| Key | Imgs | Short Description |
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 2016_AL_BhamMA_USA | 112 | AL -- Birmingham -- Birmingham Museum of Art -- American Art |
| 2016_AL_BhamMA_Europe | 171 | AL -- Birmingham -- Birmingham Museum of Art -- European |
| 2016_AL_BhamMA | 113 | AL -- Birmingham -- Birmingham Museum of Art -- Everything Else |
| 2016_AL_BhamMA_Large_Dance | 10 | AL -- Birmingham -- Birmingham Museum of Art -- Exhibit: Large Dance of Death |
| 2016_AL_BhamMA_Wedgwood | 38 | AL -- Birmingham -- Birmingham Museum of Art -- Wedgwood |
| 2010_DC_OAS_Argentina | 37 | Art Museum of the Americas -- Exhibits: Argentina in Focus & Emilia Gutierrez
Argentina in Focus: Visualizing the Concept-Cristian Segura/Sergio Vega
September 15-November 21, 2010
Emilia Gutierrez: Drawings and Paintings
September 15-November 14, 2010
... |
| 2011_DC_OAS_Light_Place | 32 | Art Museum of the Americas -- Exhibits: Traveling Light & Common Place
CONTEMPORARY ART FROM CHILE:
2 Exhibitions, 7 Artists
Traveling Light Photo Gallery | Common Place Photo Gallery
September 15 - January 22, 2012
TRAVELING LIGHT - Ground Floor
Curated by Laura Roulet
Traveling Light, Five Artists from Chile, is an exhibition featuring five contemporary Chilean... |
| 2010_DC_OAS_50Years | 55 | Art Museum of the Americas -- Exhibit: 50 Years, 50 Works
50 Years, 50 Works, 100th Anniversary
February 16-March 31, 2010
This exhibit was organized by the Cultural Center of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) in collaboration with the Art Museum of the Americas of the Organization of American States (OAS). It was first shown in 2009 in Medellín,... |
| 2019_DC_OAS_Cintas | 7 | Art Museum of the Americas -- Exhibit: A Gaze through the CINTAS Fellowship Program
A Gaze through the CINTAS Fellowship Program: a Selection of Works from the CINTAS Foundation and the Art Museum of the Americas Collections
March 14-June 9, 2019
Exhibiting Artists:
Carlos Alfonzo
Waldo Balart
Mario Bencomo
Cundo Bermúdez
Jose Ygnacio Bermúdez
Mario Carreño
Consuelo Castañeda... |
| 2022_DC_OAS_Afro_Caribbean | 67 | Art Museum of the Americas -- Exhibit: Afro-Caribbean Motifs of the Art Museum of the Americas Collection
Afro-Caribbean Motifs of the Art Museum of the Americas Collection
Please wear a well-fitting face mask and maintain six feet of distance from other visitors.
This exhibition presents artworks of Afro-Caribbean artists core to the collection of the OAS Art Museum of the Americas, augmented by... |
| 2017_DC_OAS_AOTA | 56 | Art Museum of the Americas -- Exhibit: Art of the Americas
Art of the Americas: Collection of the Art Museum of the Americas of the Organization of American States
On view August 17, 2017-October 28, 2018
Art of the Americas: Collection of the Art Museum of the Americas of the Organization of American States is a rigorous and comprehensive look at the... |
| 2018_DC_OAS_AOTA | 73 | Art Museum of the Americas -- Exhibit: Art of the Americas
Art of the Americas: Collection of the Art Museum of the Americas of the Organization of American States
On view August 17, 2017-October 28, 2018
The OAS AMA | Art Museum of the Americas announces the second in a series of exhibitions accompanying Art of the Americas: Collection of the Art Museum of... |
| 2016_DC_OAS_Belize35 | 12 | Art Museum of the Americas -- Exhibit: Belize 35
Belize 35
35-Year Independence Anniversary Exhibit
On view February 11-March 13, 2016
The OAS AMA | Art Museum of the Americas presents an exhibition with artist Santiago Cal and photo journalist Karl Villanueva to commemorate the 35th anniversary of Belize’s independence using an approach that is... |
| 2009_DC_OAS_Bilateral | 53 | Art Museum of the Americas -- Exhibit: Bilateral Engagement
Biltareral Engagement:
October 16, 2009 - January 15, 2010
A collaborative sculpture exhibition between the Washington Sculptors Group and the Art Museum of the Americas at the Organization of American States
Washington, DC: The Art Museum of the Americas (AMA) of the Organization of American States... |
| 2006_DC_OAS_Breaking | 21 | Art Museum of the Americas -- Exhibit: Breaking Borders
Breaking Borders / Rompiendo Fronteras
December 1, 2006-January 21, 2007
Washington D.C.: The Art Museum of the Americas and the Permanent Mission of El Salvador to the OAS announce the opening of Breaking Borders / Rompiendo Fronteras, an exhibition of photography and digital art by the Salvadoran... |
| 2022_DC_OAS_Colombia | 50 | Art Museum of the Americas -- Exhibit: Colombia: A Work of Art
Colombia: A Work of Art
Our Legacies in the AMA Collection
On view July 21, 2022
This exhibition commemorates the visual arts of Colombia and the vital role they have played in the development of modern and contemporary art of the region. As an OAS member state, Colombia has engaged in a vibrant... |
| 2012_DC_OAS_Constellations | 51 | Art Museum of the Americas -- Exhibit: Constellations
CONSTELLATIONS -- Constructivism, Internationalism, and the Inter-American Avant-Garde
An exhibit of the permanent collection. Curated by Abigail McEwen.
June 21 - September 23, 2012
Drawn from the permanent collection of the Art Museum of the Americas, Constellations surveys the dynamic,... |
| 2011_DC_OAS_Corridor | 29 | Art Museum of the Americas -- Exhibit: Corridor
Corridor
On view March 24 - June 26, 2011
AMA / Art Museum of the Americas announces the opening of Corridor, an unusual exhibition showcasing the work of twelve established artists, six from Baltimore and six from Washington, D.C., a show that flips the conventional artist-curator relationship on... |
| 2008_DC_OAS_Facets | 23 | Art Museum of the Americas -- Exhibit: Facets
F A C E T S
on view through August 22, 2008
Facets features some of the significant works by Latin American and Caribbean artists which the OAS has acquired since 1949. The more than fifty works exhibited convey in a synthesized fashion a sense of the breadth and strengths of the museum's holdings.... |
| 2018_DC_OAS_Szyszlo | 17 | Art Museum of the Americas -- Exhibit: Fernando de Szyszlo: A Memory
Fernando de Szyszlo: A Memory
The OAS AMA | Art Museum of the Americas and the Permanent Mission of Peru to the OAS announce Fernando de Szyszlo: A Memory, an exhibition of work by the Peruvian master. This exhibition features works by Szyszlo from the AMA’s permanent collection, and archival papers... |
| 2013_DC_OAS_Fusion | 31 | Art Museum of the Americas -- Exhibit: Fusion
FUSION : Tracing Asian Migration to the Americas through AMA’s Collection
On View: June 13, 2013 - Spring 2014
ABOUT THE EXHIBITION
Through AMA’s permanent collection, one of the most vital sources of modern and contemporary Latin American and Caribbean art in the United States, this exhibition... |
| 2006_DC_OAS_Geometry | 10 | Art Museum of the Americas -- Exhibit: Geometry and Gesture
Geometry and Gesture from the Collection
March- July 2006
Geometry and Gesture from the Collection is part of a continuing series of exhibits over the past year that have explored different facets of the OAS permanent collection. The current exhibit looks at the collection through the prism of... |
| 2015_DC_OAS_Hidden | 16 | Art Museum of the Americas -- Exhibit: Hidden Identities
Hidden Identities: Paintings and Drawings by Jorge Tacla
On view October 22, 2015- January 31, 2016
ABOUT THE EXHIBITION
Curated by María José Bunster Baeza (Museo de la Memoria)
AMA | Art Museum of the Americas, in partnership with the Embassy of Chile in Washington, the Permanent Mission of... |
| 2010_DC_OAS_House | 22 | Art Museum of the Americas -- Exhibit: House of the Americas Turns 100 |
| 2017_DC_OAS_Landscapes | 7 | Art Museum of the Americas -- Exhibit: Human Landscapes
Human Landscapes
September 28 - November 26, 2017Organization of American States
The Organization of American States (OAS) AMA | Art Museum of the Americas, in collaboration with the Permanent Mission of Argentina to the OAS and the Embassy of Argentina in the United States, present Human Landscapes,... |
| 2016_DC_OAS_Eye | 32 | Art Museum of the Americas -- Exhibit: José Gómez Sicre’s Eye: Works from AMA’s Collection
José Gómez Sicre’s Eye: Works from AMA’s Collection at AMA | Art Museum of the Americas, OAS
August 18, 2016-August 6, 2017
A half-century ago, Cuban-born curator José Gómez-Sicre took the reins of the OAS’s art program, thrusting himself head-on into the rapidly expanding Latin American art world,... |
| 2014_DC_OAS_Modern | 39 | Art Museum of the Americas -- Exhibit: Modern and Contemporary Art in the Dominican Republic
Modern and Contemporary Art in the Dominican Republic: Works from the Customs Office Collection
On view October 16, 2014- February 1, 2015
Modern and Contemporary Art in the Dominican Republic: Works from the Customs Office Collection is an initiative of the Cultural Heritage Foundation of the... |
| 2010_DC_OAS_Mujeres | 26 | Art Museum of the Americas -- Exhibit: Mujeres en su Tinta
OAS Inaugurates Cartoon Exhibit “Mujeres en su Tinta”
The Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM), the Museum of Art of the Americas of the Organization of American States (OAS) and the Permanent Mission of Colombia to the hemispheric organization today inaugurated the exhibit, “Mujeres en su... |
| 2012_DC_OAS_NY | 22 | Art Museum of the Americas -- Exhibit: New York: Latin American and Spanish artists in New York
ÑEW YORK: Latin American and Spanish artists in New York
Curated by Paco Cano, Eva Mendoza Chandas and Jodie Dinapoli
February 16 - May 20, 2012
ABOUT THE EXHIBIT
Ñew York, featuring works by young, outstanding Latin American and Spanish artists residing in New York City commemorates a long lost... |
| 2013_DC_OAS_Common | 26 | Art Museum of the Americas -- Exhibit: On Common Ground
On Common Ground: Dominican Republic and Haiti
On View: February 13 - May 26, 2013
AMA | Art Museum of the Americas of the Organization of American States (OAS), in conjunction with the Embassies of the Dominican Republic and Haiti in Washington, D.C., is proud to present On Common Ground: Dominican... |
| 2008_DC_OAS_Niemeyer | 21 | Art Museum of the Americas -- Exhibit: Oscar Niemeyer
Celebrating his 100th Birthday with Major Exhibit at the Art Museum of the Americas
Oscar Niemeyer
September 10 - October 26, 2008
Regarded as one of the major contributors to the development of modern architecture, Oscar Niemeyer has produced roughly 700 public works in his homeland of Brazil and... |
| 2023_DC_OAS_Petrona | 20 | Art Museum of the Americas -- Exhibit: Petrona Viera: Endless creation
Petrona Viera: creación sin fin" (Petrona Viera: Endless creation)
On view June 15-September 27, 2023
The exhibition "Petrona Viera: creación sin fin" (Petrona Viera: Endless creation), at the Art Museum of the Americas (AMA), represents for Uruguay and for us, at the National Museum of Visual Arts... |
| 2023_DC_OAS_Picasso | 11 | Art Museum of the Americas -- Exhibit: Picasso: A Dialog with the Americas
Picasso: A Dialog with the Americas
June 6 - September 20, 2023
Six days after the death of Pablo Ruiz Picasso (b. 1881, d. 1973) at the age of 91, the OAS General Assembly adopted the Tribute to Pablo Picasso resolution, recognizing his "enormous influence on the contemporary art of the Americas,"... |
| 2019_DC_OAS_Pink | 33 | Art Museum of the Americas -- Exhibit: PINK Ranchos and Other Ephemeral Zip Codes
PINK Ranchos and Other Ephemeral Zip Codes
Carolina Mayorga
“There is no transnational truth to color perception... It is society that 'makes' color, defines it and gives its meaning." -Michel Pastoureau
The Organization of American States (OAS) AMA | Art Museum of the Americas proudly presents PINK... |
| 2019_DC_OAS_Soriano | 33 | Art Museum of the Americas -- Exhibit: Rafael Soriano: Cabezaz (Heads)
Rafael Soriano: Cabezaz (Heads)
On View: June 20-September 29, 2019
The OAS AMA | Art Museum of the Americas presents Rafael Soriano: Cabezas (Heads), a traveling exhibition of work by the Cuban-born painter, organized by The William Paterson University Galleries, organized and curated by Alejandro... |
| 2009_DC_OAS_Salmona | 36 | Art Museum of the Americas -- Exhibit: Rogelio Salmona: open spaces / collective spaces
Rogelio Salmona: open spaces / collective spaces
July 23 to September 30, 2009
The Art Museum of the Americas announces the opening of Rogelio Salmona: open spaces / collective spaces, the first U.S.exhibition devoted entirely to the work of celebrated Colombian architect Rogelio Salmona (1929-2007)... |
| 2019_DC_OAS_Roots | 61 | Art Museum of the Americas -- Exhibit: Roots of Peace: Carlos Páez Vilaró Works and Writings
Roots of Peace: Carlos Páez Vilaró Works and Writings
May 30 – September 8, 2019
The OAS AMA | Art Museum of the Americas and the Permanent Mission of Uruguay to the OAS in collaboration with Museo Taller de Casapueblo present Roots of Peace: Carlos Páez Vilaró Works and Writings, a retrospective... |
| 2023_DC_OAS_About_Woman | 43 | Art Museum of the Americas -- Exhibit: Sobre una mujer / About a Woman
Sobre una mujer / About a Woman
On view July 27-October 8, 2023
Curated by Elda Harrington and Silvia Mangialardi
The OAS AMA | Art Museum of the Americas and the FLA-Fundación Luz Austral, with the support of the Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM) Sobre una mujer (About a Woman), an exhibition... |
| 2009_DC_OAS_Space | 24 | Art Museum of the Americas -- Exhibit: Space, Unlimited
"Space, Unlimited" includes the work of seven contemporary artists who challenge the boundaries of physical, perceptual or psychological space. Through a variety of mediums, from painting and photography to assemblage and video, these artists defy expectations that may be traditionally imposed over the... |
| 2005_DC_OAS_Still_Life | 20 | Art Museum of the Americas -- Exhibit: Still Life Perspectives
Still Life Perspectives from the Collection
September 15-December 18, 2005
Still Life Perspectives is the third in a series of exhibits drawn from the museum’s permanent collection. Several years ago the museum loaned three paintings from its collection to an exhibit entitled Latin American Still... |
| 2015_DC_OAS_Streams | 24 | Art Museum of the Americas -- Exhibit: Streams of Being
Streams of Being: Selections from the Art Museum of the Americas
On view October 22, 2015- January 31, 2016
ABOUT THE EXHIBITION
Drawn from the permanent collection of AMA | Art Museum of the Americas, Streams of Beings brings to light a multiplicity of ideas and identities emerging within... |
| 2016_DC_OAS_Streams | 9 | Art Museum of the Americas -- Exhibit: Streams of Being
Streams of Being:
Selections from the Art Museum of the Americas
On view October 22, 2015 - January 31, 2016
ABOUT THE EXHIBITION
Drawn from the permanent collection of AMA | Art Museum of the Americas, Streams of Beings brings to light a multiplicity of ideas and identities emerging within... |
| 2009_DC_OAS_Disappeared | 16 | Art Museum of the Americas -- Exhibit: The Disappeared
The Disappeared
An exhibition organized by the North Dakota Museum of Art and curated by Founding Director Laurel Reuter
November 19, 2008 – January 25, 2009
ABOUT THE EXHIBIT
“To disappear” was newly defined during periods of military dictatorship in Latin America. “Disappear” evolved into a... |
| 2016_DC_OAS_Swindle | 32 | Art Museum of the Americas -- Exhibit: The Great Swindle: Works by Santiago Montoya
The Great Swindle: Works by Santiago Montoya at AMA | Art Museum of the Americas, OAS
October 20, 2016 - March 26, 2017
Washington, DC: The Organization of American States (OAS) AMA | Art Museum of the Americas in collaboration with the Halcyon Gallery, London present The Great Swindle: Works by... |
| 2018_DC_OAS_Transformers | 17 | Art Museum of the Americas -- Exhibit: Transformers
Transformers: New Contemporary Sculpture by Darío Escobar and Patrick Hamilton
Christian Viveros-Fauné, Curator
April 19 - July 8, 2018
Washington, DC: The Organization of American States (OAS) AMA | Art Museum of the Americas, in collaboration with Embassy of Chile in Washington, the Permanent... |
| 2015_DC_OAS_Waterweavers | 60 | Art Museum of the Americas -- Exhibit: Waterweavers
Waterweavers: The River in Contemporary Colombian Visual and Material Culture
On view June 24 - September 27, 2015
Organized by the Bard Graduate Center Gallery, New York City. Curated by José Roca, with Alejandro Martín.
This presentation of Waterweavers at the OAS AMA | Art Museum of the Americas... |
| 2011_DC_OAS_Wrestling | 58 | Art Museum of the Americas -- Exhibit: Wrestling with the Image: Caribbean Interventions
Wrestling with the Image: Caribbean Interventions
On view January 21–March 10, 2011
The Art Museum of the Americas (AMA) announces the opening of Wrestling with the Image: Caribbean Interventions, an exhibition of contemporary art from twelve Caribbean countries. Featuring work by artists from the... |
| 2016_DC_OAS_ArtXiomas | 86 | Art Museum of the Americas -- Exhibit: (Art)Xiomas - CUBAAHORA: The Next Generation
(Art)Xiomas - CUBAAHORA: The Next Generation
A Contemporary Cuban Art Exhibition at AMA | Art Museum of the Americas, OAS
Washington, D.C. June 9 - August 7, 2016
On June 9, 2016 AMA | Art Museum of the Americas of the OAS will present (Art)xiomas, a contemporary Cuban art exhibit organized with... |
| 2009_DC_SISG_KirbySG | 46 | Arthur M. Sackler Gallery -- Event: Michael Kirby's "Falnama" chalk art
Photographs over four days:
(Day 1) He starts with outlines.
(Day 2) He paints a base using paint mixed with sugar.
(Day 3) He's mostly done with it at this point. (I got there after he'd gone back to Baltimore for the day so he's not in these pictures.)
(Day 4) All done! He covers it with a... |
| 2017_AZ_Heard | 94 | AZ -- Phoenix -- Heard Museum |
| 2017_AZ_Heard_Vet | 20 | AZ -- Phoenix -- Heard Museum -- American Indian Veterans National Memorial
American Indian Veterans National Memorial
Service and sacrifice spanning more than three centuries are honored in the first and only known national memorial to American Indian veterans of many conflicts. The Memorial, located outside the Collector’s Room of the Heard Museum Shop, consists of several... |
| 2017_AZ_Heard_Harvey | 58 | AZ -- Phoenix -- Heard Museum -- Exhibit: Fred Harvey
Over the Edge: Fred Harvey at the Grand Canyon and in the Great Southwest
Through December 31, 2017
Deepen your knowledge of the Grand Canyon by making this exhibit your first stop on the way!
