A Refrain of Triumph Over Adversity: ‘The Migration Series’
• December 23, 2016

Jacob Lawrence’s epic series is on view in its entirety at the Phillips Collection through Jan. 8.

A Refrain of Triumph Over Adversity: ‘The Migration Series’
• December 21, 2016

  In 1940, a 23-year-old artist named Jacob Lawrence set to work on a 60-panel series portraying the movement between the world wars of more than a million African Americans […]

More New Exhibitions
• December 7, 2016

The Great Swindle: Works by Santiago Montoya Art Museum of the Americas “The Great Swindle,” on view through March 26, looks at paper money as a platform of political propaganda, […]

Events Precede Official Start of FotoWeekDC
• November 8, 2016

The run-up to FotoWeekDC, Nov. 12 to 20, has begun, with events tonight, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

‘Scandinavian Pain’ at the Hirshhorn
• October 31, 2016

Welcome to America, Ragnar Kjartansson. We are also in pain.

The Newest Smithsonian — With a Move-In-Day Energy
• September 19, 2016

Taking in the new National Museum of African American History and Culture at yesterday’s packed press preview.

The Newest Smithsonian — With a Move-In-Day Energy
• September 15, 2016

Taking in the new National Museum of African American History and Culture at yesterday’s packed press preview.

Musings on the African American History Museum
• September 14, 2016

You can feel a surge, a buzz building in this city about a building. It is about one thing, and one thing only. On Sept. 24, the National Museum of […]

Musings on the African American History Museum
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You can feel a surge, a buzz building in this city about a building.

‘The Greeks: Agamemnon to Alexander’ at National Geographic
• September 7, 2016

If somehow we were allowed to redraw the party lines between ancient and modern history in this increasingly secular world, I think there would be a strong argument to change […]