Huge Outdoor Art Show Coming to Rose Park in May

March 22, 2018

Bulgarian-born artist Kiril Jeliazkov is bringing 128 pieces of outdoor artwork — titled “The Orange Step” — to the grounds of Georgetown’s Rose Park for the entire month.

Weekend Round Up March 22, 2018


The National Cherry Blossom Festival’s opening ceremony is Sunday. Also this weekend: more cherry blossom doings, the tail end of the Environmental Film Festival and two cultural spectacles at the Kennedy Center.

The Auction Block: Asia Week 2018

March 15, 2018

Here are several choice lots coming up during Asia Week auctions in New York on March 19 and 22-23.

Weekend Round Up March 8, 2018

March 8, 2018

The 48th annual St. Patrick’s Parade of Washington, D.C., is this Sunday. Get your Gaelic on the night before at a concert by the Irish Tenors at the National.

Air and Space Curator Shares Revamp Plans


Chief Curator Peter L. Jakab, who spoke at this month’s Cultural Leadership Breakfast, started out at the National Air and Space Museum seven years after the museum opened, during the nation’s bicentennial.

‘Outliers’ at the National Gallery

March 7, 2018

Great art — or, at least, important art — can result from a purely rational process. The precisely delimited, flat-colored paintings of Mondrian and Ellsworth Kelly, for instance. But more […]

Statue of Former Mayor Marion Barry Unveiled (photos)

March 5, 2018

One of three African Americans with a full-body statue erected and standing in Washington, D.C., Barry is the first local elected official to be honored with a statue.

Weekend Round Up March 1, 2018

March 1, 2018

Dorrance Dance is at Strathmore and Bowen McCauley Dance is at the Kennedy Center. Also this weekend: a showcase of Oscar-nominated short films at the National Archives.

Weekend Round Up February 22, 2018

February 22, 2018

The Atlas Intersections Festival starts intersecting tonight on H Street NE. This weekend only: the Progressive International Motorcycle Show at the Washington Convention Center and the American Craft Show at the Baltimore Convention Center.

Spring Arts Preview

February 21, 2018

By Ari Post and Richard Selden VISUAL ARTS SMITHSONIAN AMERICAN ART MUSEUM Do Ho Suh: Almost Home March 16 – August 5 Internationally renowned for his “fabric architecture,” which explores […]