The Santa Fe Railway and its concessionaire, the Fred Harvey Company, were masters at creating a vision of... |
| 2017_AZ_Heard_School | 68 | AZ -- Phoenix -- Heard Museum -- Exhibit: Remembering Our Indian School Days
Remembering Our Indian School Days: The Boarding School Experience
The groundbreaking exhibition Remembering Our Indian School Days: The Boarding School Experience draws on first-person recollections, memorabilia and the writings and art of four generations of Indian school alumni to examine the... |
| 2017_AZ_PAM | 18 | AZ -- Phoenix Art Museum |
| 2017_AZ_PAM_Asian | 51 | AZ -- Phoenix Art Museum -- Asian Gallery |
| 2017_AZ_PAM_Europe | 74 | AZ -- Phoenix Art Museum -- Europe and Baroque |
| 2017_AZ_PAM_Border | 32 | AZ -- Phoenix Art Museum -- Exhibit: Border Crossings: Western American and Latin American Art
Border Crossings: Mexico and the American Southwest
May 27, 2017 - May 25, 2018
Border Crossings: Mexico and the American Southwest represents a cultural conversation between Mexico and the United States. Paul Pletka’s triptych introduces this installation, a monumental work inspired by Mexico’s... |
| 2017_AZ_PAM_Sport | 18 | AZ -- Phoenix Art Museum -- Exhibit: Good Sport
Good Sport
March 17, 2017 - September 3, 2017
Good Sport pays homage to the celebrated rites and rituals of athletic pursuits and their depiction in works of art throughout the ages. The exhibition draws upon works from the Museum’s collection, highlighting treasures by artists such as Alexander... |
| 2017_AZ_PAM_Schorr | 67 | AZ -- Phoenix Art Museum -- Exhibit: Selections from Schorr Collection
Selections from the Schorr Collection
April 26, 2017 - April 25, 2018
David and Hannah Lewis have spent four decades carefully and painstakingly amassing one of the most important collections of Old Master and 19th-century paintings in the world, and one of the largest private collections in the... |
| 2017_AZ_PAM_Sikh | 20 | AZ -- Phoenix Art Museum -- Exhibit: Virtue and Valor: Sikh Art and Heritage
Virtue and Valor: Sikh Art and Heritage
April 15, 2017 - November 5, 2017
Organized thematically, Virtue and Valor: Sikh Art and Heritage explores key aspects of Sikh religion and history. The exhibition features a broad swath of objects from The Khanuja Family Collection. Portraits of the gurus,... |
| 2017_AZ_PAM_Modern | 90 | AZ -- Phoenix Art Museum -- Modern and Contemporary Art |
| 2017_AZ_PAM_Curtis | 34 | AZ -- Phoenix Art Museum -- Philip C. Curtis: The New Deal and American Regionalism
Philip C. Curtis: The New Deal and American Regionalism
April 29, 2017 - May 20, 2018
Philip C. Curtis: The New Deal and American Regionalism explores the story of one of Arizona’s most historically-significant artists from a fresh point of view, placing the beloved painter’s works within the context... |
| 2017_AZ_PAM_Throne | 33 | AZ -- Phoenix Art Museum -- Throne Miniature Rooms |
| 2011_CA_MCASD_La_Jolla | 27 | CA -- La Jolla -- Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (MCASD) La Jolla |
| 2014_CA_Laguna_Art_Museum | 43 | CA -- Laguna Beach -- Laguna Art Museum |
| 2014_CA_Getty_Center | 2 | CA -- Los Angeles -- Getty Center
Another view from the road. I still haven't actually visited the place but some day! |
| 2015_CA_Getty_Center_Bldg | 22 | CA -- Los Angeles -- Getty Center -- Bldg |
| 2015_CA_Getty_Center_Garden | 31 | CA -- Los Angeles -- Getty Center -- Garden |
| 2015_CA_Getty_Center_Manu | 35 | CA -- Los Angeles -- Getty Center -- Manuscripts (Touching the Past)
Touching the Past:
The Hand and the Medieval Book:
July 7–September 27, 2015
In the Middle Ages, the hand (manus in Latin) had special status. It was considered the servant of the body and the primary organ of touch. Fingers had exceptional powers of expression and were even said to speak.... |
| 2015_CA_Getty_Center_OSculp | 20 | CA -- Los Angeles -- Getty Center -- Outside Sculpture |
| 2015_CA_Getty_Center_PaintR | 93 | CA -- Los Angeles -- Getty Center -- Painting (Religious) |
| 2015_CA_Getty_Center_Paint | 259 | CA -- Los Angeles -- Getty Center -- Paintings |
| 2015_CA_Getty_Center_Rooms | 161 | CA -- Los Angeles -- Getty Center -- Rooms |
| 2015_CA_Getty_Center_Sculp | 99 | CA -- Los Angeles -- Getty Center -- Sculpture |
| 2015_CA_Getty_Center_Vw | 8 | CA -- Los Angeles -- Getty Center -- Views from... |
| 2014_CA_Getty_Villa1 | 161 | CA -- Los Angeles -- Getty Villa -- 1st Floor |
| 2014_CA_Getty_Villa2 | 229 | CA -- Los Angeles -- Getty Villa -- 2nd Floor |
| 2014_CA_Getty_Villa3 | 101 | CA -- Los Angeles -- Getty Villa -- Building |
| 2013_CA_Oakland_MoC_Art | 91 | CA -- Oakland -- Oakland Museum of California -- Art |
| 2013_CA_Oakland_MoC_History | 116 | CA -- Oakland -- Oakland Museum of California -- History |
| 2014_CA_Crocker | 25 | CA -- Sacramento -- Crocker Art Museum |
| 2018_CA_Crocker_Gifts | 20 | CA -- Sacramento -- Crocker Art Museum -- Exhibit: Nature's Gifts: Early California Paintings from the Wendy Willrich Collection
Nature's Gifts
Early California Paintings from the Wendy Willrich Collection
April 22, 2018 — December 31, 2018
Bay Area art collector Wendy Willrich recently decided that the Crocker Art Museum should become the ultimate home for her collection of 41 early California paintings. The gift is... |
| 2018_CA_Crocker_Carrillo | 63 | CA -- Sacramento -- Crocker Art Museum -- Exhibit: Testament of the Spirit: Paintings by Eduardo Carrillo
Testament of the Spirit
Paintings by Eduardo Carrillo
June 24, 2018 — October 07, 2018
Eduardo Carrillo’s artwork has been described as mystical, realistic, surreal, and visionary. His imagery, whether grounded in the everyday world or infused with magical realism, reflects his relationship to his... |
| 2014_CA_Crocker_Crockers | 19 | CA -- Sacramento -- Crocker Art Museum -- Exhibit: The Crockers and Their Era |
| 2018_CA_Crocker_Crockers | 32 | CA -- Sacramento -- Crocker Art Museum -- Exhibit: The Crockers and Their Era |
| 2018_CA_Crocker_Cycle | 8 | CA -- Sacramento -- Crocker Art Museum -- Exhibit: The Cycle by Cyrus Tilton
The Cycle
by Cyrus Tilton
March 25, 2018 — July 15, 2018
Cyrus Tilton (1977–2017) grew up in a remote river valley northeast of Anchorage, Alaska, where vast expanses of open wilderness were always close at hand. After moving to the urban environment of Oakland, California, at age twenty-one, he grew... |
| 2014_CA_Crocker_Modern | 136 | CA -- Sacramento -- Crocker Art Museum -- Modern Section |
| 2018_CA_Crocker_Modern | 148 | CA -- Sacramento -- Crocker Art Museum -- Modern Section |
| 2014_CA_Crocker_Orig | 139 | CA -- Sacramento -- Crocker Art Museum -- Original Section |
| 2018_CA_Crocker_Orig | 71 | CA -- Sacramento -- Crocker Art Museum -- Original Section |
| 2022_CA_SDCCM | 46 | CA -- San Diego -- Balboa Park -- Comic-Con Museum |
| 2022_CA_SDCCM_Hemingway | 15 | CA -- San Diego -- Balboa Park -- Comic-Con Museum -- Exhibit: Becoming Hemingway (preview) |
| 2022_CA_SDCCM_Stevens | 110 | CA -- San Diego -- Balboa Park -- Comic-Con Museum -- Exhibit: Dave Stevens and the Rocketeer: Art For Arf’ Sake
Dave Stevens and the Rocketeer: Art For Arf’ Sake
Artist Dave Stevens’s greatest creation, The Rocketeer, has captivated generations of comic book and movie fans. But Stevens and his Bulldog Studios’s (E. Surplus Lickum) legacy of creating “art for arf ’sake” goes far beyond that series, as this... |
| 2022_CA_SDCCM_Archie | 101 | CA -- San Diego -- Balboa Park -- Comic-Con Museum -- Exhibit: Eight Decades Of Archie
Eight Decades Of Archie
Archie Comics will join Comic-Con International in launching their new Comic-Con Museum as one of the first exhibits as part of this weekend’s Comic-Con Special Edition in San Diego. “Eight Decades of Archie” will celebrate 80 years of Archie Comics and Riverdale hijinks.
This... |
| 2022_CA_SDCCM_PacMan | 26 | CA -- San Diego -- Balboa Park -- Comic-Con Museum -- Exhibit: PAC-MAN Arcade
PAC-MAN Arcade
Born on May 22, 1980, PAC-MAN immediately rose to meteoric popularity, first in video game arcades, then on the pop culture stage, and later through an array of branding and entertainment appearances throughout the 1980s and 1990s. With a worldwide brand recognition rate of over 90%,... |
| 2022_CA_SDCCM_Spider | 296 | CA -- San Diego -- Balboa Park -- Comic-Con Museum -- Exhibit: Spider-Man: Beyond Amazing – The Exhibition
Spider-Man: Beyond Amazing – The Exhibition
Opening July 1, 2022 thru January 1, 2023
From the moment he first appeared in the pages of 1962’s Amazing Fantasy #15 to his modern-day multimedia stardom, Spider-Man – the iconic creation of Stan Lee and Steve Ditko – has always stood out from (and... |
| 2011_CA_Mingei | 11 | CA -- San Diego -- Balboa Park -- Mingei International Museum |
| 2018_CA_Mingei | 3 | CA -- San Diego -- Balboa Park -- Mingei International Museum |
| 2019_CA_Mingei | 1 | CA -- San Diego -- Balboa Park -- Mingei International Museum |
| 2022_CA_Mingei | 24 | CA -- San Diego -- Balboa Park -- Mingei International Museum |
| 2022_CA_Mingei_People | 12 | CA -- San Diego -- Balboa Park -- Mingei International Museum -- Exhibit: Art of the People for the People
Art of the People for the People
Commons Level Installation
On View Sep 3, 2021 - Aug 14, 2022
Curated By Barbara Hanson Forsyth and Camille Bethune-Brown
The Museum’s free Commons Level will also feature selections from the Museum’s permanent collection. The art displayed establishes a connection... |
| 2022_CA_Mingei_Beaded | 27 | CA -- San Diego -- Balboa Park -- Mingei International Museum -- Exhibit: Beaded Africa
Colorful Culture
Beaded Africa
On View Sep 17, 2021 - Nov 6, 2022
Curated By Camille Bethune-Brown
In the King Gallery COLORFUL CULTURE: AFRICAN BEADS is an exhibition that spotlights the Museum's collection of beads and bead objects from across the continent of Africa.
Beads are central to the... |
| 2018_CA_Mingei_Israel | 36 | CA -- San Diego -- Balboa Park -- Mingei International Museum -- Exhibit: Israel: 70 Years of Craft & Design
Israel: 70 Years of Craft & Design
Apr 21, 2018 - Sep 03, 2018
In recognition and celebration of the 70-year anniversary of the founding of Israel, Mingei International Museum and Balboa Park’s House of Israel will collaborate on a retrospective exhibition highlighting the nation’s diverse and lively... |
| 2011_CA_Mingei_Neko | 28 | CA -- San Diego -- Balboa Park -- Mingei International Museum -- Exhibit: Maneki Neko
Maneki Neko: Japan's Beckoning Cats - From Talisman to Pop Icon
Mar 03, 2011 - Jan 05, 2012
This exhibition includes selections from a collection of 155 cats given to the Museum by collector Billie Moffitt. Made in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, each cat is unique. Most are made of clay, but... |
| 2022_CA_Mingei_Niki | 35 | CA -- San Diego -- Balboa Park -- Mingei International Museum -- Exhibit: Niki and Mingei
Niki and Mingei
On View Apr 8 - Oct 2, 2022
The exhibition Niki & Mingei will feature fantastic furniture and furnishings by French-American artist Niki de Saint Phalle.
Multimedia artist Niki de Saint Phalle is a long-beloved icon at Mingei. Saint Phalle's connection to the Museum goes back to her... |
| 2022_CA_Mingei_Moses | 72 | CA -- San Diego -- Balboa Park -- Mingei International Museum -- Exhibit: Paper Bag Hats by moses
Fold, Twist, Tie
Paper Bag Hats by moses
On View Apr 8 - Oct 2, 2022
Curated By Barbara Hanson Forsyth
This exhibition at Mingei International Museum features whimsical and sculptural paper hats made by self-taught artist, moses.
Self-taught artist moses is best known for his whimsical and... |
| 2022_CA_Mingei_Self | 99 | CA -- San Diego -- Balboa Park -- Mingei International Museum -- Exhibit: Self-Taught Artists
Taylor Gallery Installation
Self-Taught Artists
On View Nov 5, 2021 - Aug 28, 2022
The Taylor Gallery features folk art treasures made by self-taught artists from around the world. In this gallery, you’ll find objects bursting with creativity, from a fantastical parade of hand-stitched creatures to... |
| 2018_CA_Mingei_Student | 10 | CA -- San Diego -- Balboa Park -- Mingei International Museum -- Exhibit: Student Craft: Form and Function
Student Craft: Form and Function
May 19, 2018 - Aug 19, 2018
STUDENT CRAFT is a biennial, juried exhibition of craft work created by San Diego high school students during the 2017-2018 school year.
STUDENT CRAFT – Form and Function echoes the Museum’s mission by focusing on beautiful objects made... |
| 2018_CA_Mingei_Voluminous | 37 | CA -- San Diego -- Balboa Park -- Mingei International Museum -- Exhibit: Voluminous Art
Voluminous Art: Treasures from San Diego's University Libraries
Mar 10, 2018 - Sep 03, 2018
This spring, Mingei International Museum will shine a spotlight on the lesser-known libraries of UC San Diego, San Diego State University and University of San Diego.
VOLUMINOUS ART – Treasures from San... |
| 2018_CA_Mingei_Hawkins | 53 | CA -- San Diego -- Balboa Park -- Mingei International Museum -- Exhibit: William L. Hawkins
William L. Hawkins: An Imaginative Geography
Jun 09, 2018 - Aug 26, 2018
This traveling exhibition will present over 60 of Hawkins's exuberant paintings, drawings and sculptures.
Mingei International Museum presents WILLIAM L. HAWKINS – An Imaginative Geography, organized by the Figge Art Museum in... |
| 2006_CA_SDMA | 20 | CA -- San Diego -- Balboa Park -- San Diego Museum of Art |
| 2017_CA_SDMA | 37 | CA -- San Diego -- Balboa Park -- San Diego Museum of Art |
| 2022_CA_SDMA | 21 | CA -- San Diego -- Balboa Park -- San Diego Museum of Art |
| 2006_CA_SDMA_American | 25 | CA -- San Diego -- Balboa Park -- San Diego Museum of Art -- Exhibit: American Art |
| 2017_CA_SDMA_American | 47 | CA -- San Diego -- Balboa Park -- San Diego Museum of Art -- Exhibit: American Art
American Art
These galleries display a selection from the more than four thousand works of American art in the Museum’s collection.
Most American art movements are featured with paintings by major artists ranging from Asher B. Durand, Thomas Eakins, Mary Cassatt, George Bellows, and Georgia O’Keeffe,... |
| 2006_CA_SDMA_Devotion | 20 | CA -- San Diego -- Balboa Park -- San Diego Museum of Art -- Exhibit: Art of Devotion |
| 2017_CA_SDMA_Devotion | 41 | CA -- San Diego -- Balboa Park -- San Diego Museum of Art -- Exhibit: Art of Devotion
Art of Devotion
European Art: Devotion (1300 – 1800)
From the Early Medieval era to the Renaissance and Baroque eras, a large part of artistic production in Europe was in the service of the Roman Catholic Church. Religious institutions commissioned artists and architects to build and decorate places... |
| 2006_CA_SDMA_20th | 7 | CA -- San Diego -- Balboa Park -- San Diego Museum of Art -- Exhibit: Art of the 20th Century |
| 2017_CA_SDMA_20th | 37 | CA -- San Diego -- Balboa Park -- San Diego Museum of Art -- Exhibit: Art of the 20th Century
Art of the 20th Century
The first decades of the twentieth century witnessed a schism in the arts as painters and sculptors in Europe and the Americas began to break with academic traditions.
Rallying under the banner of expressive freedom and an independence from established institutions, these... |
| 2022_CA_SDMA_Americas | 41 | CA -- San Diego -- Balboa Park -- San Diego Museum of Art -- Exhibit: Art of the Americas
Art of the Americas
Ongoing exhibition
These galleries display a selection of works from the Museum’s collection of art from the Americas post 1900 displayed across themes exploring identities, spirituality, and social awareness.
The current installation takes a thematic rather than a chronological... |
| 2006_CA_SDMA_Portrait | 10 | CA -- San Diego -- Balboa Park -- San Diego Museum of Art -- Exhibit: Art of the Portrait |
| 2017_CA_SDMA_Portrait | 18 | CA -- San Diego -- Balboa Park -- San Diego Museum of Art -- Exhibit: Art of the Portrait
Art of the Portrait (1500 – 1850)
The development of the European portrait is traced in this gallery from Giorgione’s exquisite and revolutionary portrait of 1506 to Goya’s thoroughly modern Duque de la Roca of 1795. During the Renaissance in Italy and northern Europe, artists and patrons began to... |
| 2006_CA_SDMA_SAsia | 18 | CA -- San Diego -- Balboa Park -- San Diego Museum of Art -- Exhibit: Arts of South and Southeast Asia |
| 2017_CA_SDMA_SAsia | 36 | CA -- San Diego -- Balboa Park -- San Diego Museum of Art -- Exhibit: Arts of South and Southeast Asia
Arts of South and Southeast Asia
Arts of South and Southeast Asia ranges in date from the first to the nineteenth century AD.
The earliest works are mostly religious, relating to the ritual practices of Buddhism, Jainism, and Hinduism. Although each religion has a distinct set of gods and divinities,... |
| 2006_CA_SDMA_Backs | 4 | CA -- San Diego -- Balboa Park -- San Diego Museum of Art -- Exhibit: Backs |
| 2006_CA_SDMA_Genre | 9 | CA -- San Diego -- Balboa Park -- San Diego Museum of Art -- Exhibit: Genre and Myth |
| 2017_CA_SDMA_Genre | 38 | CA -- San Diego -- Balboa Park -- San Diego Museum of Art -- Exhibit: Genre and Myth
Genre and Myth (1550 – 1850)
This gallery highlights secular works of art, from “genre” paintings featuring scenes of daily life—including landscape, still life, and interiors—to historical subjects such as mythology and classical antiquity. While not religious in nature, many of these works have... |
| 2017_CA_SDMA_Expressionism | 8 | CA -- San Diego -- Balboa Park -- San Diego Museum of Art -- Exhibit: German Expressionism
German Expressionism
In 2011, the Museum received an extraordinary gift from the Estate of Vance E. Kondon and Liesbeth Giesberger: 48 exceptional works by the leaders of the German and Austrian avant-garde in the first half of the 20th century, including Otto Dix, George Grosz, Gustav Klimt and Egon... |
| 2017_CA_SDMA_MJapan | 22 | CA -- San Diego -- Balboa Park -- San Diego Museum of Art -- Exhibit: Modern Japan
Modern Japan
Through August 13, 2017
Prints from the Taisho Era (1912–1926) and Beyond
Combining modernity, scenic tranquility, and Japanese romantic fantasy, Modern Japan: Prints from the Taisho Era (1912–1926) and Beyond showcases several important and well-known Japanese artists and their works... |
| 2022_CA_SDMA_Monet | 138 | CA -- San Diego -- Balboa Park -- San Diego Museum of Art -- Exhibit: Monet to Matisse
Monet to Matisse
Impressionist Masterpieces from the Bemberg Foundation
March 19–August 7, 2022
The extraordinary works in this exhibition were collected by Georges Bemberg (1915–2011), the Argentine-French writer and musician who amassed one of the finest art collections in Europe. Today, the... |
| 2022_CA_SDMA_Confinement | 23 | CA -- San Diego -- Balboa Park -- San Diego Museum of Art -- Exhibit: Paintings from the Confinement
Paintings from the Confinement
Through August 28, 2022
This new installation in the American art galleries comprises 11 intimate egg tempera paintings by San Diego-based artist Marianela de la Hoz. The group of works all were created in 2020 to 2021 in response to the transformative circumstances... |
| 2017_CA_SDMA_Southwest | 6 | CA -- San Diego -- Balboa Park -- San Diego Museum of Art -- Exhibit: Picturing the Southwest
Picturing the Southwest
Through August 20, 2017
The natural beauty and temperate climate of the American Southwest have attracted artists since the nineteenth century.
Like the East Coast artists of the Hudson River School (whose work is featured in the American Art galleries), landscape painters in... |
| 2017_CA_SDMA_Monet | 11 | CA -- San Diego -- Balboa Park -- San Diego Museum of Art -- Exhibit: Reflections on Monet
Reflections on Monet
Through January 21, 2018
Visitors to The San Diego Museum of Art will have the special opportunity to experience the beauty and power of French Impressionism with a special viewing of Claude Monet’s 1904 painting Le Bassin de Nympheas. During the last two decades of his life,... |
| 2017_CA_SDMA_Deacon | 42 | CA -- San Diego -- Balboa Park -- San Diego Museum of Art -- Exhibit: Richard Deacon
Richard Deacon
Through September 4, 2017
What You See Is What You Get
Due to popular demand, the British artist’s first major American museum survey has been extended through Labor Day, September 4.
Richard Deacon: What You See Is What You Get is the renowned British artist’s first major museum... |
| 2022_CA_SDMA_Terra | 36 | CA -- San Diego -- Balboa Park -- San Diego Museum of Art -- Exhibit: TERRA: Fernando Casasempere
TERRA: Fernando Casasempere
On view April 29–September 5, 2022
Fernando Casasempere (b. 1958) moved to London from Santiago in 1997 with 12 tons of earth from his native Chile. He uses the earth as his medium as well his subject to explore ideas of landscape, architecture, and history with a... |
| 2022_CA_SDMA_Qingsong | 17 | CA -- San Diego -- Balboa Park -- San Diego Museum of Art -- Exhibit: Wang Qingsong: Social Mobility
Wang Qingsong: Social Mobility
Through August 14, 2022
Wang Qingsong is a Chinese artist who lives and works in Beijing and whose evocative large-scale photographs function as social commentary.
