September 11, 2025

Now that we’re well into September, lots of events are happening all around the city. Art All Night is this weekend, and WalkingTown DC starts Saturday, just to name a […]

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, […]

Hold the Light: Shining in Honor of Ukrainian Independence Day

August 14, 2025

Beginning August 21, “Hold the Light,” a Light Remedies photo art exhibit to celebrate Ukrainian Independence Day, will be on view at Gallery 16TEN in Georgetown. “Hold the Light is […]

September Events, November Exhibition at Woodrow Wilson House


A half-dozen miles apart in distance — but worlds apart in other ways — the Washington, D.C., neighborhoods of Kalorama and Deanwood have a presidential connection. When, in March of […]

Weekend Roundup: An Afternoon of Jazz at The Kreeger

August 13, 2025

The lazy days of August continue with a fun weekend ahead. The Nationals are hosting both Grammy nominated artist Sam Hunt and cat fans, the Kreeger Museum is putting on […]