Arts
At the Renwick: ‘State Fairs: Growing American Craft’
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
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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.”