This collection of images is full of the artist’s satirical wit, attention to photographic detail, and... |
| 2009_CA_SD_Timken | 1 | CA -- San Diego -- Balboa Park -- Timken Museum of Art |
| 2019_CA_SD_Timken | 83 | CA -- San Diego -- Balboa Park -- Timken Museum of Art |
| 2017_CA_SDCC_Rabbitville | 44 | CA -- San Diego -- Rabbitville Hop-Up Gallery |
| 2011_CA_AAMSF_Bldg | 32 | CA -- San Francisco -- Asian Art Museum of San Francisco -- Building |
| 2011_CA_AAMSF_China | 153 | CA -- San Francisco -- Asian Art Museum of San Francisco -- China Collection |
| 2011_CA_AAMSF_Him | 36 | CA -- San Francisco -- Asian Art Museum of San Francisco -- Himilayas Collection |
| 2011_CA_AAMSF_Japan | 106 | CA -- San Francisco -- Asian Art Museum of San Francisco -- Japan Collection |
| 2011_CA_AAMSF_Korea | 20 | CA -- San Francisco -- Asian Art Museum of San Francisco -- Korea Collection |
| 2011_CA_AAMSF_Persia | 6 | CA -- San Francisco -- Asian Art Museum of San Francisco -- Persia Collection |
| 2011_CA_AAMSF_SAsia | 102 | CA -- San Francisco -- Asian Art Museum of San Francisco -- South Asia Collection |
| 2011_CA_AAMSF_SEAsia | 55 | CA -- San Francisco -- Asian Art Museum of San Francisco -- Southeast Asia Collection |
| 2011_CA_LegionO | 223 | CA -- San Francisco -- California Palace of the Legion of Honor -- Other |
| 2011_CA_LegionP | 262 | CA -- San Francisco -- California Palace of the Legion of Honor -- Paintings |
| 2011_CA_DeYoung | 21 | CA -- San Francisco -- de Young Museum
The performers and art workshop were part of a series called "Friday Nights at the de Young". |
| 2011_CA_DeYoung_Africa | 45 | CA -- San Francisco -- de Young Museum -- Africa |
| 2011_CA_DeYoung_Contemp | 82 | CA -- San Francisco -- de Young Museum -- Contemporary |
| 2011_CA_DeYoung_Meso | 86 | CA -- San Francisco -- de Young Museum -- Mesoamerica |
| 2011_CA_DeYoung_Guinea | 48 | CA -- San Francisco -- de Young Museum -- New Guinea/Oceania |
| 2011_CA_DeYoung_US | 294 | CA -- San Francisco -- de Young Museum -- US |
| 2011_CA_DeYoung_Vw | 31 | CA -- San Francisco -- de Young Museum -- Views from the Observation Deck
I didn't realize there was an observation deck until about an hour before the museum closed. It was probably the highlight of the visit. |
| 2018_CA_Schulz_Museum | 168 | CA -- Santa Rosa -- Charles M. Schulz Museum |
| 2018_CA_Schulz_Museum_Cases | 47 | CA -- Santa Rosa -- Charles M. Schulz Museum -- Cases
There are four cases display cases in the center of the second floor gallery which probably don't change much. They are (1) Early Years, (2) Getting Started, (3) Sporting Times, and (4) military. |
| 2018_CA_Schulz_Museum_Frank | 37 | CA -- Santa Rosa -- Charles M. Schulz Museum -- Exhibit: 50 Years of Franklin
50 Years of Franklin
January 13 through August 5, 2018
Upstairs Changing Gallery
Shortly after the assassination of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Los Angeles schoolteacher Harriet Glickman wrote to Charles Schulz about integrating the world of Peanuts. She believed that the popular comic strip... |
| 2018_CA_Schulz_Museum_Favs | 86 | CA -- Santa Rosa -- Charles M. Schulz Museum -- Exhibit: My Favorite Peanuts
My Favorite Peanuts: Reflections of Family and Friends
March 17, 2017 to September 16, 2018
Downstairs Changing Gallery
All Peanuts fans have a favorite character, storyline, or drawing. In this exhibition of original comic strips, photographs, and memories shared, Charles Schulz’s wife, Jean, their... |
| 2018_CA_Schulz_Museum_Sally | 106 | CA -- Santa Rosa -- Charles M. Schulz Museum -- Exhibit: The World According to Sally
The World According to Sally
May 23 through December 3, 2018
Strip Rotation Gallery
Sally Brown, Charlie Brown’s little sister, has a sweet innocent side, but also a more cynical view of life than most of the other characters in the Peanuts Gang. A favorite phrase of hers is, “Who cares?” and the... |
| 2018_CA_Schulz_Museum_Infl | 20 | CA -- Santa Rosa -- Charles M. Schulz Museum -- Influences |
| 2018_CA_Schulz_Gallery | 84 | CA -- Santa Rosa -- Charles M. Schulz Museum -- Snoopy's Gallery and Gift Shop |
| 2018_CA_Schulz_Museum_Stud | 30 | CA -- Santa Rosa -- Charles M. Schulz Museum -- Sparky's Studio
Schulz’s Re-created Studio
Charles Schulz’s studio was the center of his working life; a refuge, a place where he often talked with friends and fellow cartoonists … and the place where he created Peanuts.
This permanent installation, on the second floor of the Museum, is a re-creation of Schulz’s... |
| 2018_CA_Schulz_Museum_Time | 74 | CA -- Santa Rosa -- Charles M. Schulz Museum -- Timeline |
| 2018_CA_Schulz_Museum_Wrap | 14 | CA -- Santa Rosa -- Charles M. Schulz Museum -- Wrapped Snoopy House
Wrapped Snoopy House
An admirer of the extraordinary environmental artworks by Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Schulz paid tribute to the artists in a November 30, 1978 Peanuts comic strip.
Twenty-five years later, Christo returned the compliment by creating Wrapped Snoopy House, a life-sized doghouse... |
| 2018_CA_Schulz_Hockey | 26 | CA -- Santa Rosa -- Snoopy's Home Ice |
| 2006_CO_Denver_Art | 7 | CO -- Denver Art Museum |
| 2010_DC_Katzen | 26 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Art Center |
| 2011_DC_Katzen | 16 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Art Center |
| 2015_DC_Katzen | 52 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Art Center |
| 2016_DC_Katzen | 7 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Art Center
Sunset. |
| 2017_DC_Katzen | 10 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Art Center |
| 2021_DC_Katzen | 21 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center
Including COVID-19 signs. |
| 2022_DC_Katzen | 33 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center
Including COVID-19 signs and blue and yellow lights in support of Ukraine. |
| 2023_DC_Katzen | 7 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center |
| 2024_02_11A_Katzen | 4 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center |
| 2010_DC_KatzenX_2010B | 19 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2010B Early Spring Exhibitions
Pieces from these 2010 Early Spring exhibitions:
* Art Department: Student Exhibitions
* CausalityLabs: New Projects --> SHOWN SEPARATELY
* Pentimenti: After the Flood -- New Works by Don Kimes
* ANIMAR-TE: 20 Years of Computer Animation at U of Balearic Islands --> SHOWN... |
| 2010_DC_KatzenX_2010B_Animarte | 48 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2010B Early Spring Exhibit: ANIMAR-TE: 20 Years of Computer Animation at the University of the Balearic Islands
ANIMAR-TE: 20 Years of Computer Animation at the University of the Balearic Islands
March 23 through May 1
Organized in collaboration with the Embassy of Spain, this exhibition recognizes the work of the Digital Animation Department at the University of the Balearic Islands (Spain), an international... |
| 2010_DC_KatzenX_2010B_Causality | 13 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2010B Early Spring Exhibit: CausalityLabs: New Projects
CausalityLabs: New Projects
March 20 through May 2, 2010
Andy Holtin and Galo Moncayo, working together as CausalityLabs, create works that explore the nature of the world through a kind of mechanical theatre with humor and mimicry. Their collective works dig into materials and events to get at our... |
| 2010_DC_KatzenX_2010C | 25 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2010C Late Spring Exhibitions
Pieces from these 2010 Late Spring exhibitions:
* Georgia June Goldberg: Emergence --> SHOWN SEPARATELY
* inSPIRATion
* Emilie Brzezinski: Family Trees
* Santiago Sierra: NO, GLOBAL TOUR
inSPIRATion
May 8 through June 6, 2010
Programmed by emerging curators in AU's Arts Management program,... |
| 2010_DC_KatzenX_2010C_Emerge | 12 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2010C Late Spring Exhibit: Georgia June Goldberg, Emergence
Georgia June Goldberg, Emergence
May 4 through August 8, 2010
"Emergence," created specifically for the American University Museum, is the largest single installation in the museum’s sculpture garden. Consisting of white wooden rhomboids sheathed in ice-blue netting, Emergence creates a glittering... |
| 2010_DC_KatzenO_100508 | 15 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2010C Late Spring Opening Reception (Public) |
| 2010_DC_KatzenX_2010D | 123 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2010D Summer Exhibitions
Pieces from these 2010 Summer exhibitions:
* Good Things Come in Small Packages: The Collection of Elizabeth French
* Soaring Voices: Recent Ceramics by Women of Japan
* Gery de Smet: See Something, Say Something!
* Norse Soul: The Legacy of Edvar Munch, Social Democracy, Old Myths, Anarchy and... |
| 2010_DC_KatzenO_100612 | 38 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2010D Summer Opening Reception (Public) |
| 2010_DC_KatzenX_2010E | 30 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2010E Early Fall Exhibitions
Pieces from these 2010 Early Fall exhibitions:
* Alan Binstock: Way-stations --> SHOWN SEPARATELY
* BG Muhn: Love Affair of the Empress --> SHOWN SEPARATELY
* Luciano Penay: Time, News, Paintings, and Natural Forms
* RE-VISION: American University Alumni
Luciano Penay:
Time, News, Paintings,... |
| 2010_DC_KatzenX_2010E_Binstock | 41 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2010E Early Fall Exhibit: Alan Binstock: Way-stations
Alan Binstock: Way-stations
August 31 through October 24, 2010
Washington sculptor Alan Binstock will present a series of new works for the Sylvia Berlin Katzen Sculpture Garden integrating steel and glass to create monumental forms. |
| 2010_DC_KatzenX_2010E_Muhn | 12 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2010E Early Fall Exhibit: BG Muhn: Love Affair of the Empress
BG Muhn: Love Affair of the Empress
August 31 through October 17, 2010
BG Muhn’s first installation work is an ambitious and stunning series of invented “portraits” of mythical Chinese empresses. Using techniques ranging from deadpan official Chinese portrait style to a face composed of hundreds of... |
| 2010_DC_KatzenO_100911 | 104 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2010E Early Fall Opening Reception (Public)
Artists here include BG Muhn and Alan Binstock. |
| 2010_DC_KatzenX_2010F | 111 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2010F Late Fall Exhibitions
Pieces from these 2010 Late Fall exhibitions:
* Catalyst: 35 Years of Washington Project for the Arts
* Ed McGowin: Name Change (One Artist, Twelve Personas, Thirty Five Years). and
* Claudia DeMonte: Everyday Matters
Catalyst: 35 Years of Washington Project for the Arts
November 9 through... |
| 2010_DC_KatzenO_101113 | 13 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2010F Late Fall Opening Reception (Public) |
| 2011_DC_KatzenXT_Meyers_110212 | 46 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2011A Winter Artist Talk: Linn Meyers
Museum Gallery Talk with Linn Meyers:
"Linn Meyers: A Very Particular Moment" responds to the architecture of the museum by covering the walls with hand-drawn, repetitive, geometric lines, creating a hypnotic, meditative space. Meyers will discuss creating her largest temporary drawing to-date on a 23... |
| 2011_DC_KatzenX_2011A | 41 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2011A Winter Exhibitions
Pieces from these 2011 Winter exhibitions:
* Nicole Cohen: Driving in Circles
* The Dark and Humorous Mind of Heather Wilcoxon
* Dafna Kaffeman: What Could be Sweeter Than Going to Paradise?
* Julie Linowes: Stain
* Marisa Baumgartner: Grande Avenues
* Linn Meyers: A Very Particular Moment... |
| 2011_DC_KatzenX_2011A_Meyers | 10 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2011A Winter Exhibit: Linn Meyers: A Very Particular Moment
Linn Meyers: A Very Particular Moment
January 25 through March 13, 2011
This exhibition explores the artist’s process, culminating in Linn Meyers’ largest temporary drawing to date. Meyers will spend two weeks in the museum creating a 35-foot-tall drawing made with sinuous and twisting lines. The... |
| 2011_DC_KatzenO_110129 | 114 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2011A Winter Opening Reception (Public) |
| 2011_DC_KatzenX_2011B_Bravos | 34 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2011B Spring Exhibit: BRAVOS: Groundbreaking Spanish Design
BRAVOS: Groundbreaking Spanish Design
April 2 through May 15, 2011
BRAVOS introduces American audiences to new works by some of the most talented and successful young Spanish designers. The exhibition features 21 designers from throughout Spain, including internationally renowned Jaime Hayon and... |
| 2011_DC_KatzenX_2011B_MFA_1Yr | 22 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2011B Spring Exhibit: First Year MFA Student Exhibition 2011
Art Department Student Exhibitions 2011 -- First Year MFA Students
April 2 to April 15, 2011
Temme Barkin-Leeds
Michele Colburn
Joo Yeon Ha
Adam Hager
Tyler Mullan
Camden Place
Sam Scharf
Ben Tolman |
| 2011_DC_KatzenX_2011B_MFA_Thesis | 81 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2011B Spring Exhibit: MFA Thesis Exhibition
Art Department Student Exhibitions 2011 -- MFA Thesis Exhibition
April 23 to May 15, 2011
Emily Biondo
Jillian Bonahoom
Bobby Coleman
Michael Dotson
L. Kimberly Gillespie
Victoria Reeves Greising
Hedieh Javanshir Ilchi
Sarah Miller
Michael Sloan |
| 2011_DC_KatzenO_110402 | 54 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2011B1 Spring I Opening Reception (Public) |
| 2011_DC_KatzenO_110423 | 22 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2011B2 Spring II Opening Reception (Public) |
| 2011_DC_KatzenXT_110604 | 85 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2011C Summer Artist Talk: E.CO
E.CO Artist Talk with artists Iata Cannabrava from Brazil and Sergi Camara from Spain:
Join the American University Museum and artists Iata Cannabrava from Brazil and Sergi Camara from Spain in an artists' talk through the E.CO exhibition, photographic projects by twenty Latin American and European... |
| 2011_DC_KatzenX_2011C | 42 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2011C Summer Exhibitions
Pieces from these 2011 Summer exhibitions:
* E • CO
* Registro 02, Mirar por segunda vez
E • CO
June 4 through August 14, 2011
E • CO presents photographic projects by twenty Latin American and European photographic collectives, each tasked with crafting a visual essay about one of the most... |
| 2011_DC_KatzenO_110604 | 20 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2011C Summer Opening Reception (Public) |
| 2011_DC_KatzenX_2011D | 63 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2011D Fall Exhibitions
Pieces from these 2011 Fall exhibitions:
* Inner Piece: Works from the Collection of Heather and Tony Podesta
* Re-viewing Documentary: The Photographic Life of Louise Rosskam --> SHOWN SEPARATELY
* Wayne Barrar: An Expanding Subterra
* Gifts of Duncan Phillips
* Seismic Dream: Sculpture &... |
| 2011_DC_KatzenX_2011D_Rosskam | 22 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2011D Fall Exhibit: Re-viewing Documentary: The Photographic Life of Louise Rosskam
Re-viewing Documentary: The Photographic Life of Louise Rosskam
September 3 through December 14, 2011
This major retrospective examines the work of Louise Rosskam (1910-2003), an elusive pioneer of the golden age of American documentary photography. It highlights her poignant photographs of Southwest... |
| 2011_DC_KatzenX_2011D_Seismic | 15 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2011D Fall Exhibit: Seismic Dream: Sculpture & Sound Installation by Firestone & Buchanan
Seismic Dream: Sculpture & Sound Installation by Firestone & Buchanan
September 3 through December 14, 2011
Seismic Dream combines original sculpture, music scores and poetry into a ‘dreamscape’ experience, conveying a wavelike energy that disrupts the few references of reality within the Sylvia... |
| 2011_DC_KatzenXT_Smith_111029 | 94 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2011E Late Fall Artist Talk: Courtney Smith |
| 2011_DC_KatzenX_2011E_Spaces | 17 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2011E Late Fall Exhibit: Courtney Smith: Insatiable Spaces
Courtney Smith: Insatiable Spaces:
October 29 through December 14, 2011
Courtney Smith is known for her furniture-based sculpture and her investigation into the physical and psychological construction of interior spaces through the deconstruction of the domestic objects surrounding human life, which... |
| 2011_DC_KatzenX_2011E_Eisenman | 21 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2011E Late Fall Exhibit: Nicole Eisenman: Works on Paper:
Nicole Eisenman: Works on Paper:
October 29 through December 14, 2011
As John Yau observed in The Brooklyn Rail, Nicole Eisenman’s recent work "is a needed gust of fresh air in today’s I-wannabe-an-intellectual art world." Her works have great wit, visual elegance, and a thinking artist’s searing... |
| 2011_DC_KatzenO_111029 | 31 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2011E Late Fall Opening Reception (Public)
Includes photos of artists: Courtney Smith, Laura Katzman, and Beverly W. Brannan |
| 2012_DC_KatzenX_2012A | 32 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2012A Winter Exhibitions
Pieces from these 2012 Winter exhibitions:
* Raoul Middleman: City Limits --> SHOWN SEPARATELY
* Anil Revri: Faith and Liberation through Abstraction
* Gabarron's Roots
* Regarding Our Faculties: Zoë Charlton, Tim Doud, Deborah Kahn, and Luis Manuel Cravo Silva
* (additional) Kids @... |
| 2012_DC_KatzenX_2012A_Raoul | 85 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2012A Winter Exhibit: Raoul Middleman: City Limits
Raoul Middleman: City Limits
Saturday, January 28 – Sunday, March 18
Baltimore maestro Raoul Middleman’s nudes are not pretty—they are sagging, dimpled, and real. His cityscapes reveal the underbelly of post-industrial rot, his narrative paintings give contemporary life to his personal obsessions.... |
| 2012_DC_KatzenXT_Raoul_120211 | 61 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2012A Winter Gallery Talk: Raoul Middleman
Gallery Talk with Raoul Middleman |
| 2012_DC_KatzenO_120128 | 50 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2012A Winter Opening Reception (Public)
Several artists were there for this event: Anil Revri, Raoul Middleman, and Tim Doud. |
| 2012_DC_KatzenXT_120128 | 45 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2012A Winter Panel: Anil Revri
Anil Revri’s paintings function as aids to meditation, while at the same time the process of their creation is itself an act of meditation. They are beautiful, their craft is breathtaking, but their success depends on whether they further us, and the artist, along in the process of our own... |
| 2012_DC_KatzenX_2012B | 80 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2012B Spring Exhibitions
Pieces from these 2012 Spring exhibitions:
* Like • Comment • Share •
* In the Studio: A Capstone Exhibition
* Nine Degrees
* Lou Stovall: Vertical Views
* Floating World: 19th Century Japanese Woodblock Prints --> SHOWN SEPARATELY
* Tomokazu Matsuyama: Thousand Regards --> SHOWN... |
| 2012_DC_KatzenX_2012B_Floating | 30 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2012B Spring Exhibit: Floating World: 19th Century Japanese Woodblock Prints
Floating World: 19th Century Japanese Woodblock Prints
April 3 through May 20, 2012
Borrowed from the Sakai Collection of the Japan Ukiyoe Museum, the 70 prints, address themes of Sakura, US and Japan relations, and Japonism. This exhibition is supported by the Embassy of Japan and is part of the... |
| 2012_DC_KatzenX_2012B_Regards | 20 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2012B Spring Exhibit: Tomokazu Matsuyama: Thousand Regards
Tomokazu Matsuyama: Thousand Regards
April 3 through May 20, 2012
Japanese-born and New York-based artist Tomokazu Matsuyama combines traditional Edo and Meiji period imagery with contemporary motifs and patterning to blend Eastern and Western aesthetics. Matsuyama’s art is reflective of his own... |
| 2012_DC_KatzenX_2012C | 68 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2012C Summer Exhibitions
Pieces from these 2012 Summer exhibitions:
* Mexico: Expected/Unexpected
* Patrick Graham: Thirty Years—The Silence Becomes the Painting
* The Constant Artist
Mexico: Expected/Unexpected
June 9 through August 12, 2012
This exhibition of selected works from the Isabel and Agustín Coppel... |
| 2012_DC_KatzenX_2012D_Platforms | 10 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2012D Late Fall Exhibit: Platforms: Washington Sculpture Group
Platforms: Washington Sculpture Group
September 1 through December 16
Platforms is an outdoor sculpture exhibition presented in the Myrtle Berlin Katzen Scupture Garden curated by Jeff Spaulding and featuring the work of Damian Yanessa, Patrick McGowen, Kate Kauffman, Steven Jones, Linda Hesh, Robert... |
| 2012_DC_KatzenX_2012D_Olitski | 26 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2012D Late Fall Exhibit: Revelation: Major Paintings by Jules Olitski
Revelation: Major Paintings by Jules Olitski
September 15 through December 16
Widely regarded as one of America’s last classic modern painters, Jules Olitski (1922–2007) created brilliant color harmonies and chromatic shifts that became one of the hallmarks of Color Field painting. Olitski enjoyed... |
| 2013_DC_KatzenXT_Molod_130126 | 13 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2013A Winter Artist Talk: Andrei Molodkin |
| 2013_DC_KatzenXT_Bruskin_130126 | 32 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2013A Winter Artist Talk: Grisha Bruskin |
| 2013_DC_KatzenX_2013A | 21 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2013A Winter Exhibitions
Pieces from these 2013 Winter exhibitions:
* Susan Yanero
* Grisha Bruskin: H-Hour --> SHOWN SEPARATELY
* Andrei Molodkin: CRUDE --> SHOWN SEPARATELY
* Andrea Way: Retrospective 1982–2012
* The Fellows Converge: The Obstructions
Susan Yanero
January 26 through March 17, 2013
Former AU... |
| 2013_DC_KatzenX_2013A_Crude | 8 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2013A Winter Exhibit: Andrei Molodkin: CRUDE
Andrei Molodkin: CRUDE
January 26 through March 17, 2013
Andrei Molodkin is an internationally recognized contemporary Russian artist engaged in deconstructing the economic realities of geopolitical praxis. Consisting of his monumental ballpoint-pen drawings and his three-dimensional constructions... |
| 2013_DC_KatzenX_2013A_HHour | 99 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2013A Winter Exhibit: Grisha Bruskin: H-Hour
Grisha Bruskin: H-Hour
January 26 through March 17, 2013
Contemporary Russian artist Grisha Bruskin's new sculpture project H-Hour examines the myth of the enemy in very diverse manifestations: the hostile state, class enemy, enemy of the subconscious, 'the other' as enemy, time, chronos and death as... |
| 2013_DC_KatzenO_130126 | 48 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2013A Winter Opening Reception (Public)
Join artists and curators for the 2013 winter Artists' Reception from 6-9 p.m. Light refreshments will be served. The night will include a gallery talk by artists Grisha Bruskin at 5 p.m. and Andrei Molodkin at 6 p.m.
