Summer Arts Preview: Visual Arts

May 16, 2019

Six D.C. art exhibitions worth a special trip this summer.

This Sunday: Spy Museum’s Grand Opening in L’Enfant Plaza

May 9, 2019

For the official May 12 opening, the museum will host a family festival with musicians from the NSO’s Youth Fellowship Program, makeup artists, food trucks and a magician.

Telling Stories at National Geographic Museum

April 18, 2019

Nearly 50 people came to hear Kathryn Keane’s talk at Georgetown Media Group’s April 11 Cultural Leadership Breakfast, in part due to the “Queens of Egypt” exhibition.

Notre Dame, Paris’s Beacon, in Dire Jeopardy


Notre Dame is more than a church, of kings and bishops and Christians and martyrs, it is a kind of lifeform of humanity built with stone and wood, that aspires to flight even now.

Weekend Round Up April 4, 2019

April 4, 2019

“Petalpalooza” puts a cherry on top with Saturday-night fireworks on the Southwest waterfront. Also that night, the American University Museum opens its spring exhibitions.

New GU Gallery Features Work by Glenn Ligon

March 28, 2019

On Monday, April 1, the Maria & Alberto de la Cruz Gallery will host a free public conversation between artist Glenn Ligon and Steven Nelson, art history professor and director of the African Studies Center at UCLA.

Zilia Sánchez at the Phillips

March 26, 2019

Major art museums throughout the country seem increasingly engaged in producing a new breed of exhibitions — shows that introduce audiences to modern and contemporary artists largely unknown to history. […]

Weekend Round Up March 21, 2019

March 21, 2019

During the first big weekend of the National Cherry Blossom Festival: the Pink Tie Party, a Georgetown cupcake tour and art and music inspired by “The Tale of Genji.”

Tudor Place Lawn Torn Up for Cistern Project

March 18, 2019

The new south lawn at the historic Georgetown estate should be in place by the 27th annual Spring Garden Party on May 22.

Rasmussen Talks About AU’s Corcoran Collection

March 14, 2019

In addition to paintings, drawings and prints, the American University Museum acquired 900 objects, from ancient terracottas to a nylon piece with “all kinds of herbs in it … full of bugs.”