Pictures here include several of the artists -- Andrea Way and Susan Yanero. |
| 2013_DC_KatzenX_2013B_Haner | 9 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2013B Spring Exhibit: Lee Haner: Mischief
Lee Haner: Mischief
April 6 through May 26, 2013
Recent mixed-media works by a reclusive master. Balanced between representation and abstraction, painting and sculpture, the exhibition is inspired by the land and first peoples of the American Southwest. |
| 2013_DC_KatzenX_2013B_Borges | 14 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2013B Spring Exhibit: Painting Borges: Art Interpreting Literature
Painting Borges: Art Interpreting Literature
April 6 through May 26, 2013
Argentinean Jorge Luis Borges is one of the most prominent and profoundly philosophical literary figures of the twentieth century. Sixteen visual artists interpret twelve stories by Borges, organized according to three topics:... |
| 2013_DC_KatzenX_2013B_App | 8 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2013B Spring Exhibit: Timothy App: The Aesthetics of Precision, Forty-Five Years of Painting
Timothy App: The Aesthetics Of Precision, Forty-Five Years Of Painting
April 6 through May 26, 2013
Timothy App’s signature style of geometric abstraction reveals a concise and considered understanding of the nature of painting, visual tension, and persistence. The exhibition brings together various... |
| 2013_DC_KatzenO_130406 | 18 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2013B Spring Opening Reception (Public)
Includes photos of the artist Timothy App. |
| 2013_DC_KatzenXT_Mont_130629 | 33 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2013C Summer Artist Talk: Nan Montgomery |
| 2013_DC_KatzenX_2013C_Klaidman | 12 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2013C Summer Exhibit: Kitty Klaidman: Beneath the Surface
Kitty Klaidman: Beneath The Surface
June 15 through August 11, 2013
Recent mixed media paintings by Washington, D.C., artist Kitty Klaidman. In these paintings, richly colored acrylic pigment is applied on wood panels covered with molding paste that has been incised with organic patterns. They are... |
| 2013_DC_KatzenX_2013C_Montgomery | 9 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2013C Summer Exhibit: Nan Montgomery: Opposite and Alternate
Nan Montgomery: Opposite And Alternate
June 15 through August 11, 2013
Recent oil paintings by Washington, D.C., artist Nan Montgomery. Throughout her career, Montgomery’s basic signature has been the use of color as communication, the interest in the painted surface and a minimalist aesthetic. The... |
| 2013_DC_KatzenX_2013C_Raya | 8 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2013C Summer Exhibit: Raya Bonardchuk: Form
Raya Bodnarchuk: Form
June 15 through August 11, 2013
Raya Bodnarchuk’s sculpted animals and people are beautifully and carefully observed, the mature work of a master of many different media. Trained at the Rhode Island School of Art and Design and the Rinehart School of Sculpture at the Maryland... |
| 2013_DC_KatzenX_2013C_Tate | 10 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2013C Summer Exhibit: Tim Tate: Sleepwalker
Tim Tate: Sleepwalker
June 15 through August 11, 2013
Tim Tate is Washington, DC’s best known contemporary glass artist, but his latest work has moved toward video installations. Rich in symbol, metaphor, movement, and mystery, videos, like dreams, enable us to participate in another reality and,... |
| 2013_DC_KatzenXT_Visit_131109 | 56 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2013D Late Fall Artist Talk: Hilary Harnischfeger and Tracy Miller
Join artists Tracy Miller and Hilary Harnischfeger with curator Tim Doud in a gallery talk about the Visiting Artist Series, on exhibit through December 15. |
| 2013_DC_KatzenXT_Tsibi_131109 | 10 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2013D Late Fall Artist Talk: Tsibi Geva
Gallery Talk with Tsibi Geva |
| 2013_DC_KatzenX_2013D_Bisese | 18 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2013D Late Fall Exhibit: Ed Bisese: Alive
Ed Bisese: Alive
November 5 to December 15, 2013
Ed Bisese, a landscape architect based in College Park, Maryland, is known for large-scale painted portraits, oversized heads, and walk-in sculpture made of everyday materials. His work is hilarious and contemplative, poking at the tenuous relationship... |
| 2013_DC_KatzenX_2013D_Dorazio | 5 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2013D Late Fall Exhibit: Joel D'orazio: Pull Up A Chair
Joel D'orazio: Pull Up A Chair
November 5 to December 15, 2013
Joel D’Orazio began his career as an architect more than 25 years ago, but recently shifted to art, painting on panels and creating mixed media works, sculpture, and digital art using found and donated objects. This exhibition focuses on... |
| 2013_DC_KatzenX_2013D_Brotman | 3 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2013D Late Fall Exhibit: Lisa Montag Brotman: What Can I Say?
Lisa Montag Brotman: What Can I Say?
November 5 to December 15, 2013
Lisa Montag Brotman sees herself as a “reporter and interpreter of human emotions.” Brotman says: “In my paintings and drawings, I express a personal vision of a universe that is somewhat askew. My work focuses on psychological... |
| 2013_DC_KatzenX_2013D_Siberia | 15 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2013D Late Fall Exhibit: Siberia In The Eyes Of Russian Photographers
Siberia In The Eyes Of Russian Photographers
November 5 to December 15, 2013
The exhibition presents unknown Siberia as photographed by Russians. These photographs, many shown in the West for the first time, span more than 150 years, between the 1860s and 2011. This is a history of Siberia and a... |
| 2013_DC_KatzenX_2013D_Visiting | 20 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2013D Late Fall Exhibit: Visiting Artists Series w/Hilary Harnischfeger And Tracy Miller
Visiting Artists Series
November 5 to December 15, 2013
The AU Art Department brings two Brooklyn-based artists to campus to teach and exhibit. Curated by Studio Art professor Tim Doud.
Hilary Harnischfeger:
Hilary Harnischfeger makes wall-mounted compositions as well as sculptures. She employs... |
| 2013_DC_KatzenO_131109 | 19 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2013D Late Fall Opening Reception (Public)
Join artists Tracy Miller and Hilary Harnischfeger with curator Tim Doud. |
| 2014_DC_KatzenX_2014A | 121 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2014A Winter Exhibitions
Pieces from these 2014 Winter exhibitions:
* Agustín Fernández: Ultimate Surrealist
* Washington Art Matters II: 1940s-1980s
* Sightlines: Ann Pibal, Jill Downen
Agustín Fernández: Ultimate Surrealist
January 25 to March 16, 2014
The work of Agustín Fernández is most recognizable for its... |
| 2014_DC_KatzenXT_Kuspit_140125 | 42 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2014A Winter Gallery Talk: Donald Kuspit on Agustin Fernandez
Gallery Talk: Donald Kuspit on Agustin Fernandez
The work of Agustin Fernandez is most recognizable for its ambiguous and precariously balanced forms, erotic overtones, surreal juxtapositions, and metallic palette. Inspired by the demands of survival in an urban environment and the mundane objects that... |
| 2014_DC_KatzenO_140125 | 56 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2014A Winter Opening Reception (Public) |
| 2014_DC_KatzenX_2014B | 88 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2014B1 Spring I Exhibitions
Pieces from these 2014 Spring exhibitions:
* Double Mirror: Korean-American Artists
* MFA Studio Art Exhibitions
* MYND ALIVE: BK Adams. I AM ART
* In Residence Colloquium: The Neighbors
* Brink and Boundary
* Sightlines
Double Mirror: Korean-American Artists
April 1 – June 1,... |
| 2014_DC_KatzenO_140405 | 30 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2014B1 Spring I Opening Reception (Public) |
| 2014_DC_KatzenX_2014B2 | 87 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2014B2 Spring II Exhibitions
Perambulators: 2014 MFA Thesis Exhibition
April 26 – May 12, 2014
American University's Department of Art proudly presents the work of MFA Thesis candidates in the late spring exhibition Perambulators. The multidisciplinary Studio Art program showcases an exciting range of artwork including works in... |
| 2014_DC_KatzenO_140426 | 24 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2014B2 Spring II Opening Reception (Public) |
| 2014_DC_KatzenX_2014C | 128 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2014C Summer Exhibitions
Pieces from these 2014 Summer exhibitions:
* The Franz and Virginia Bader Fund: Second Act
* Continental Drift (Being Here and Being There)
* Passionate Collectors: The Washington Print Club at 50
* Syzygy
The Franz and Virginia Bader Fund: Second Act
June 14 – August 17, 2014
Conceived by... |
| 2014_DC_KatzenO_140614 | 8 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2014C Summer Opening Reception (Public) |
| 2014_DC_KatzenX_2014D_Ramos | 20 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2014D Early Fall Exhibit: Bridging the Past, Present, and Future: Recent Works by Sandra Ramos
Bridging the Past, Present, and Future: Recent Works by Sandra Ramos
September 6 through October 19, 2014
Curated by Diane Camber, this exhibition is comprised of prints, video, collage, and installations created by Cuban artist Sandra Ramos. This artist reflects on the conflicting experiences of... |
| 2014_DC_KatzenX_2014D_Memorial | 13 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2014D Early Fall Exhibit: Memorial Modeling: Peter Belyi and Petr Shvetsov
Memorial Modeling: Peter Belyi and Petr Shvetsov
September 6 through October 19, 2014
Funding for this exhibition is provided by the Initiative for Russian Culture
The installations created by Peter Belyi and Petr Shvetsov refer to a specific doctrine of so-called 'monumental propaganda' that the... |
| 2014_DC_KatzenX_2014D_Readymade | 1 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2014D Early Fall Exhibit: Readymade@100
Readymade@100
September 6 through October 19, 2014
Curated by artist, art theorist, and Corcoran College of Art and Design professor Mark Cameron Boyd, Readymade@100 celebrates the 100th anniversary of Marcel Duchamp's readymade concept. This juried exhibition includes contemporary artist's... |
| 2014_DC_KatzenXT_Lay_141108 | 37 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2014E Late Fall Artist Talk: Alan Sonfist and Karin F. Giusti
Gallery Talk: Lay of the Land (Updated 10/30)
Join artists Alan Sonfist and Karin F. Giusti for a discussion of their joint exhibition, Lay of the Land: Surface Memory by Alan Sonfist and Three Season at Black Forest Farm by Karin Giusti. This event is free and open to the public. The late fall artists... |
| 2014_DC_KatzenX_2014E_Land | 22 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2014E Late Fall Exhibit: Lay of the Land: Alan Sonfist & Karin F. Gusti
Lay of the Land: Alan Sonfist & Karin F. Gusti
November 8 through December 14, 2014
This joint exhibition includes the work of Alan Sonfist (Surface Memory) and Karin F. Giusti (Three Seasons at Black Forest Farm).
Alan Sonfist created Surface Memory in 1967-1971 to elucidate his childhood memories... |
| 2014_DC_KatzenX_2014E_Oyster | 1 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2014E Late Fall Exhibit: My Oyster #7: Michelle Grabner & Brad Killam
My Oyster #7: Michelle Grabner & Brad Killam
November 8 through December 14, 2014
The My Oyster projects are a collaboration between Michelle Grabner and Brad Killam, a husband and wife pair working together since 1992. For their My Oyster series, Grabner and Killam employ a large hanging support... |
| 2014_DC_KatzenX_2014E_Prague | 22 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2014E Late Fall Exhibit: Prague, the City of Eugenic Minds
Prague, the City of Eugenic Minds
November 8 through December 14, 2014
The Eugenic Minds project, comprised of a documentary by Pavel Stingl, animations and paintings by Xenia Hoffmeisterová, and literary artwork by Patrik Ou?edník, offers timeless meditation upon the abuse of the human pinnacles of... |
| 2014_DC_KatzenX_2014E_Sculpture | 8 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2014E Late Fall Exhibit: Sculpture Now 2014: WSG 30th Anniversary
Sculpture Now 2014: WSG 30th Anniversary
November 8 through December 14, 2014
Funding for this exhibition is provided by the Initiative for Russian Culture
The Washington Sculptors Group celebrates its 30th anniversary by bringing together a diverse collection of current sculptural art. The notion of... |
| 2014_DC_KatzenX_2014E_Diebenkorn | 7 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2014E Late Fall Exhibit: The Intimate Diebenkorn: Works on Paper, 1949-1992
The Intimate Diebenkorn: Works on Paper, 1949-1992
November 8 through December 14, 2014
The Intimate Diebenkorn: Works on Paper: 1949-1992 is the first show produced by the Diebenkorn Foundation. This extraordinary exhibition features 40 pieces, most of which have never been publicly viewed. The... |
| 2014_DC_KatzenO_141108 | 13 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2014E Late Fall Opening Reception (Public) |
| 2015_DC_KatzenXT_Levenson_150124 | 40 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2015A Winter Artist Talk: Silvia Levenson
Introductions were made by Cecilia Nahón, Ambassador of the Argentine Republic to the United States of America |
| 2015_DC_KatzenX_2015A_Byington | 25 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2015A Winter Exhibit: Dean Byington: Buildings Without Shadows
Dean Byington: Buildings Without Shadows
January 24 through March 15, 2015.
Composed of a dense profusion of original and appropriated images, Dean Byington's paintings recall surrealist collage and the assemblage and psychedelic aesthetic that began in the late 1950s and early 1960s in the San... |
| 2015_DC_KatzenX_2015A_Identidad | 18 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2015A Winter Exhibit: Identidad by Silvia Levenson
Identidad by Silvia Levenson
January 24 through March 15, 2015.
In her exhibition Identidad, Silvia Levenson channels her identity as a survivor of the Argentinian Dirty War and her emotional connection to the Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo in order to push the bounds of her skills as a glassmaker... |
| 2015_DC_KatzenX_2015A_Sourced | 1 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2015A Winter Exhibit: Locally Sourced
Locally Sourced
January 24 through March 15, 2015
Curated by Victoria Reis, Transformer
The first in the Do You Know Where Your Art Comes From? four-part exhibition series curated by Victoria Reis, Executive & Artistic Director of Transformer, and presented at American University's Katzen Art Center... |
| 2015_DC_KatzenX_2015A_Plattner | 22 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2015A Winter Exhibit: Phyllis Plattner: Gods of War!
Phyllis Plattner: Gods of War!
January 24 through March 15, 2015
Some wage war in the name of God. All fight with the belief that God is on their side. Phyllis Plattner's art is a painted meditation, appropriating images of war and religion from art history and photojournalism to contrast the... |
| 2015_DC_KatzenO_150124 | 30 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2015A Winter Opening Reception (Public)
Including some photos of the artist Phyllis Plattner. |
| 2015_DC_KatzenX_2015B_Kravitz | 7 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2015B Spring I Exhibit: Drawings: Walter Kravitz
Drawings: Walter Kravitz
April 4 through May 24, 2015
Walter Kravitz brought his passion for aesthetics and innovative concepts from Chicago to Washington nearly thirty years ago. His drawings and installations have evolved into explorations of the way events happen in the natural world. His lines... |
| 2015_DC_KatzenX_2015B_Noto | 12 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2015B Spring I Exhibit: Sam Noto, Steel Sculpture: Anxiety and Hope
Sam Noto, Steel Sculpture: Anxiety and Hope
September 6, 2014, through March 15, 2015
In his large steel constructions, largely made of found materials, Sam Noto allows his materials to generate form and occupy space in a dynamic way. This sculpture exhibition is both serious and playful and expresses... |
| 2015_DC_KatzenX_2015B_Goldstein | 8 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2015B Spring I Exhibit: Transcription of Blue: Guy Goldstein
Transcription of Blue: Guy Goldstein
April 4 through May 24, 2015
As both a visual artist and musician, I am fascinated by the transitions between media -- attempts to convert and translate actions through one medium to another. This project continues my ongoing occupation with the relationship... |
| 2015_DC_KatzenX_2015B_Ramesh | 17 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2015B Spring I Exhibit: V. Ramesh: Remembrances of Voices Past
V. Ramesh: Remembrances of Voices Past
April 4 through May 24, 2015
For V. Ramesh, an act of devotion seems not only an apt social response to existential tragedies, but also a quest for freedom. As a painter he attempts to find an appropriate language and devise strategies to find an equivalency to... |
| 2015_DC_KatzenX_2015B_Glue | 14 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2015B Spring I Exhibit: YES! Glue: A Half-Century of Collage by Bruce and Jean Conner
YES! Glue: A Half-Century of Collage by Bruce and Jean Conner
April 4 through May 24, 2015
Collage played a prominent and happily subversive role in the history of 20th century art; subversive because it undermined distinctions between "high" and "low" art by appropriating mass-produced images.... |
| 2015_DC_KatzenX_2015B_MFA_1Yr | 38 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2015B Spring I Exhibit: [Insert Non-Pretentious Title Here]: MFA First Year Exhibition
[Insert Non-Pretentious Title Here]: MFA First Year Exhibition
April 4 through April 19, 2015
American University’s Department of Art presents the work of current MFA candidates in their first year of the Studio Arts program. [Insert Non-Pretentious Title Here] is a compilation of works from American... |
| 2015_DC_KatzenXT_Goldst_150404 | 8 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2015B Spring I Gallery Talk: Guy Goldstein |
| 2015_DC_KatzenX_2015B_MFA_Thesis | 29 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2015B Spring II Exhibit: Blueprint: MFA Thesis Exhibition
Blueprint: MFA Thesis Exhibition
On view April 25 – May 10
American University’s Department of Art proudly presents their Masters of Fine Art Thesis candidates: Nathan Mullins, Ayad Almissouri, Angelina Samudre, Jenny Wu, Mandy Cooper, Michael Holt, Robert Yi, Tim Hoyt. This exhibition showcases an... |
| 2015_DC_KatzenX_2015B_Lost | 6 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2015B Spring II Exhibit: Lost and Found: Young Art from Lithuania
Lost and Found: Young Art from Lithuania
On view April 25 – May 24
The MFA Curatorial Practice students from American University and Vilnius Academy of Arts (VAA) in Lithuania present a unique project as a part of an educational and artistic exchange between the two universities: Lost and Found: Young... |
| 2015_DC_KatzenX_2015B_Stone | 13 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2015B Spring II Exhibit: Stone, Silence and Speech: Sculptures by Sy Gresser
Stone, Silence and Speech: Sculptures by Sy Gresser
Curated by Ori Z. Soltes
On view April 25 – August 16
Over more than six decades, Sy Gresser (1926-2014) wrestled with issues and ideas that define humanity. Beginning as a poet, he metamorphosed into a sculptor of stone and wood. If nothing is more... |
| 2015_DC_KatzenO_150404 | 20 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2015B1 Spring I Opening Reception (Public)
Including V. Ramesh with one of his favorite pieces. |
| 2015_DC_KatzenO_150425 | 5 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2015B2 Spring II Opening Reception (Public) |
| 2015_DC_KatzenXT_Atomic70_150805 | 115 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2015C Summer Closing: Commemorating the 70th Anniversary of the Atomic Bombings
In commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the Atomic Bombings at Hiroshima and Nagasaki, this evening will include testimony by two Hibakushi (survivors of the atomic bombings) and a piano and choral performance by the children of Little Friends of Peace.
Program (in sequence):
* Melvin Hardy
*... |
| 2015_DC_KatzenX_2015C_Atomic | 244 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2015C Summer Exhibit: Hiroshima-Nagaski: Atomic Bomb Exhibition
Hiroshima-Nagaski: Atomic Bomb Exhibition
June 13 through August 16, 2015
In commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the attacks, this powerful show will include 20 artifacts collected from the debris of the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki as well as 6 large folding screens that depict... |
| 2015_DC_KatzenX_2015C_Outliers | 15 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2015C Summer Exhibit: Outliers: Kurt Godwin and Betsy Packard
Outliers: Kurt Godwin and Betsy Packard
June 13 through July 26, 2015
Curated by J.W. Mahoney, Outliers is a dialogue between two Washington-area artists who have been working outside the boundaries of mainstream contemporary art for over three decades. These artists have effectively transformed... |
| 2015_DC_KatzenX_2015C_Winslow | 33 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2015C Summer Exhibit: Realism Transformed: John Winslow's Wild New World
Realism Transformed: John Winslow's Wild New World
June 13 through July 26, 2015
In the early to mid 1980s masterful Washington realist John Winslow engineered a series of stunning changes in his work: Precisely defined spaces became ambiguous, right angles became swooping curves, and once-static... |
| 2015_DC_KatzenX_2015C_Ziedins | 51 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2015C Summer Exhibit: Visvaldis Ziedins: Travels in the Imagination
Visvaldis Ziedins: Travels in the Imagination
June 13 through July 26, 2015
Working quietly and in near obscurity during the dark days of the Latvian Soviet period, artist Visvaldis Ziedins amassed a remarkable body of over 3,000 works. This survey brings his witty assemblages, sculptures, collages... |
| 2015_DC_KatzenXT_AtomicT_150805 | 53 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2015C Summer Gallery Talk: Hiroshima-Nagaski: Atomic Bomb Exhibition
Hiroshima-Nagaski: Atomic Bomb Exhibition
June 13 through August 16, 2015
In commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the attacks, this powerful show will include 20 artifacts collected from the debris of the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki as well as 6 large folding screens that depict... |
| 2015_DC_KatzenXT_Ziedins_150612 | 62 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2015C Summer Gallery Talk: Visvaldis Ziedins exhibit
Reception & Preview of Visvaldis Ziedins: Travels in the Imagination:
Join the exhibit preview with remarks by the Ambassador of the Republic of Latvia H.E. Andris Razans. Visvaldis Ziedins exhibit Travels in the Imagination is part of Latvian Presidency of the Council of the European Union public... |
| 2015_DC_KatzenO_150612 | 11 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2015C Summer Opening Reception (Member) |
| 2015_DC_KatzenXT_Decision_150623 | 53 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2015C Summer Panel Discussion: Decision to Drop the Atomic Bomb
Hiroshima-Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Exhibition: Decision to Drop the Atomic Bomb
This film screening and symposium will bring together a panel of prominent historians to reflect on the decision to drop the atomic bombs and its implications. Free and open to the public.
Film screening of "The Bomb" from... |
| 2015_DC_KatzenXT_Remember_150616 | 151 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2015C Summer Panel Discussion: To Remember and Reflect
Panel Discussion: To Remember and Reflect:
In conjunction with the Hiroshima-Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Exhibition, this panel brings together several artists who have addressed war-related suffering in their own work. Panelists include Kristine Yuki Aono, Kitty Klaidman, Miriam Morsel Nathan, and Aida... |
| 2015_DC_KatzenX_2015D_10Years | 29 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2015D Early Fall Exhibit: 10th Year Wall |
| 2015_DC_KatzenX_2015D_Blood | 8 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2015D Early Fall Exhibit: Blood Mirror
Blood Mirror
September 12 through October 18, 2015
Blood Mirror, organized by artist Jordan Eagles, seeks to create an open dialogue and effect change around the US Food & Drug Administration's current discriminatory policy on blood donations from gay and bisexual men.
In 2015, Jordan Eagles... |
| 2015_DC_KatzenX_2015D_Knodel | 51 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2015D Early Fall Exhibit: Gerhardt Knodel: Let the Games Begin!
Gerhardt Knodel: Let the Games Begin!
September 12 through October 18, 2015
In Gerhardt Knodel’s latest work, gaming-based strategies provide both a visual and conceptual point of entry. Like game playing, involvement often yields unexpected consequences. Approached as pure entertainment, games can... |
| 2015_DC_KatzenX_2015D_Shaffer | 40 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2015D Early Fall Exhibit: Mary Shaffer: Reflections and Contradictions
Mary Shaffer: Reflections and Contradictions
September 12 through October 18, 2015
Influential sculptor Mary Shaffer creates a site-specific glass and metal “tool-wall” installation for her solo-exhibition to feature her fascination with discarded tools. "I take lovingly crafted, hand-forged tools —... |
| 2015_DC_KatzenX_2015D_Pulse | 43 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2015D Early Fall Exhibit: Pulse of the Future
Pulse of the Future
September 12 through October 18, 2015
Contemporary Chinese Art captured the world's attention in the 1980s. Now the next generation is coming of age and staking its own claim for artistic precedence. |
| 2015_DC_KatzenX_2015D_McConnell | 11 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2015D Early Fall Exhibit: Walter McConnell: Itinerant Edens
Walter McConnell: Itinerant Edens
September 12 to October 18, 2015
A series of male figures derived from familial models are central to Walter McConnell’s installation Of Fable and Facsimile. Rendered in moist, unfired clay and sealed in terrarium-like plastic enclosures, McConnell’s earthen bodies... |
| 2015_DC_KatzenO_150911 | 96 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2015D Early Fall Opening Reception (Member)
Artists who spoke tonight included Walter McConnell, Gerhardt Knodel, and Mary Shaffer. The contemporary Chinese art community was represented by artists Shaowei Deng and Jie Wang, and BG Muhn helped the delegation. |
| 2015_DC_KatzenO_150912 | 65 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2015D Early Fall Opening Reception (Public)
Artists who spoke tonight included Gerhardt Knodel and Mary Shaffer. The contemporary Chinese art community was represented by artists Shaowei Deng and Jie Wang, and BG Muhn helped the delegation. Other artists present included Chawky Frenn and Pat Goslee. |
| 2015_DC_KatzenX_2015E_Design | 8 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2015E Late Fall Exhibit: Art and Design: Two Designers and Their Art
Art and Design: Two Designers and Their Art
Michael Graham and Marc Pekala
November 7 through December 13, 2015
Michael Graham and Marc Pekala both trained in graphic design programs and went on to careers in teaching and commercial design. Their design educations provided a foundation and language... |
| 2015_DC_KatzenX_2015E_Ress | 8 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2015E Late Fall Exhibit: Beverly Ress: The World Is a Narrow Bridge
Beverly Ress: The World Is a Narrow Bridge
November 7 through December 13, 2015
Over the past several years Beverly Ress has focused on drawing objects collected by natural history and medical museums, then manipulating the paper on which they're drawn. Her closely observed renderings of objects... |
| 2015_DC_KatzenX_2015E_White | 10 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2015E Late Fall Exhibit: Joseph White: Post-It
Joseph White: Post-It
November 7 through December 13, 2015
A retrospective of DC artist Joseph White shows the diversity of his work from the 1980s to the present. The exhibition includes large-scale representational paintings, works on paper and his latest paintings based on Post-It drawings. |
| 2015_DC_KatzenX_2015E_Klagsbrun | 11 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2015E Late Fall Exhibit: Micheline Klagsbrun: Free Fall Flow
Micheline Klagsbrun: Free Fall Flow
November 7 through December 13, 2015
DC-based artist Micheline Klagsbrun's latest work ranges from ink and pencil drawings on vellum to large canvases and three-dimensional wall hangings and sculptural forms. Created by a dynamic interplay of lines, colors and... |
| 2015_DC_KatzenX_2015E_Kessler | 8 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2015E Late Fall Exhibit: Susanne Kessler: Jerusalem
Susanne Kessler: Jerusalem
November 7 through December 13, 2015
Tracing the lines of the city map of Jerusalem with pencil or wire, again and again, like a mantra or prayer, allows Susanne Kessler to feel close to Jerusalem—the city of mankind. A city where three monotheistic religions come together,... |
| 2015_DC_KatzenX_2015E_Vesper | 44 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2015E Late Fall Exhibit: Titus Kaphar: The Vesper Project
Titus Kaphar: The Vesper Project
November 7 through December 13, 2015
This installation is a massive sculptural statement which weaves the artist's own work into the walls of a 19th century American house. Kaphar's most ambitious expression to date, The Vesper Project is a culmination of an intense... |
| 2016_DC_KatzenXT_Stout_160130 | 12 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2016A Winter Artist Talk: Renee Stout |
| 2016_DC_KatzenX_2016A_Impact | 79 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2016A Winter Exhibit: Impact! The Legacy of the Women’s Caucus for Art
Impact! The Legacy of the Women’s Caucus for Art
January 23 through March 13, 2016
Impact! The Legacy of the Women's Caucus for Art (WCA) celebrates the impact of the WCA Lifetime Achievement Awards presented annually to artists, art historians, and curators since they were first presented at the... |
| 2016_DC_KatzenX_2016A_Michael | 14 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2016A Winter Exhibit: Maggie Michael: A Phrase Hung in Midair As If Frozen
Maggie Michael: A Phrase Hung in Midair As If Frozen
January 23 through March 13, 2016
This mid-career survey features the work of Washington, DC-based artist Maggie Michael from 2002 to the present day. Her paintings—at once intuitive and conceptual—are a direct response to the world around it.... |
| 2016_DC_KatzenX_2016A_Stout | 16 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2016A Winter Exhibit: Renée Stout -- Tales of the Conjure Woman
Renée Stout -- Tales of the Conjure Woman
January 23 through March 13, 2016
The exhibition features recent work by DC-based Renée Stout, who is best known for her exploration of vestigial retentions of African cultural traditions as manifested in contemporary America. For many years, the artist has... |
| 2016_DC_KatzenX_2016A_Circle | 11 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2016A Winter Exhibit: (Alper) Circle of Friends
Circle of Friends
January 23 through March 13, 2016
In conjunction with Renée Stout: Tales of the Conjure Woman, the inaugural exhibition of the Alper Initiative for Washington Art features 16 woman artists from the Baltimore/Washington region who formed Stout's artistic cohort. These artists... |
| 2016_DC_KatzenXT_Schoett_160308 | 27 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2016A Winter Gallery Talk: Pushing Boundaries with Ellouise Schoettler
Pushing Boundaries with Elouise Schoettler
A special one-woman show by nationally known Maryland storyteller Ellouise Schoettler in conjunction with Impact! The Legacy of the Women's Caucus for Art and Women’s History Month.
Local cable host, producer, and nationally known storyteller, Ellouise... |
| 2016_DC_KatzenO_160130 | 60 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2016A Winter Opening Reception (Public) |
| 2016_DC_KatzenX_2016B_MFA_1Yr | 14 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2016B Spring Exhibit: 196K: MFA First Year Exhibition
196K: MFA First Year Exhibition
April 2 - April 20, 2016
American University's Department of Art and Studio Art Program present the work of their first year masters of fine art thesis candidates: Mills Brown, Aaron Eckstein, Yar Koporulin, Sarah Norman, Sarah O'Donoghue, Jen Smith, and Zarina... |
| 2016_DC_KatzenX_2016B_MacDonald | 36 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2016B Spring Exhibit: Kevin MacDonald: The Tension of a Suspended Moment
Kevin MacDonald: The Tension of a Suspended Moment
April 2 through May 29, 2016
An empty booth at a diner. The façade of a suburban cottage. Factory chimneys outlined against a gray sky. These are just a few of the images rendered in color pencil, pastel, or oil paint by the artist Kevin MacDonald.... |
| 2016_DC_KatzenX_2016B_Southern | 29 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2016B Spring Exhibit: Southern Constellations
Southern Constellations
April 2 through May 29, 2016
Southern Constellations is the 3rd exhibition in Transformer’s four-part Do You Know Where Your Art Comes From? series presented over two years in the AU Museum. Curated by Victoria Reis, Executive & Artistic Director of Transformer, in... |
| 2016_DC_KatzenX_2016B_MFA_Thesis | 64 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2016B Spring Exhibit: Ten: MFA Thesis Exhibition
Ten: MFA Thesis Exhibition
April 30-May 29, 2016
American University's Studio Art Program presents the work of master's of fine art thesis candidates: Sara Caporaletti, Sarah Dale, Carey Francis, Jihee Kang, Jean Kim, Zack McGhin, Calli Moore, Joumana Moukarim, Samantha Sethi, and Katelyn Wood. Ten:... |
| 2016_DC_KatzenX_2016B_Dunlap | 43 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2016B Spring Exhibit: William Dunlap: Look at It -- Think About It
William Dunlap: Look at It -- Think About It
April 2 through May 29, 2016
"Narrative is tricky business. Yet the telling of universal stories through art can bind us together and bring new, enhanced areas of self-understanding. William Dunlap’s assemblages of elements taken from his life, our lives,... |
| 2016_DC_KatzenX_2016B_Twisted | 7 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2016B Spring Exhibit: (Alper) Twisted Teenage Plot
Twisted Teenage Plot
April 2 through May 29, 2016
Coinciding with a retrospective of Kevin MacDonald, the Alper Initiative for Washington Art presents the second exhibition in its space: Twisted Teenage Plot.
Besides being an excellent artist, MacDonald also played in bands, most notably Twisted... |
| 2016_DC_KatzenXT_Dunlap_160401 | 73 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2016B Spring Gallery Talk: William Dunlap
Members Only Preview:
Director Jack Rasmussen invites members to preview the Spring exhibitions early. At 6 pm, artist William Dunlap will discuss the artist’s work in Look At It — Think About It. |
| 2016_DC_KatzenO_160401 | 42 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2016B1 Spring I Opening Reception (Member)
Folks include James Symington, Jack Rasmussen, and Glenn Marcus. |
| 2016_DC_KatzenXT_ArtJam_160521 | 61 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2016B2 Spring II DC Art Jam
A jam session featuring special guest artists from the art rock bands Twisted Teenage Plot, Urban Verbs, The Slickee Boys and Danger Painters. |
| 2016_DC_KatzenXT_Korea_160813 | 86 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2016C Summer Closing Gallery Talk: Hannah Joo and BG Muhn
Please join us for the Closing Reception for "Contemporary North Korean Art: The Evolution of Socialist Realism" on Saturday August 13 at 5 pm in the AU Museum.
The evening includes Korean snacks, a discussion of contemporary North Korean art in the exhibition with Curator B.G. Muhn followed by a tour... |
| 2016_DC_KatzenX_2016C_Bandits | 60 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2016C Summer Exhibit: Bandits & Heroes, Poets & Saints: Popular Art of the Northeast of Brazil
Bandits & Heroes, Poets & Saints: Popular Art of the Northeast of Brazil
June 18 through August 14, 2016
Bandits & Heroes, Poets & Saints explores how the ancient cultures of Africa blended with indigenous and colonial Portuguese traditions to form the vibrant and complex cultural mosaic of modern... |
| 2016_DC_KatzenX_2016C_SKorea | 34 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2016C Summer Exhibit: South Korean Art: Examining Life through Social Realities
South Korean Art: Examining Life through Social Realities
June 18 through August 14, 2016
Examining Life Through Social Realities documents and examines life and the social realities of people living on the Korean peninsula through the Realist paintings of ten South Korean contemporary artists. As... |
| 2016_DC_KatzenX_2016C_Looking | 39 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2016C Summer Exhibit: (Alper) The Looking Glass: Artist Immigrants of Washington
The Looking Glass: Artist Immigrants of Washington
June 18 through August 14, 2016
The Alper Initiative for Washington Art celebrates ten artists who left Latin America for many different reasons over the last sixty years—primarily for safety, freedom, and opportunity—and made their homes, and their... |
| 2016_DC_KatzenXT_BGMuhn_160618 | 89 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2016C Summer Gallery Talk: BG Muhn
Gallery Talk with BG Muhn
Join Georgetown professor, artist, and curator BG Muhn for a tour of two exhibitions of North and South Korean contemporary art and a discussion on the impact of culture on the artistic style of each republic.
During his talk, BG pointed out several people in the audience... |
| 2016_DC_KatzenO_160618 | 62 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2016C Summer Opening Reception (Public)
Artists photographed here include: Frida Larios ("Underwater Serpent", "Underworld Fireflies", and "Underworld"), Chawky Frenn, Joan Belmar ("Trans-Lucid #IV, Al Fin del Mundo, At the End of the World"), Irene Clouthier (paper airplanes), and Carolina Mayorga (performance artist). |
| 2016_DC_KatzenX_2016D_Hung_Liu | 61 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2016D Early Fall Exhibit: Hung Liu: Daughter of China, Resident Alien
Hung Liu: Daughter of China, Resident Alien
September 6 through October 23, 2016
Timed to coincide with the quadrennial frenzy of the national presidential election, Liu’s exhibition reflects upon two themes—refugees and heroines—that, while politically topical, are also deeply woven into her... |
| 2016_DC_KatzenX_2016D_Portal | 2 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2016D Early Fall Exhibit: Portal Screens: DC to Milwaukee's Amani Neighborhood
Portal Screens: DC to Milwaukee's Amani Neighborhood
September 6 through October 23, 2016
A Channel at the museum’s entrance, a live bi-directional video wall, will act like an open window connecting two locations across the world: Northwest Washington, DC and >Milwaukee's Amani Neighborhood. Through... |
| 2016_DC_KatzenX_2016D_Silos | 32 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2016D Early Fall Exhibit: Silos
Silos
September 6 through October 23, 2016
Curated by Jeffreen M. Hayes, Ph.D
As a microcosm of our society, the art world maintains a system of marginalization based on racial and cultural difference. Artists identified as “other” function in silos, just as they do in society. This exhibition... |
| 2016_DC_KatzenX_2016D_Todas | 32 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2016D Early Fall Exhibit: Todas las Manos
Todas las Manos
September 6 through October 23, 2016
This exhibition is an interdisciplinary public art project that celebrates human rights and global justice, commemorating the 40th Anniversary of the deaths of former Chilean Ambassador Orlando Letelier and co-worker Ronni Karpen Moffitt in... |
| 2016_DC_KatzenX_2016D_Updraft | 8 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2016D Early Fall Exhibit: Updraft America
Updraft America
September 6 through October 23, 2016
Washington, DC, sculptor (and former Senate aide) Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg manifests Americans’ frustration with our gridlocked partisan politics by taking an entire year of the official proceedings of the United States Congress, as documented in... |
| 2016_DC_KatzenX_2016D_Nation | 50 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2016D Early Fall Exhibit: (Alper) It Takes a Nation: Art for Social Justice
It Takes a Nation: Art for Social Justice
WITH EMORY DOUGLAS, AND THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY, AFRICOBRA, AND CONTEMPORARY WASHINGTON ARTISTS
Curated by Sandy Bellamy
September 6 through October 23, 2016
In the Alper Initiative space, Washington artists respond to the graphics of Black Panther artist... |
| 2016_DC_KatzenXT_Alien_160910 | 165 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2016D Early Fall Gallery Talk: Daughter of China, Resident Alien w/Hung Liu
Gallery Talk: Daughter of China, Resident Alien
Chinese-born American artist Hung Liu will speak about two timely themes that are reflected in her current body of work: refugees and heroines. |
| 2016_DC_KatzenXT_Silos_160909 | 80 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2016D Early Fall Gallery Talk: Jeffreen Hayes (Silos) w/Ellington Robinson, Wesley Clark, and Yaw Agyeman
Member's Preview
Director and Curator Jack Rasmussen invites members to a first look at the Early Fall Exhibitions, including a tour of Silos with curator Jeffreen Hayes, Ph.D. |
| 2016_DC_KatzenXT_Letelier_160922 | 278 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2016D Early Fall Letelier-Moffitt commemoration
Mural event with Chilean president Michelle Bachelet.
Speakers in sequence:
* ???
* Jack Rasmussen, Director and Curator of the American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center
* Francisco Letelier, artist, "Todas las Manos"
* Mural unveiling and tour
* Michelle Bachelet, President of... |
| 2016_DC_KatzenO_160910 | 36 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2016D Early Fall Opening Reception (Public)
During the event, Aviva Kempner introduced me to Francisco Letelier who was there with his Todas Las Manos exhibition. |
| 2016_DC_KatzenX_2016E_Katz | 7 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2016E Late Fall Exhibit: Alex Katz: Black and White
Alex Katz: Black and White
November 12 through December 18, 2016
Alex Katz: Black and White explores the artist's lifelong interest in stripping color out of his prints, and his attempt to replace sensual pleasure with intellectual design. Design versus color has been an artistic debate that goes back... |
| 2016_DC_KatzenX_2016E_Goldberg | 7 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2016E Late Fall Exhibit: Carol Brown Goldberg: The Studio: A Place of Transformation
Carol Brown Goldberg: The Studio: A Place of Transformation
Photo by Lee Stalsworth |
| 2016_DC_KatzenX_2016E_Carnwath | 24 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2016E Late Fall Exhibit: Squeak Carnwath: Crazy Paper and Sister Objects
Squeak Carnwath: Crazy Paper and Sister Objects
November 12 through December 18, 2016
While Squeak Carnwath is primarily known as a painter, she has worked across many media. This exhibition highlights the unique surfaces and textures that each medium affords, while sharing the artist’s distinct... |
| 2016_DC_KatzenX_2016E_Snowden | 9 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2016E Late Fall Exhibit: Sylvia Snowden: The Feel of Paint
Sylvia Snowden: The Feel of Paint
November 12 through December 18, 2016
The Feel of Paint is an exhibition of large-scale, highly impastoed mixed media paintings by one of Washington’s most prolific artists—while relying on self and not the input of assistants nor mechanics to execute her creativity.... |
| 2016_DC_KatzenX_2016E_Ichiuji | 42 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2016E Late Fall Exhibit: (Alper) Melissa Ichiuji: Make You Love Me
Melissa Ichiuji: Make You Love Me
November 12 through December 18, 2016
By its role and emotional density, the doll reminds us of the first objects that comforted us in childhood. For Melissa Ichiuji, it helped to renew the creative energies within the family space. The doll, with its suggestive and... |
| 2016_DC_KatzenXT_Vandal_161129 | 124 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2016E Late Fall Gallery Talk: Just(ified) Vandalism w/Aneta Georgievska-Shine
Gallery Talk: Just(ified) Vandalism
Several years ago, the government of the Republic of Macedonia embarked on an expensive “urban renewal” of the capital city, Skopje. Most of this renewal consisted of large monuments of “historic” figures and new quasi-classical facades over old buildings. In spring... |
| 2016_DC_KatzenXT_161111 | 87 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2016E Late Fall Gallery Talk: Melissa Ichiuji, Martha Wilson, Sylvia Snowden, and Carol Brown Goldberg
The member night preview included talks by several artists:
* Martha Wilson: Martha Wilson & Franklin Furnace
* Sylvia Snowden: The Feel of Paint
* Melissa Ichiuji: Make You Love Me
* Carol Brown Goldberg (w/Ramon Osuna): The Studio: A Place of Transformation
Coordinating them was museum... |
| 2016_DC_KatzenXT_Carmwath_161112 | 33 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2016E Late Fall Gallery Talk: Squeak Carnwath
Gallery Talk with Squeak Carnwath
Squeak Carnwath has explored monoprinting, etching, aquatint, and numerous other techniques that allow her to build layers of color and imagery. Learn about her journey through media as she tours selected works from 30 years of artmaking. |
| 2016_DC_KatzenO_161111 | 4 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2016E Late Fall Opening Reception (Member) |
| 2016_DC_KatzenO_161112 | 68 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2016E Late Fall Opening Reception (Public)
Late Fall Opening Reception
Meet and mingle with the artists, curators, and fellow museum patrons at the opening reception. Free and open to the public.
Artists photographed during the opening reception were:
* Melissa Ichiuji: Make You Love Me
* Martha Wilson: Martha Wilson & Franklin Furnace
... |
| 2017_DC_KatzenX_2017A_Chanel | 17 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2017A Winter Exhibit: Coco Chanel: A New Portrait by Marion Pike, Paris 1967-71
Coco Chanel: A New Portrait by Marion Pike, Paris 1967-71
January 13 through February 12, 2017
Coco Chanel: A New Portrait by Marion Pike, Paris 1967-71 explores the profound friendship between California artist Marion Pike and legendary designer Coco Chanel. This exhibition features five portraits of... |
| 2017_DC_KatzenX_2017A_Cameron | 18 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2017A Winter Exhibit: Joe Cameron: Touching Air
Joe Cameron: Touching Air
January 28 through March 12, 2017
To talk about Joe Cameron's art is to talk about several arts. Few photographers have ever been more interested in drawing and design, or more steeped in imagery whose analogues are poetic, musical and phenomenological. Despite the continuity... |
| 2017_DC_KatzenX_2017A_Wolfe | 51 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2017A Winter Exhibit: Julie Wolfe: Quest for a Third Paradise
Julie Wolfe: Quest for a Third Paradise
January 18 through March 12, 2017
What if we could better understand our own human social systems—the means by which we communicate with each other, the patterns that govern our interdependence, and the minutiae that form those larger structures? And what if we... |
| 2017_DC_KatzenX_2017A_Mehring | 11 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2017A Winter Exhibit: Mehring / Wellspring: The Early Color Field Paintings of Howard Mehring
Mehring / Wellspring: The Early Color Field Paintings of Howard Mehring
January 18 through March 12, 2017
Mehring / Wellspring: The Early Color Field Paintings of Howard Mehring presents a survey sample of the early Color Field paintings of Howard Mehring (1931-1978). Building on the late 1950s... |
| 2017_DC_KatzenX_2017A_Shaffer | 64 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2017A Winter Exhibit: Mike Shaffer: Towers & Monuments
Mike Shaffer: Towers & Monuments
January 28 through March 12, 2017
Towers & Monuments presents sculptures and paintings that incorporate the artist's career-long fascination with grid-patterning and perpendicular stacking techniques, selected from a body of work created by the artist beginning in the... |
| 2017_DC_KatzenX_2017A_Ruins | 20 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2017A Winter Exhibit: New Ruins
New Ruins
Curated by Danielle Mysliwiec and Natalie Campbell
January 18 through March 12, 2017
New Ruins explores the tactile, perceptual, and temporal dimensions of surface and form among a resonant grouping of abstract works. Physical processes such as rubbing, layering, building, wearing away... |
| 2017_DC_KatzenXT_Wolfe_170128 | 33 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2017A Winter Gallery Talk: Julie Wolfe
Curator Claire D'Alba and artist Julie Wolfe discuss her paintings and drawings in her solo-exhibition Quest for a Third Paradise on view through March 13. |
| 2017_DC_KatzenXT_170127 | 78 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2017A Winter Gallery Talk: Various
The member preview included a number of speakers:
* Artist Julie Wolfe discussing her "Quest for a Third Paradise" exhibit
* Curator Danielle Mysliwiec discussing "New Ruins"
* Photographer Joe Cameron discussing his "Touching Air" exhibit
* Sculptor Mike Shaffer discussing his "Towers &... |
| 2017_DC_KatzenXT_Artif_170304 | 55 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2017A Winter Member's Party w/The Artifacts
Member's party featuring classical "Rock" music performed by The Artifacts: CAS Dean Peter Starr, Museum Director Jack Rasmussen, Courtney Surls and Jarrett Murray.
Note: Two versions of the performance images are usually posted. The red light on the stage made the pictures, um, interesting but hard to... |
| 2017_DC_KatzenO_170127 | 11 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2017A Winter Opening Reception (Member) |
| 2017_DC_KatzenO_170128 | 36 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2017A Winter Opening Reception (Public)
In addition to lots of folks, two artists were also here in their galleries:
* Photographer Joe Cameron -- "Touching Air"
* Sculptor Mike Shaffer -- "Towers & Monuments" |
| 2017_DC_KatzenX_2017B_Luna | 70 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2017B Spring Exhibit: Carlos Luna: Green Machine
Carlos Luna: Green Machine
April 1 - May 28, 2017
Green Machine features the latest work of one of Cuba's leading contemporary artists, Carlos Luna. In this exhibition, painting, sculpture and installation become one to portray Cuban stories and fables. While using culturally-specific imagery, Luna... |
| 2017_DC_KatzenX_2017B_Sikorska | 32 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2017B Spring Exhibit: Elzbieta Sikorska: Time Stands Still
Elzbieta Sikorska: Time Stands Still
April 1 - May 28, 2017
No matter how we reflect on time, it is a contemplative and complicated subject. Time affects everything: people, animals, woodlands, earth, stone, and artifacts. These are the elements that Elzbieta Sikorska uses in her large scale,... |
| 2017_DC_KatzenX_2017B_Sham | 49 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2017B Spring Exhibit: Foon Sham, Escape
Foon Sham, Escape
April 1 - August 13, 2017
Foon Sham is a master of wood sculpture. To be within one of his vessel sculptures is to experience the palpable space of a woodland creature's habitat, or the concealed space of someone wanting to hide. For the Escape exhibition at the American University... |
| 2017_DC_KatzenX_2017B_Maya | 43 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2017B Spring Exhibit: Maya Alphabet of Modern Times
Maya Alphabet of Modern Times
April 1 - May 28, 2017
Maya Alphabet of Modern Times intends to re-codify a small part of the Maya mythic narrative, giving the artistic tradition new graphic form. In the Maya Alphabet of Modern Times typo-graphic works, Frida Larios, a native of El Salvador, has... |
| 2017_DC_KatzenX_2017B_Geometry | 40 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2017B Spring Exhibit: Sharon Wolpoff and Tammra Sigler: Geometry and Other Myths
Sharon Wolpoff and Tammra Sigler: Geometry and Other Myths
April 1 - May 28, 2017
At first glance the art of Sharon Wolpoff has little in common with the art of Tammra Sigler. Wolpoff is a painter of carefully composed scenes from life, suffused with light and heightened color. Sigler is an... |
| 2017_DC_KatzenX_2017B_Stations | 3 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2017B Spring Exhibit: Stations of the Cross
Stations of the Cross
AU Museum participates in Stations of the Cross
Presented by Coexist House, March 1 - April 16, 2017
On View at the AU Museum: Station 12
American University presents Station 12, representing Jesus's death on the cross through Fernando Botero's Abu Ghraib 73. Botero is famous... |
| 2017_DC_KatzenX_2017B_Summerford | 30 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2017B Spring Exhibit: Summerford Legacy
Summerford Legacy
April 1 - May 28, 2017
Ben L. Summerford (1924-2015) taught at American University's Department of Art from 1951-1987. All of the artists in Summerford Legacy studied under Professor Summerford and took different aspects of his teaching to heart. Some stayed close to their artistic... |
| 2017_DC_KatzenX_2017B_MFA_1Yr | 9 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2017B Spring Exhibit: Year One: MFA First Year Exhibition
Year One: MFA First Year Exhibition
April 1 - April 19, 2017
AU's Department of Art presents the work of current first-year MFA candidates. The multidisciplinary Studio Art program showcases an exciting range of emerging artists' work in painting, sculpture, collage and material studies, photography,... |
| 2017_DC_KatzenXT_170331 | 123 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2017B Spring Gallery Talk: Foon Sham, Laura Roulet, Sharon Wolpoff, Tammra Sigler, Elzbieta Sikorska, and Carlos Luna
Director and Curator Jack Rasmussen invites members to preview the Spring exhibitions. Talks were made by:
The event also included talks by:
* Foon Sham and Laura Roulet (curator) -- "Escape: Foon Sham"
* Sharon Wolpoff and Tammra Sigler -- "Sharon Wolpoff and Tammra Sigler: Geometry and Other... |
| 2017_DC_KatzenXT_Larios_170406 | 82 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2017B Spring Gallery Talk: Frida Larios
Gallery Talk and Reception with Frida Larios
Hosted by the Embassy of El Salvador, the evening includes remarks by Ambassador Claudia Ivette Canjura de Centeno, a discussion with the artist Frida Larios, and a reception with tastes of Central America. |
| 2017_DC_KatzenXT_170401 | 18 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2017B Spring Gallery Talk: Tammra Sigler and Sharon Wolpoff
Gallery Talk with Tammra Sigler and Sharon Wolpoff:
Learn more about the artists and their friendship behind the exhibition Geometry and Other Myths with Tammra Sigler and Sharon Wolpoff. |
| 2017_DC_KatzenO_170331 | 3 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2017B Spring Opening Reception (Member)
Most of the people pictures from this member reception are shown under the Artist Talk page. |
| 2017_DC_KatzenO_170401 | 89 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2017B Spring Opening Reception (Public)
Various artists were here for the opening:
* Foon Sham and Laura Roulet (curator) -- "Escape: Foon Sham" (with a visit by Yumi Hogan, wife of Maryland Governor Larry Hogan)
* Elzbieta Sikorska and Aneta Georgievska-Shine (curator) -- "Time Stands Still: Elzbieta Sikorska"
* Carlos Luna -- "Green... |
| 2017_DC_KatzenX_2017C_Kellogg | 29 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2017C Summer Exhibit: Frederic Kellogg: Works in Oil and Watercolor
Frederic Kellogg: Works in Oil and Watercolor
The work of Frederic Kellogg belongs within—and extends—what could be called a river of traditional American landscape, figural and still-life painting; a broad, quarter-millennium course flowing from John Singleton Copley and Thomas Cole to Milton Avery... |
| 2017_DC_KatzenX_2017C_Lewton | 23 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2017C Summer Exhibit: Val Lewton: From Hollywood to Breezewood
Val Lewton: From Hollywood to Breezewood
This retrospective of Val Lewton brings it all to bear: Lewton’s lifetime in front of the canvas, his knowledge of color, his unerring command of the paint-loaded brush and his certitude about how best to structure a painting. Lewton was born in California, the... |
| 2017_DC_KatzenX_2017C_Border | 13 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2017C Summer Exhibit: (Alper) Performing the Border
Performing the Border
This summer, the Alper Initiative for Washington Art presents a group exhibition curated by Megan Rook-Koespel Performing the Border. The borders that separate people and things are constantly changing, and quite often completely arbitrary, yet the importance placed on them would... |
| 2017_DC_KatzenXT_Keyzer_170617 | 34 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2017C Summer Gallery Talk: Carl De Keyzer
Join the artist, Carl De Keyzer, and American University faculty Louis Goodman, Sarah Gordon and Leena Jayaswal and Georgetown professor, artist, and curator BG Muhn for a discussion on the state of North Korea and Cuba, as represented in De Keyzer’s series of 60 photographs from the Communist-led... |
| 2017_DC_KatzenO_170617 | 66 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2017C Summer Opening Reception (Public)
Summer Opening Reception
Mix and mingle with artists, curators and fellow museum patrons at the opening of four new Summer Exhibitions: States of Being: Cuba and North Korea by Carl De Keyzer, Frederic Kellogg: Works in Oil and Watercolor, Val Lewton: From Hollywood to Breezewood, and Performing the... |
| 2017_DC_KatzenXT_I_Am_170908 | 75 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2017D Early Fall Auditorium Talk: I Am
Program:
* Welcome: Mr. Jack Rasmussen, Director and Curator of the American University Museum
* Remarks: His Excellency Shaikh Abdulla Rashed Al Khalifa, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Bahrain
* Introduction to CARAVAN and I AM Exhibition: Rev. Paul-Gordon Chandler, Founding President, CARAVAN
*... |
| 2017_DC_KatzenX_2017D_Caravan | 66 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2017D Early Fall Exhibit: I AM: An East-West Arts Initiative Organized by CARAVAN
I AM: An East-West Arts Initiative Organized by CARAVAN
September 5 - October 22, 2017
I AM is a strategic peace-building exhibition organized by CARAVAN that showcases the insights and experiences of Middle Eastern women as they confront issues of culture, religion and social reality in a rapidly... |
| 2017_DC_KatzenX_2017D_Jefferson | 17 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2017D Early Fall Exhibit: Making a Scene: Jefferson Place
Making a Scene: Jefferson Place
September 5 - October 22, 2017
September 2017 marks the 60th Anniversary of the opening of the Jefferson Place Gallery: a small, cooperative gallery dedicated principally to showing the work of DC-area contemporary artists of the late 1950s.
Founded by four American... |
| 2017_DC_KatzenX_2017D_Twist | 17 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2017D Early Fall Exhibit: Twist -- Layer -- Pour: Sondra N. Arkin, Joan Belmar, and Mary Early
Twist - Layer - Pour: Sondra N. Arkin, Joan Belmar, and Mary Early
September 5 - October 22, 2017
In Twist -- Layer -- Pour, the unexpected grouping of Sondra N. Arkin, Joan Belmar and Mary Early yields a dynamic, site-responsive meditation on systemized components and accumulated wholes. Step by... |
| 2017_DC_KatzenXT_Barjeel_170909 | 48 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2017D Early Fall Gallery Talk: Barjeel Art Foundation
Gallery Talk: The Barjeel Art Foundation (Updated 8/2)
Curators from the Barjeel Art Foundation, Karim Sultan and Mandy Merzaban, discuss the ideas and inspiration behind the current exhibition Between two rounds of fire, the exile of the sea and the methods Arab artists employ to expose and comment on... |
| 2017_DC_KatzenO_170908 | 115 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2017D Early Fall Opening Reception (Member)
Folks here include Sylvia Burwell (the new president of American University), H.E. Shaikh Abdulla Rashed Al Khalifa (Ambassador of the Kingdom of Bahrain), H.E. Fayçal Gouia (Ambassador of the Republic of Tunisia), and Salah A. Sarhan (Ambassador, the League of Arab States).
Artists include Marwa Al... |
| 2017_DC_KatzenO_170909 | 93 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2017D Early Fall Opening Reception (Public)
Photos include artists William Woodward (in his "The Seven Deadly Sins" exhibit) and Foon Sham. |
| 2017_DC_KatzenX_2017D_2Rounds | 32 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2017D/E Early/Late Fall Exhibit: Between Two Rounds of Fire, The Exile of the Sea
Between Two Rounds of Fire, The Exile of the Sea
September 5 - December 17, 2017
This exhibition draws on a diverse selection of Arab modern and contemporary works from the collection of the Barjeel Art Foundation, United Arab Emirates, that illustrate an array of technologies of conflict. In this... |
| 2017_DC_KatzenX_2017D_Kinetic | 36 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2017D/E Early/Late Fall Exhibit: Tethered to the Cradle: Kinetic Work by Christopher Carter
Tethered to the Cradle: Kinetic Work by Christopher Carter
September 5 - December 17, 2017
Christopher Carter's substantial and important sculptures are intended to invite viewer interaction, reflection and contemplation. The ready-made forms draw on Carter's experiences and memories of his... |
| 2017_DC_KatzenX_2017D_7DSins | 76 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2017D/E Early/Late Fall Exhibit: William Woodward: Seven Deadly Sins
William Woodward: The Seven Deadly Sins
Sept 5 - Dec 17, 2017
For the past two decades, William Woodward has delved into the rich history and aesthetic possibilities of the seven deadly sins. The master drawings and narrative paintings in this exhibition owe a great deal to the films of Federico... |
| 2017_DC_KatzenX_2017E_Radix | 50 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2017E Late Fall Exhibit: RADIX: The Eternal Feminine
RADIX: The Eternal Feminine
November 11 – December 17, 2017
RADIX is a collaboration of three Washington artists: Anne Marchand, Pat Goslee and Cianne Fragione. All three work with ideas contained in the concept of the Eternal Feminine, as an original dynamic and cosmic force, in paintings and... |
| 2017_DC_KatzenX_2017E_Rothfeld | 16 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2017E Late Fall Exhibit: Recent Acquisitions to the Rothfeld Collection of Contemporary Israeli Art
Recent Acquisitions to the Rothfeld Collection of Contemporary Israeli Art
November 11 – December 17, 2017
The Rothfeld Collection of Contemporary Israeli Art, part of the American University Museum's permanent collection, inspires dialog about political and cultural issues involving Israel through... |
| 2017_DC_KatzenX_2017E_Trawick | 31 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2017E Late Fall Exhibit: (Alper) The Trawick Prize
The Trawick Prize
November 11 – December 17, 2017
The Alper Initiative for Washington Art celebrates an award that has become synonymous with Washington area artistic talent: The Trawick Prize for Contemporary Arts. One of the first regional competitions with the largest award that annually recognizes... |
| 2018_DC_KatzenX_2018A_Words | 10 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2018A Winter Exhibit: Brian Dailey, WORDS
Brian Dailey, WORDS
January 27 – March 11, 2018
Brian Dailey’s multi-screen video installation WORDS is the artist’s investigation into the relationship between language, culture, and national identity and the challenges we face in our efforts to communicate key concepts across linguistic boundaries... |
| 2018_DC_KatzenX_2018A_Sandberg | 83 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2018A Winter Exhibit: Erik Thor Sandberg
Erik Thor Sandberg
January 27 – March 11, 2018
This exhibition features a series of new paintings by American artist Erik Thor Sandberg within the context of selected earlier works. Sandberg is known internationally for pushing the skillful illusionism of master oil painting to the current edge of... |
| 2018_DC_KatzenX_2018A_DiPerna | 3 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2018A Winter Exhibit: Frank DiPerna Retrospective
Frank DiPerna Retrospective
January 27 — March 11, 2018
Sponsored by: Alper Initiative for Washington Art
Frank DiPerna Retrospective is a comprehensive survey of the artist's photographic work over more than forty years. Comprised of multiple bodies of work beginning in 1974 continuing through... |
| 2018_DC_KatzenX_2018A_Arteria | 16 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2018A Winter Exhibit: Kateřina Vincourová: Arteria
Kateřina Vincourová: Arteria
January 27 – March 11, 2018
Czech artist Kateřina Vincourová focuses on the fragile nuances of interpersonal relations and at the same time abstracts such notions into an examination of networks and shifts in time and space. The exhibition Arteria thus becomes a holistic... |
| 2018_DC_KatzenX_2018A_Downing | 4 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2018A Winter Exhibit: Thomas Downing and the Sublime Decorative
Thomas Downing and the Sublime Decorative
January 27 – March 11, 2018
Downing’s distinctive geometrically organized canvases, executed during the height of the “Washington Color School,” that glorious moment in American painting born in Washington, DC in the late 1950s and 1960s, constitute a singular... |
| 2018_DC_KatzenX_2018A_Vital | 25 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2018A Winter Exhibit: Vital Signs
Vital Signs
January 27 – March 11, 2018
Curated by Meskerem Assegued
Abel Tilahun, a multidisciplinary artist from Ethiopia, explores universal human experience through the manifold meanings we associate with the human body, its parts, its sustenance, and its loftiest ambitions in Vital Signs. The... |
| 2018_DC_KatzenXT_Tilahun_180127 | 44 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2018A Winter Gallery Talk: Abel Tilahun
Artist Abel Tilahun and curator Meskerem Assegued lead a tour of this immersive exhibition Vital Signs. Free and open to the public. |
| 2018_DC_KatzenXT_Sandberg_180201 | 36 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2018A Winter Gallery Talk: Erik Thor Sandberg
Erik Thor Sandberg
This exhibition features a series of new paintings by American artist Erik Thor Sandberg within the context of selected earlier works. Sandberg is known internationally for pushing the skillful illusionism of master oil painting to the current edge of Magic Realism on... |
| 2018_DC_KatzenO_180127 | 82 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2018A Winter Opening Reception (Public)
Including photographs of artists Brian Dailey, Erik Thor Sandberg, Kateřina Vincourová, and Frank DiPerna. |
| 2018_DC_KatzenX_2018B_Goldberg | 23 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2018B Spring Exhibit: Carol Brown Goldberg: Entanglement
Carol Brown Goldberg: Entanglement
April 3 - May 27, 2018
Carol Brown Goldberg's exhibition Entanglement offers vivid evidence of her artmaking as the convergence of intellect, emotion, and technique. Her paintings in the current exhibition-marked by images of dense, imagined foliage-are rooted in a... |
| 2018_DC_KatzenX_2018B_Toledo | 39 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2018B Spring Exhibit: Francisco Toledo: Toledo Múltiple
Francisco Toledo: Toledo Múltiple
April 3 - May 27, 2018
As Mexico's most prolific and influential graphic artist, Francisco Toledo has been exploring the fantastical and expanding the expressive range of his printmaking over more than 50 years. This exhibition encompasses a wide range of Toledo's... |
| 2018_DC_KatzenX_2018B_Moon | 23 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2018B Spring Exhibit: Jiha Moon: Double Welcome, Most Everyone’s Mad Here
Jiha Moon: Double Welcome, Most Everyone’s Mad Here
April 3 - May 27, 2018
Jiha Moon's works address the intersection of imagery native to Korea, Japan, and China and elements of the West in order to explore cross-cultural perceptions. Originally from Korea and presently based out of Atlanta, Georgia,... |
| 2018_DC_KatzenX_2018B_Ando | 1 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2018B Spring Exhibit: Kumo: Miya Ando
Kumo: Miya Ando
April 3 - May 27, 2018
Curated by Aria Gannon
Miya Ando's artwork ranges from monochrome to subtle color palates, offering a glimpse of the immense calming energy of the infinite. Ando creates an immersive work that engages the viewers, bringing nature to mind, reminding the viewers... |
| 2018_DC_KatzenX_2018B_MFA_1Yr | 19 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2018B Spring Exhibit: Master of Fine Art First Year and Thesis Exhibitions
Master of Fine Art First Year and Thesis Exhibitions
April 3 - April 25 and May 5 - May 27, 2018
AU's Department of Art presents a two-part exhibition featuring the work of first and second year MFA candidates working in diverse media. The first-year experience is riddled with experimentation,... |
| 2018_DC_KatzenX_2018B_Clark | 11 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2018B Spring Exhibit: (Alper) Michael Clark: Washington Artist
Michael Clark: Washington Artist
April 3 – May 27, 2018
Sponsored by the Alper Initiative for Washington Art
Michael Clark (a.k.a. Clark Fox) has been an influential figure in the Washington art world for more than 50 years, despite dividing his time equally between the capital and New York City.... |
| 2018_DC_KatzenXT_Goldberg_180426 | 85 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2018B Spring Gallery Talk: Carol Brown Goldberg
Gallery Talk: Carol Brown Goldberg
Washington artist Carol Brown Goldberg will discuss the intersection of philosophy and poetry in her ethereal images of densely-packed foliage. Free and open to the public. |
| 2018_DC_KatzenXT_Toledo_180413 | 47 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2018B Spring Gallery Talk: Toledo Múltiple w/Fernando Gálvez de Aguinaga
Museum Members are invited to attend a special evening viewing of our new exhibitions, featuring a talk by the curator of Toledo Múltiple, Fernando Gálvez de Aguinaga.
Introductory comments were made by Gerónimo Gutiérrez Fernández, the Mexican ambassador to the United States. |
| 2018_DC_KatzenO_180413 | 66 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2018B Spring Opening Reception (Member)
Artists here this evening included Michael Clark, Jiha Moon, and Carol Brown Goldberg. Other folks present included Diane Rehm and Aviva Kempner. |
| 2018_DC_KatzenXT_Stead_180616 | 103 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2018C Summer Artist Talk: Ralph Steadman
Gallery Talk with Ralph Steadman
Join us for a lively session about the diverse and wide-ranging span of works in Ralph Steadman: A Retrospective. Ralph Steadman will be joined by Anita O'Brien from the Cartoon Museum in London, who curated the exhibition. |
| 2018_DC_KatzenX_2018C_Figures | 21 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2018C Summer Exhibit: FIGURES: Kiley Ames, Janice Nowinski, Kyle Staver, Jo Weiss
FIGURES: Kiley Ames, Janice Nowinski, Kyle Staver, Jo Weiss
June 16 - August 12, 2018
Four women artists convincingly place human figures in space, each reaching that high-water mark of Western Art in their own way. Kiley Ames has a seemingly rational, systematic technique akin to pointillism that on... |
| 2018_DC_KatzenX_2018C_Steadman | 654 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2018C Summer Exhibit: Ralph Steadman: A Retrospective
Ralph Steadman: A Retrospective
June 16 – August 12, 2018
Originally curated by Anita O'Brien at the Cartoon Museum, London, the Ralph Steadman Retrospective offers phenomenal insights into the genius of one of the world's most acclaimed artists. This exhibition takes the viewer on a journey through... |
| 2018_DC_KatzenX_2018C_Unseen | 6 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2018C Summer Exhibit: Things Unseen: The Fluency of Abstraction
Things Unseen: The Fluency of Abstraction
June 16 - August 12, 2018
Artists featured in this exhibition use abstraction as a conduit to express their keen observations. The broad implications of the exhibition signify the fluency of abstraction and its many interpretations. What is absent is present.... |
| 2018_DC_KatzenX_2018C_Latitude | 42 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2018C Summer Exhibit:(Alper) Latitude: The Washington Women's Arts Center 1975-1987
Latitude: The Washington Women's Arts Center 1975-1987
June 16 to August 12, 2018
The Washington Women's Arts Center (WWAC), located at 1821 Q Street NW, then at the Lansburgh Cultural Center, was created in 1975 as a non-profit organization to provide professional support and opportunities for women... |
| 2018_DC_KatzenO_180616 | 71 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2018C Summer Opening Reception (Public)
Opening Reception
Mix and mingle with fellow museum patrons and meet the artists and curators behind the four new Summer exhibitions at the Opening Reception. Free and open to the public.
Folks shown here include several artists in the exhibit Kiley Ames and ???.
Also shown are folks who came for the... |
| 2018_DC_KatzenXT_4NoGood_180621 | 4 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2018C Summer Screening of "For No Good Reason" documentary
Katzen -- Screening of "For No Good Reason"
Made over the course of fifteen years, For No Good Reason explores the connection between life and art through the eyes of the last original Gonzo visionary, Ralph Steadman. Take a trip through the wild and dark days of Steadman’s time with Hunter S. Thompson... |
| 2018_DC_KatzenXT_SteadS_180630 | 51 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2018C Summer Skype Session with Ralph Steadman and reception
Bring your sketchbook for some lunchtime inspiration! Guests will tour Ralph Steadman: A Retrospective before enjoying refreshments while Skyping with Ralph. |
| 2018_DC_KatzenX_2018D_Legacy | 10 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2018D Early Fall Exhibit: D'Arista Legacy
D'Arista Legacy
Carlton Fletcher, Lowell Gilbertson, Edith Kuhnle, Dale Loy, Katy Murray, Marci Nadler, Lee Newman, Iris Osterman, Maggie Siner, Jo Weiss, Diane Wilson, and Susan Yanero
September 4-October 21, 2018
Presented by the Alper Initiative for Washington Art
Robert D’Arista taught in the... |
| 2018_DC_KatzenXT_Artif_180907 | 56 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2018D Early Fall Member's Party w/The Artifacts
Members' Preview
Join us for a private reception and gallery talk on the life and work of Robert D’Arista before closing out the night with a jam session by our Director’s band, The Artifacts.
The members of the band: CAS Dean Peter Starr, Museum Director Jack Rasmussen, Courtney Surls, ...
Folks in... |
| 2018_DC_KatzenXT_180907 | 67 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2018D Early Fall Members Gallery Talk: Emilie Brzezinski, Dalya Luttwak, Aneta Georgievska-Shine, and Mika Brzezinski
Folks in the audience included Aviva Kempner, Joe Scarborough, Jack Rasmussen, Sharon Wolpoff, Carol Brown Goldberg, etc. |
| 2018_DC_KatzenO_180907 | 43 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2018D Early Fall Opening Reception (Member)
The artist talk and Artifacts performance are on other pages. Check the links above.
Folks here include Jack Rasmussen, Sylvia Mathews Burwell (American University President), Carol Brown Goldberg, Joann Moser, Aneta Georgievska-Shine, Dalya Luttwak, and Lowell Gilbertson. |
| 2018_DC_KatzenX_2018D_Path | 24 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2018D/E Early/Late Fall Exhibit: Finding a Path: Emilie Brzezinski and Dalya Luttwak: A Conversation
Finding a Path: Emilie Brzezinski and Dalya Luttwak: A Conversation
September 4-December 16, 2018
Curated by Aneta Georgievska-Shine
Emilie Brzezinski and Dalya Luttwak have much in common as artists, yet they have never shown their works together. Brzezinski’s massive, rough-hewn wood sculptures... |
| 2018_DC_KatzenX_2018D_Sanborn | 29 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2018D/E Early/Late Fall Exhibit: Jim Sanborn: Without Provenance: The Making of Contemporary Antiquity
Jim Sanborn: Without Provenance: The Making of Contemporary Antiquity
September 4-December 16, 2018
In Without Provenance Jim Sanborn has given us all a rare gift of artistic provocation. Certainly there is an abundance of beauty in this exhibition, but it is beauty that provokes thought and... |
| 2018_DC_KatzenX_2018D_DArista | 3 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2018D/E Early/Late Fall Exhibit: Robert D'Arista: A Portrait
Robert D'Arista: A Portrait
September 4-December 16, 2018
"When we look at one of his untitled figure paintings, we can feel the exactness of the model’s weight distribution and her turn in space, but the details of the environment and the identity of the individual model eludes us. Instead, we must... |
| 2018_DC_KatzenX_2018D_Artery | 102 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2018D/E Early/Late Fall Exhibit: Selections from the Artery Collection
Selections from the Artery Collection
September 4-December 16, 2018
The Artery Organization Collection was conceived as a corporate collection in the early 1980s to support Washington-area artists and enhance the real estate offices of the company in Artery Plaza, the first large building in Bethesda.... |
| 2018_DC_KatzenX_2018E_Tribe | 51 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2018E Late Fall Exhibit: Tribe: Contemporary Photography from the Arab World
Tribe: Contemporary Photography from the Arab World
November 10-December 16, 2018
Curated by Janet Bellotto and Dr. Woodman Taylor
Tribe: Contemporary Photography from the Arab World is an exhibition highlighting a selection of artists published within the eight editions of Tribe—a magazine founded... |
| 2018_DC_KatzenX_2018E_Jehle | 18 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2018E Late Fall Exhibit: (Alper) Ian Jehle: Dynamical Systems
Ian Jehle: Dynamical Systems
Presented by the Alper Initiative for Washington Art
November 10 - December 16, 2018
Curated by Laura Roulet
Ian Jehle, a DC-based artist and American University faculty member, has long been known for his sensitive, large scale portraits of members of the Washington art... |
| 2018_DC_KatzenXT_Kaufman_181109 | 19 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2018E Late Fall Gallery Talk: Joshua J. Kaufman ("The Art of Deception: Art Fakes and Forgeries")
Museum members are invited to join Joshua J. Kaufman, Esq. in taking a closer look at our ongoing exhibition Without Provenance: The Making of Contemporary Antiquity. Kaufman will examine the dark side of the art world in his lecture:
“The Art of Deception: Art Fakes and Forgeries.”
In this lecture,... |
| 2018_DC_KatzenXT_Tribe_181110 | 63 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2018E Late Fall Gallery Talk: Tribe
Tribe Gallery Talk
Join Curator Janet Bellotto and co-curator Dr. Woodman Taylor in conversation with several artists featured in our late fall exhibition Tribe: Contemporary Photography from the Arab World. This talk will explore broad, culturally specific themes as well as innovation by the... |
| 2018_DC_KatzenO_181109 | 23 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2018E Late Fall Opening Reception (Member)
Ian Jehle and Laura Roulet were here as well as members. |
| 2018_DC_KatzenO_181110 | 46 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2018E Late Fall Opening Reception (Public)
Ian Jehle and Laura Roulet were here as well as some of their subjects. Also Aneta Georgievska-Shine, Melvin Hardy and others. |
| 2019_DC_KatzenX_2019A_Kolar | 37 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019A Winter Exhibit: Jiří Kolář (1914–2002): Forms of Visual Poetry
Jiří Kolář (1914–2002): Forms of Visual Poetry
This exhibition is dedicated to one of the most remarkable Czech poets and visual artists associated with Modernism, Jiří Kolář (1914-2002). During the Communist regime in Czechoslovakia, Kolář encountered considerable challenges, including a prison... |
| 2019_DC_KatzenX_2019A_Nancy90 | 44 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019A Winter Exhibit: Nancy at Ninety: A Retrospective of Form and Color
Nancy at Ninety: A Retrospective of Form and Color
January 26-March 17, 2019
Curated by Claudia Rousseau
This retrospective of seven decades of the work of Washington, DC sculptor Nancy Frankel will celebrate her ninetieth birthday in 2019. Working in various media since the 1950s—including wood,... |
| 2019_DC_KatzenX_2019A_Podesta | 19 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019A Winter Exhibit: The Gifts of Tony Podesta
The Gifts of Tony Podesta
Curated by Klaus Ottmann and Jennifer Sakai
January 26-March 17, 2019
This first major exhibition drawn from our Corcoran Legacy Collection features strong and provocative photography and sculpture donated by Tony Podesta over the past decade to the Corcoran Gallery of Art,... |
| 2019_DC_KatzenX_2019A_Platt | 15 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019A Winter Exhibit: (Alper) Michael B. Platt + Carol A. Beane: Influences and Connections
Michael B. Platt + Carol A. Beane: Influences and Connections
Presented by the Alper Initiative for Washington Art
January 26-March 17, 2019
Standing at the foot of Australia’s sacred sandstone monolith known as Uluru, Michael B. Platt and Carol A. Beane envisioned a world invisible to many others.... |
| 2019_DC_KatzenXT_Kolar_190125 | 53 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019A Winter Gallery Talk: Career of Jirí Kolár
Join us for an exclusive preview of four new exhibitions. At 6PM, Curator Aneta Georgievska-Shine and Milena Kalinovska, former Director of modern and contemporary art at the National Gallery in Prague, will discuss the tumultuous career of Czech artist Jirí Kolár and his path from subversive poetry to... |
| 2019_DC_KatzenXT_Podesta_190126 | 77 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019A Winter Gallery Talk: Gifts of Tony Podesta
"The Gifts of Tony Podesta" Gallery Talk
Curators Jennifer Sakai and Klaus Ottmann will explore Tony Podesta’s contributions to the American University Museum’s collection including innovative photography and provocative sculpture.
Panel (left to right):
* Jack Rasmussen
* Otonella Mocellin... |
| 2019_DC_KatzenXT_Nancy90_190302 | 84 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019A Winter Gallery Talk: Nancy at Ninety
Nancy at Ninety Gallery Talk
Curator Claudia Rousseau will interview Nancy Frankel about her extensive career as a sculptor and how music and organic geometry have influenced her practice. With Sam Noto and Jacqui Crocetta. |
| 2019_DC_KatzenO_190125 | 45 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019A Winter Opening Reception (Member)
Folks here include Tony Podesta, Ambassador David O'Sullivan (Head of the Delegation of the European Union to the United States), and Melvin Hardy. |
| 2019_DC_KatzenO_190126 | 54 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019A Winter Opening Reception (Public)
Folks here included John Podesta, Tony Podesta, Nancy Frankel, Sylvia Snowden, and Melvin Hardy. |
| 2019_DC_KatzenXT_Drag_190413 | 348 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019B Spring Event: Dragception Workshop
Dragception Workshop
Bring your iPads or sketchbooks to draw from a live Drag Show. Featuring performances by Drag Kings and Queens from the greater Washington, DC area and New York City. Artist Richard Peterson, whose work is included in the exhibition Forward Press, will lead participants in an iPad... |
| 2019_DC_KatzenX_2019B_Carrillo | 140 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019B Spring Exhibit: Eduardo Carrillo, Las Tropicanas
Testament of the Spirit: Paintings by Eduardo Carrillo
April 6-May 26, 2019
Eduardo Carrillo’s artwork has been described as mystical, realistic, surreal, and visionary. His imagery, whether grounded in the everyday world or infused with magical realism, reflects his relationship to his native... |
| 2019_DC_KatzenX_2019B_Press | 69 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019B Spring Exhibit: Forward Press: 21st century printmaking
Forward Press: 21st Century Printmaking
April 6-August 11, 2019
Curated by Susan J. Goldman
Presented by the Printmaking Legacy Project®
Printmaking Legacy Project’s® first national print exhibition, Forward Press: 21st Century Printmaking features ten innovative print artists from across the... |
| 2019_DC_KatzenX_2019B_MFA_1Yr | 39 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019B Spring Exhibit: Peripheral Visions: Studio Art MFA First Year exhibition
Peripheral Visions
Studio Art MFA First Year exhibition
On view April 6-April 24, 2019.
Peripheral Visions focuses on the community as well as individuality formed in the first year of the Studio Art MFA Program, showing a group of very different artists working and learning how to grow together. The... |
| 2019_DC_KatzenX_2019B_Broel | 31 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019B Spring Exhibit: Squire Broel
Squire Broel
April 6-August 11, 2019
A selection of Broel’s life-sized to monumentally-sized totemic bronze sculptures creates space for reflection and contemplation about what it means to be human, be engaged as an individual within community and interact intentionally with the natural world. In his... |
| 2019_DC_KatzenX_2019B_MFA_Thesis | 78 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019B Spring Exhibit: Turbulence: Studio Art MFA Thesis Exhibition
Turbulence
Studio Art MFA Thesis Exhibition
On view May 4-May 26, 2019.
Eight emerging artists present their work as part of their 2019 MFA Thesis exhibition. This exhibition demonstrates a diversity of views on subjects that range from identity to geometric abstraction to activism. What unites the... |
| 2019_DC_KatzenX_2019B_Continuum | 19 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019B Spring Exhibit: (Alper) Kenneth Victor Young: Continuum
Kenneth Victor Young: Continuum
April 6-May 26, 2019
Curated by Dexter Wimberly
Presented by the Alper Initiative for Washington Art
Born in Louisville, Kentucky, Kenneth Victor Young (1933-2017) moved to Washington, DC in 1964 where he began to paint abstract forms with washed acrylics on unprimed... |
| 2019_DC_KatzenXT_Peterson_190413 | 40 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019B Spring Gallery Talk: Richard Peterson (intro to Dragception)
Artist Richard Peterson, whose work is included in the exhibition Forward Press, will lead participants in an iPad drawing workshop. Since 1975, Peterson has explored the subject of gender, identity and transformation in Drag culture. Participants will learn new techniques for drawing with their iPads,... |
| 2019_DC_KatzenXT_Carrillo_190405 | 15 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019B Spring Gallery Talk: The Work of Eduardo Carrillo
An exclusive preview of five new exhibitions awaits museum members, followed by a gallery talk surrounding the work of Mexican-American artist Eduardo Carrillo (1937-1997). Phillip Brookman, Consulting Curator of Photographs at the National Gallery of Art and Kristina P. Gilmore, Associate Curator,... |
| 2019_DC_KatzenO_190405 | 26 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019B Spring Opening Reception (Member) |
| 2019_DC_KatzenO_190504 | 87 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019B2 Spring II Opening Reception & Gallery Talk
MFA Thesis Opening Reception & Gallery Talk
Celebrate the accomplishments of AU’s Department of Art MFA thesis candidates by welcoming Turbulence to the museum. A gallery talk with the artists will be held from 5-6PM, followed by the opening reception from 6-7PM. Free and open to all, no RSVP required.... |
| 2019_DC_KatzenX_2019C_Taiwan | 19 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019C Summer Exhibit: Being Here as ME
Being Here as ME -- New Media Art Exhibition of Women Artists from Taiwan
June 15-August 11, 2019
Curated by Yu-Chuan Tseng
Being Here as ME presents six women artists striving towards constructions of female subjectivity. Pey-Chwen Lin, Tzu-Ning Wu, Yung-Chieh Wu, I-Chun Chen, Pei-Shih Tu, and... |
| 2019_DC_KatzenX_2019C_Refuse | 18 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019C Summer Exhibit: Kirsty Little: Refuse?REFUSE 35B+
Kirsty Little: Refuse?REFUSE 35B+
On view in the Katzen Arts Center, June 15-August 11, 2019
While investigating plastic pollution in our oceans, Kirsty Little came up against huge numbers that she could not envisage. Americans use 35,000,000,000 (35 billion) plastic bottles each year. Plastic never... |
| 2019_DC_KatzenX_2019C_Palileo | 68 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019C Summer Exhibit: Maia Cruz Palileo
Maia Cruz Palileo
June 15-August 11, 2019
September 3-October 20, 2019
Curated by Isabel ManaloThere is a mystery in the act of burying and even more so in uncovering. Maia Cruz Palileo’s paintings and drawings are the metaphorical teeth in this body of work spanning from 2013 to 2019. These works,... |
| 2019_DC_KatzenX_2019C_Passages | 27 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019C Summer Exhibit: Passages: Keith Morrison, 1999-2019
Passages: Keith Morrison, 1999-2019
June 15-August 11, 2019
Curated by Judith Stein
Passages: Keith Morrison, 1999-2019 surveys thirty paintings and watercolors by the Jamaican-born Keith Morrison. A magician of color and space and a teller of tales, fanciful and real, Morrison focuses on the... |
| 2019_DC_KatzenX_2019C_Prosper | 21 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019C Summer Exhibit: Plans to Prosper You
Plans to Prosper You: Reflections of Black Resistance and Resilience in Montgomery County’s Potomac River Valley
June 15-August 11, 2019
Presented by the AU Museum Project Space
On view in the AU Museum Project Space
The exhibition title takes its name from bible verse Jeremiah 29:11 to echo the... |
| 2019_DC_KatzenX_2019C_Crossing | 51 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019C Summer Exhibit: (Alper) Crossing Boundaries & Breaking Borders: DMV Printmaking
Crossing Boundaries & Breaking Borders: DMV Printmaking
June 15-August 11, 2019
Curated by Matthew McLaughlin
Presented by the Alper Initaitive for Washington Art
The District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia (DMV) region is full of boundaries and borders, both physical—like the state lines that... |
| 2019_DC_KatzenXT_Palileo_190615 | 40 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019C Summer Gallery Talk: Maia Cruz Palileo
Curator Isabel Manalo and artist Maia Cruz Palileo will examine works that hinge on fantasy and memory, but hold salient political commentary surrounding American colonization of the Philippines. |
| 2019_DC_KatzenXT_Broel_190614 | 43 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019C Summer Gallery Talk: Squire Broel
Members' Preview: Squire Broel
Museum members are invited to preview five new exhibitions and join artist Squire Broel to discuss the totemic sculptures featured in his ongoing exhibition. |
| 2019_DC_KatzenO_190614 | 29 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019C Summer Opening Reception (Member)
Folks including Glenn Marcus, Jack Rasmussen, and Kirsty Little. |
| 2019_DC_KatzenO_190615 | 64 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019C Summer Opening Reception (Public)
Folks here include Nilou Kazemzadeh, Kirsty Little, Janet Fries, Chawky Frenn, Pey-Chwen Lin, Squire Broel |
| 2019_DC_KatzenX_2019D_Hartigan | 17 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019D Early Fall Exhibit: Grace Hartigan and Helene Herzbrun: Reframing Abstract Expressionism
Grace Hartigan and Helene Herzbrun: Reframing Abstract Expressionism
September 3-October 20, 2019
Curated by Norma Broude, American University Art History
Professor Emerita Grace Hartigan (1922-2008) and Helene Herzbrun (1922-1984) were both remarkable painters of the second Abstract-Expressionist... |
| 2019_DC_KatzenX_2019D_Walter | 59 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019D Early Fall Exhibit: Moves Like Walter: New Curators Open the Corcoran Legacy Collection
Moves Like Walter: New Curators Open the Corcoran Legacy Collection
September 3-December 15, 2019
Moves like Walter: New Curators Open the Corcoran Legacy Collection is a product of Director and Curator Jack Rasmussen’s spring course on curatorial practice. Upon receipt of the Corcoran Collection,... |
| 2019_DC_KatzenX_2019D_World | 9 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019D Early Fall Exhibit: Our World Above: Monoprints and Glass by Annette Lerner
Our World Above: Monoprints and Glass by Annette Lerner
September 3-October 20, 2019
This exhibition was inspired by images taken through the Hubble Telescope. Their indescribable beauty astounded Lerner and drove her to try to capture space in the monoprint medium. She was also inspired by the desert... |
| 2019_DC_KatzenX_2019D_Topo | 31 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019D Early Fall Exhibit: Topographies of Life: Pam Rogers, Lynn Sures, Mel Watkin
Topographies of Life: Pam Rogers, Lynn Sures, Mel Watkin
September 3-December 15, 2019
Presented by the AU Museum Project Space
Using the medium of drawing to varied and distinctive effect, Rogers, Sures, and Watkin trace human connections to the natural world—across time and varied landscapes. The... |
| 2019_DC_KatzenX_2019D_Prints | 19 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019D Early Fall Exhibit: (Alper) Prints & Artists: WD Printmaking Workshop 1970-Present
Prints & Artists: WD Printmaking Workshop 1970-Present
September 3-October 20, 2019
Curated by members of the WD Workshop
Presented by the Alper Initiative for Washington Art
This exhibition traces the evolution of the DC-based WD Printmaking workshop, which began with Percy and Alice Martin’s... |
| 2019_DC_KatzenXT_Topo_190907 | 46 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019D Early Fall Gallery Talk: Topographies of Life: Pam Rogers, Lynn Sures, Mel Watkin
Gallery Talk: Topographies of Life: Pam Rogers, Lynn Sures, Mel Watkin
Curated by Jennifer Riddell
Using the medium of drawing to varied and distinctive effect, Rogers, Sures, and Watkin trace human connections to the natural world—across time and varied landscapes. The three artists work from both a... |
| 2019_DC_KatzenO_190907 | 43 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019D Early Fall Opening Reception (Public)
Early Fall Opening Reception
Mix and mingle with artists, curators, and fellow patrons and see five new exhibitions on view at our Early Fall opening reception.
* Grace Hartigan and Helene Herzbrun: Reframing Abstract Expressionism
* Topographies of Life: Pam Rogers, Lynn Sures, Mel Watkin --... |
| 2019_DC_KatzenXT_Arcadia_191214 | 83 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019E Late Fale Gallery Talk: Arcadia Closing Party
ARCADIA Closing Party
Say farewell to William Woodward’s fantastical Arcadia murals with a reception and remarks from the artist. |
| 2019_DC_KatzenX_2019E_Arcadia | 43 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019E Late Fall Exhibit: ARCADIA: The Clyde’s Murals by William Woodward
ARCADIA: The Clyde’s Murals by William Woodward
November 9-December 15, 2019
William Woodward’s vibrant, 72-foot mural, Arcadia (1980), evokes a landscape of pure painterly invention, a lost world that has inspired poets, artists, and musicians since antiquity.
These 11 impressive panels—with scenes... |
| 2019_DC_KatzenX_2019E_Neill | 17 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019E Late Fall Exhibit: Christine Neill: Observations from the Valley Floor
Christine Neill: Observations from the Valley Floor
Curated by Mollie Berger Salah
November 9-December 15, 2019
Christine Neill is a nationally celebrated American artist whose work blends motifs of biological examination with visual processes and techniques. She has exhibited widely while... |
| 2019_DC_KatzenX_2019E_Dark | 15 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019E Late Fall Exhibit: Dark World: Photographs by Frank Hallam Day
Dark World: Photographs by Frank Hallam Day
November 9-December 15, 2019
This exhibition, as its name implies, examines the distinctive quality of settings in various corners of the world as seen at night, and combines multiple bodies of the artist’s work spanning more than 12 years. The DC-based fine... |
| 2019_DC_KatzenX_2019E_Fair | 28 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019E Late Fall Exhibit: Fair Is Foul & Foul Is Fair
Fair Is Foul & Foul Is Fair
November 9-December 15, 2019
Curated by Dr. Tina Kinsella
“Fair is foul and foul is fair” as claimed by the witches in Macbeth describes a world where nothing -- no message, no deed -- is ethically clear. In Shakespeare’s fair/foul world, evil walks abroad in the guise of... |
| 2019_DC_KatzenX_2019E_Link | 13 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019E Late Fall Exhibit: Radical Link: A New Community of Women, 1855-2020
Radical Link: A New Community of Women, 1855-2020
Michal Heiman
Curated by Sarah Gordon
November 9-December 15, 2019
Radical Link is the latest project by Tel Aviv-based multi-media artist Michal Heiman. Traversing time, space, gender, race, and institutional practices of asylum, Heiman offers a new... |
| 2019_DC_KatzenXT_FairFoul_191109 | 48 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019E Late Fall Gallery Talk: fair is foul & foul is fair
Gallery Talk: fair is foul & foul is fair
Explore themes of foulness and fairness in this gallery talk focused on works by collaborating Irish artists Aideen Barry and Alice Maher. Featuring a vocal performance by Ceara Conway of a poem specially created for this exhibition. |
| 2019_DC_KatzenXT_Day_191116 | 18 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019E Late Fall Gallery Talk: Frank Hallam Day "Dark World"
Gallery Talk: Dark World
Frank Hallam Day illuminates dark corners of the world in a discussion of his photographs on view in Dark World. Free and open to all, please RSVP to the link below. |
| 2019_DC_KatzenO_191109 | 87 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2019E Late Fall Opening Reception (Public)
Late Fall Opening Reception
Mix and mingle with artists, curators, and fellow patrons and preview five new exhibitions at our Late Fall opening reception. Free and open to all, no RSVP required.
Folks pictured here include: Laura Roulet, Aideen Barry, Alice Maher, Tina Kinsella (curator), Diane... |
| 2020_DC_KatzenXT_Vessels_200305 | 52 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2020A Gallery Talk: Communicating Vessels
Communicating Vessels
Curator Claudia Rousseau will join the three DC-based, Surrealist-inspired artists of Communicating Vessels -- Ed Bisese, Elyse Harrison, Wayne Paige -- in conversation. |
| 2020_DC_KatzenX_2020A_Vessels | 41 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2020A Winter Exhibit: Communicating Vessels: Ed Bisese, Elyse Harrison, Wayne Paige
Communicating Vessels: Ed Bisese, Elyse Harrison, Wayne Paige
Curated by Claudia Rousseau, PhD
January 25-March 15, 2020
The title of this exhibition is borrowed from that of a book written in 1932 by Surrealist poet André Breton (1896-1966), who in turn had borrowed it from a scientific experiment... |
| 2020_DC_KatzenX_2020A_Good_Form | 158 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2020A Winter Exhibit: Good Form, Decorum, and in the Manner
Good Form, Decorum, and in the Manner
Portraits from the Collections of Washington Print Club Members
Curated by Tim Doud
January 25-March 15, 2020
Portraits are usually understood in one of two ways: as the depiction of the face of a person, or a representation of someone's impression of a person.... |
| 2020_DC_KatzenX_2020A_Heroes | 35 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2020A Winter Exhibit: Heroes & Losers: The Edification of Luis Lorenzana
Heroes & Losers: The Edification of Luis Lorenzana
Lisa Guerrero Nakpil, Coordinating Curator
January 25-March 15, 2020
Luis Lorenzana (b. 1979) is a self-taught Filipino artist whose background in politics has infused his work with a cynicism that belies his longing for a kinder, more equitable... |
| 2020_DC_KatzenX_2020A_Landscape | 26 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2020A Winter Exhibit: Landscape in an Eroded Field
Landscape in an Eroded Field
Carol Barsha, Heather Theresa Clark, Artemis Herber
Curated by Laura Roulet
January 25-March 15, 2020
Landscape in an Eroded Field brings together three women artists whose work reflects the evolution of the pictorial landscape tradition in the Anthropocene era. Carol... |
| 2020_DC_KatzenX_2020A_Gates | 33 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2020A Winter Exhibit: Robert Franklin Gates: Paint What You See
Robert Franklin Gates: Paint What You See
Curated by Jack Rasmussen
January 25-May 24, 2020
Robert Franklin Gates: Paint What You See showcases an adventurous artist who greatly influenced the course of Washington art from his arrival from Detroit in 1930, at the age of 24, until his death in 1982 as... |
| 2020_DC_KatzenXT_BGMuhn_200215 | 88 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2020A Winter Gallery Talk: B.G. Muhn ("North Korean Art - The Enigmatic World of Chosonhwa" book talk)
North Korean Art - The Enigmatic World of Chosonhwa
A Book Talk and Signing by B.G. Muhn
A book signing and talk by Georgetown Art Professor B.G. Muhn. Muhn will present the first publication of its kind on chosonhwa, which is the North Korean moniker for traditional ink wash painting, and the... |
| 2020_DC_KatzenXT_Loren_200124 | 28 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2020A Winter Gallery Talk: Luis Lorenzana
Members' Preview: Luis Lorenzana
Museum members are invited to preview six new exhibitions and join a gallery talk with Filipino artist Luis Lorenzana, centered on his searing political paintings. |
| 2020_DC_KatzenO_200124 | 35 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2020A Winter Opening Reception (Member)
Folks here include:
Sharon Wolpoff, Jack Rasmussen, Carol Barsha, Helen Zughaib, Elyse Harrison, and Wayne Paige. |
| 2020_DC_KatzenO_200125 | 35 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2020A Winter Opening Reception (Public)
Folks here include: Luis Lorenzana, Laura Roulet, Artemis Herber, Carol Barsha, and Ed Bisese. |
| 2021_DC_KatzenO_210601 | 27 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2021A Spring Exhibition Timed Entry Event
AU Museum Timed Entry
by American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center
Reserve your free timed entry visit to the AU Museum. Each visitor must register individually, and tickets are non-transferable.
You will receive a health and safety form via email 24 hours prior to your visit. To enter the... |
| 2021_DC_KatzenX_2021A_MFA_Thesis | 6 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2021A Spring Exhibit: Free Punch & Pie: AU Studio Art MFA Thesis Exhibition
NOTE that, because of COVID, the public could not see this exhibit. The graduates and first year students had private gallery viewings because of the pandemic.
Free Punch & Pie
AU Studio Art MFA Thesis Exhibition, 2021 Graduates
This exhibition was featured in our Museum@Home series during COVID... |
| 2021_DC_KatzenX_2021A_PC | 34 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2021A Spring Exhibit: Peace Corps at 60
Peace Corps at 60
Inside the Volunteer Experience
Presented by the AU Museum Project Space
On view through August 8, 2021
Limited timed reservation tickets are available for Tuesdays and Thursdays in June. Learn more and register.
From its inception the Peace Corps has offered an alternative path... |
| 2021_DC_KatzenX_2021A_60s | 101 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2021A Spring Exhibit: The Long Sixties
The Long Sixties
Washington Paintings in the Watkins and Corcoran Legacy Collections, 1957-1982
Curated by Jack Rasmussen
On view through August 8, 2021
Limited timed reservation tickets are available for Tuesdays and Thursdays in June. Learn more and register.
"The American University Museum... |
| 2021_DC_KatzenX_2021A_RB | 62 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2021A Spring Exhibit: (Alper) Raya Bodnarchuk
Raya Bodnarchuk
This Is a True Picture of How It Was
Presented by the Alper Initiative for Washington Art
On view through August 8, 2021
Limited timed reservation tickets are available for Tuesdays and Thursdays in June. Learn more and register.
Raya Bodnarchuk has been an essential part of the... |
| 2021_DC_KatzenX_2021B_Burko | 87 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2021B Fall Exhibit: Diane Burko: Seeing Climate Change
Diane Burko: Seeing Climate Change
Curated by Mary D. Garrard and Norma Broude
August 28-December 12, 2021
Presented in conjunction with AU Climate Action, a year-long interdisciplinary program focused on climate change across American University.
Painter, photographer, and climate activist Diane... |
| 2021_DC_KatzenX_2021B_Inside | 32 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2021B Fall Exhibit: Inside Out: Artists in the Studio
Inside Out: Artists in the Studio
August 28–December 12, 2021
Curated by Sarah Leary
Studios -- and other interior spaces for artistic production -- play a significant role in artistic practice, particularly in shaping how viewers experience the finished product. In an investigation of... |
| 2021_DC_KatzenX_2021B_Brook | 47 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2021B Fall Exhibit: Philip Brookman: In the Light of Memory, 1969–2021
Philip Brookman: In the Light of Memory, 1969–2021
August 28-December 12, 2021
Curated by Milena Kalinovska
“[Photographers] bring together fact and fiction, experience, imagination, and feelings in a visual dialogue that has enormous impact on how we observe and relate to the external world and our... |
| 2021_DC_KatzenX_2021B_Succ | 43 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2021B Fall Exhibit: Successions: Traversing US Colonialism: Amber Robles-Gordon
Successions: Traversing US Colonialism: Amber Robles-Gordon
Curated by Larry Ossei-Mensah
August 28–December 12, 2021
Amber Robles-Gordon presents Successions: Traversing US Colonialism, a solo exhibition on view at the American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center in fall 2021. Successions is... |
| 2021_DC_KatzenX_2021B_Reveal | 52 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2021B Fall Exhibit: (Alper) Reveal: The Art of Reimagining Scientific Discovery
Reveal: The Art of Reimagining Scientific Discovery
Rebecca Kamen
Presented by the Alper Initiative for Washington Art
August 28–December 12, 2021
Curated by Sarah Tanguy
In Reveal, Rebecca Kamen unlocks curiosity as a creative link between the arts, humanities, and sciences, exploring the... |
| 2022_DC_KatzenX_2022A_Fields | 87 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2022A Spring Exhibit: Fields and Formations
Fields and Formations
A Survey of Mid-Atlantic Abstraction
January 29–May 22, 2022
Organized by The Delaware Contemporary’s inaugural Curator-in-Residence Kristen Hileman
Fields and Formations brings together approximately 70 works by 12 distinguished women and non-binary artists from the... |
| 2022_DC_KatzenX_2022A_Missing | 45 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2022A Spring Exhibit: In place of a missing place
In place of a missing place
Curated by Noam Segal
January 29 – April 8, 2022
This exhibition of Israeli art from the AU Museum’s permanent collection will unpack landscape depictions in various media. It offers a historicized consideration of myth-making, forced migration, displacement, erasure,... |
| 2022_DC_KatzenX_2022A_In_Pos | 84 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2022A Spring Exhibit: in·position: MFA Studio Art Thesis Exhibition
in·position: MFA Studio Art Thesis Exhibition
April 23–May 22, 2022
in·position presents the thesis work of graduating MFA candidates in AU's Studio Art program. The artists critically interrogate and contend with the inescapable implications of our respective positionalities and vulnerabilities. As... |
| 2022_DC_KatzenX_2022A_Fragment | 55 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2022A Spring Exhibit: Positive Fragmentation
Positive Fragmentation: From the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation
Jan 29 to May 22, 2022
Drawn from the collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation, Positive Fragmentation includes more than 100 works by 21 contemporary artists who use fragmentation both... |
| 2022_DC_KatzenX_2022A_2Places | 14 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2022A Spring Exhibit: Two Places on Earth: Works by Chan Chao
Two Places on Earth
Works by Chan Chao
January 29–May 22, 2022
Presented by the AU Museum Project Space
This portrait series is based on the idea of open societies, interconnection, and the world’s contraction. It features global citizens and is meant to acknowledge how beautiful the concept of an... |
| 2022_DC_KatzenX_2022A_PaperL | 31 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2022A Spring Exhibit: (Alper) Paper Light: Photographs by Claudia Smigrod
Paper Light: Photographs by Claudia Smigrod
Curated by Wendy A. Grossman
January 29–May 22, 2022
Presented by the Alper Initiative for Washington Art
With her inventive darkroom experiments, Claudia Smigrod takes the cameraless photogram into new realms that defy easy categorization. Organic forms... |
| 2022_DC_KatzenO_220129 | 32 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2022A Spring Opening Day
Because of COVID-19, there were no public or member receptions for this exhibit but these were folks on the opening day of the exhibit.
Folks spotted here included Jack Rasmussen, Tony Podesta, and Claudia Smigrod. |
| 2022_DC_KatzenX_2022A_GGlass | 25 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2022A/B Spring Exhibit: Glorious Glass: Works by Annette Lerner
Glorious Glass: Works by Annette Lerner
April 23–May 22 and June 11-August 7, 2022
Annette Lerner’s most recent works combine her love of color, gesture, and three-dimensional form. Lerner submits her glass materials to her artistic will by bending, shaping, and gluing, bringing her multilayered... |
| 2022_DC_KatzenXT_Trans_220611 | 34 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2022B Gallery Talk: Caribbean Transitions w/Keith Morrison
Opening and Gallery Talk: Caribbean Transitions
Curator Keith Morrison will discuss the exhibition Caribbean Transitions, followed by an opening reception for the AU Museum's six summer shows.
Caribbean Transitions explores the character, complexity, and originality of art by Caribbean American... |
| 2022_DC_KatzenO_220611 | 98 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2022B Opening Reception (Public)
Folks seen here include Jack Rasmussen, Helen Zughaib, Mokha Laget, Josef Achrer, Dalya Luttwak, and Betsy Broun. |
| 2022_DC_KatzenX_2022B_Caribbean | 57 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2022B Summer Exhibit: Caribbean Transitions
Caribbean Transitions
Curated by Keith Morrison
June 11–August 7, 2022
This exhibition explores the character, complexity, and originality of art by Caribbean American artists as they expand the art of the North American continent. The 20 artists in the exhibition are respected internationally, and... |
| 2022_DC_KatzenX_2022B_Homeland | 42 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2022B Summer Exhibit: Home-Land: Exploring the American Myth
Home-Land: Exploring the American Myth
Curated by Michael Quituisaca and Alexandra Schuman
June 11–August 7, 2022
Taking advantage of the museum’s proximity to the Department of Homeland Security’s Nebraska Avenue Complex, this exhibition explores the impact that American culture has on its... |
| 2022_DC_KatzenX_2022B_Perceptual | 20 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2022B Summer Exhibit: Mokha Laget: Perceptualism
Mokha Laget: Perceptualism
Curated by Kristen Hileman
June 11–August 7, 2022
Featuring over 40 paintings, sculpture, drawings, and lithographs, Mokha Laget: Perceptualism surveys the last ten years of an artistic practice devoted to exploring perception and space. Through a playful and... |
| 2022_DC_KatzenX_2022B_Bridge | 17 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2022B Summer Exhibit: The Bridge that Carried Us Over
The Bridge that Carried Us Over
Presented by the AU Museum Project Space
June 11–August 7, 2022
The Bridge that Carried Us Over explores the mechanisms by which the transfer of intergenerational wealth, land, and historical memory have been denied to the African diaspora in the United States. It... |
| 2022_DC_KatzenX_2022B_Quest | 65 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2022B Summer Exhibit: The Quest for Tranquil Space: Paintings and Photograms
The Quest for Tranquil Space: Paintings and Photograms
Works by Josef Achrer
Josef Achrer’s paintings are a documentary about human society which seeks its lost concentration in the new, infomanic world. Massive amounts of information are hard to decipher and we thus often change our positions.... |
| 2022_DC_KatzenX_2022B_Vertig | 14 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2022B Summer Exhibit: Vertiginous Matter: Jason Horowitz
Vertiginous Matter: Jason Horowitz
Curated by Jennifer Sakai
June 11–August 7, 2022
Vertiginous Matter: Jason Horowitz is an investigation of materialism, scale, and perception as shown through his lens and artistic process. Utilizing modern technology Horowitz’s images are both arresting in their... |
| 2022_DC_KatzenX_2022C_Kallos | 54 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2022C Fall Exhibit: Kallos: Maria Karametou
Kallos: Maria Karametou
September 10–December 11, 2022
Kallos, Greek for “beauty,” continues Karametou’s exploration of identity. This was first sparked by her own personal history of migration and displacement, inspiring her to create highly original pieces that also resonate on a universal level.... |
| 2022_DC_KatzenX_2022C_Believe | 24 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2022C Fall Exhibit: Make-Believe: Georgia Saxelby and Devan Shimoyama
Make-Believe: Georgia Saxelby and Devan Shimoyama
September 10–December 11, 2022
Make-Believe explores artistic world-building and the crafting of alternate realities. The exhibition presents sculptures by Georgia Saxelby and paintings by Devan Shimoyama in the context of a post-pandemic world where... |
| 2022_DC_KatzenX_2022C_More_Clay | 94 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2022C Fall Exhibit: More Clay: The Power of Repetition
More Clay: The Power of Repetition
Curated by Rebecca Cross
September 10 – December 11, 2022
Transcending the structural limitations of clay and abandoning the material’s traditional association with function, these eight artists build powerful ceramic sculptures through accumulation, repetition,... |
| 2022_DC_KatzenX_2022C_Montgomery | 37 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2022C Fall Exhibit: Nan Montgomery: Counterpoint
Nan Montgomery: Counterpoint
September 10 – December 11, 2022
Curated by Virginia Mecklenburg
Nan Montgomery: Counterpoint is the first major retrospective showcasing the artist’s 50+ year career. Montgomery’s signature geometric abstract style uses color and surface to communicate invisible truths... |
| 2022_DC_KatzenX_2022C_SinInf | 88 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2022C Fall Exhibit: Singularities and Infinities
Singularities and Infinities: Shanthi Chandrasekar and Michael Albrow
September 10 – December 11, 2022
Singularities and Infinities, a juxtaposition of art and science, is the result of a collaboration between Shanthi Chandrasekar, an artist trying to capture the intricacies and wonders of the... |
| 2022_DC_KatzenX_2022C_Pretty | 63 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2022C Fall Exhibit: Sitting Pretty: 200 Years of American Portrait Painting
Sitting Pretty: 200 Years of American Portrait Painting from the Collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art
September 10 – December 11, 2022
Sitting Pretty: Two Hundred Years of American Portrait Painting from the Collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art features a selection from the nearly one... |
| 2022_DC_KatzenX_2022C_Koreas | 13 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2022C Fall Exhibit: (Alper) Haunted Koreas: Mina Cheon with Kim Il Soon
Haunted Koreas: Mina Cheon with Kim Il Soon
Presented by the Alper Initiative for Washington Art
Artist Mina Cheon releases only black and white photos of her North Korean art collection so that visitors can see it in color in person.
Overview:
South Korean new media artist Mina Cheon works for... |
| 2022_DC_KatzenO_220910 | 65 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2022C Fall Opening Reception (Public)
Folks here include Yumi Hogan, Glenn Marcus, Mina Cheon, Melvin Hardy, Rebecca Cross, Janet Fries, Jack Rasmussen, Dalya Luttwak, Michael Albrow, and Chawky Frenn. |
| 2022_DC_KatzenXT_MoreClay_220910 | 63 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2022C Gallery Talk: More Clay w/Rebecca Cross
Gallery Talk
Curator Rebecca Cross will discuss the exhibition More Clay
Transcending the structural limitations of clay and abandoning the material’s traditional association with function, these eight artists build powerful ceramic sculptures through accumulation, repetition, and innovative feats of... |
| 2022_DC_KatzenXT_Albrow_220911 | 78 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2022C Gallery Talk: The Dark Side of the Universe (Michael Albrow)
Gallery Talk: The Dark Side of the Universe, a talk on the exhibition "Singularities and Infinities"
Curator Michael Albrow and artist Shanthi Chandrasekar will discuss the exhibition "Singularities and Infinities" in a gallery talk titled,"The Dark Side of the Universe: Black Holes, Dark Matter, and... |
| 2023_DC_KatzenXT_Rebhan_230205 | 50 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2023A Gallery Talk: About Time --- The Deeply Social Art of Gail Rebhan
Gallery Talk: About Time --- The Deeply Social Art of Gail Rebhan
Reconsidering the many ways Rebhan jumps the narrow lane of art-for-art’s sake in terms of resisting the simple power of the mute single image by exploring with a variety of formal techniques the imbricated categories of... |
| 2023_DC_KatzenXT_Roulet_230211 | 17 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2023A Gallery Talk: Laura Roulet
I ran into Laura Roulet, the curator for the "Eastern Front – Western Front: World War II Photojournalism by Georgi Zelma and Constance Stuart Larrabee" exhibit while she was showing some people around the exhibit. |
| 2023_DC_KatzenX_2023A_EWFront | 91 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2023A Spring Exhibit: Eastern Front -- Western Front
Eastern Front – Western Front
World War II Photojournalism by Georgi Zelma and Constance Stuart Larrabee
Corcoran Legacy Collection/Project Space
Laura Roulet, Curator
February 4 – March 19, 2023
A history of combat photography and photojournalism during World War II with little-known views into... |
| 2023_DC_KatzenX_2023A_Madayin | 97 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2023A Spring Exhibit: Madayin
Madayin: Eight Decades of Aboriginal Australian Bark Painting from Yirrkala
February 4 – May 14, 2023
“The land has everything it needs. But it couldn’t speak. It couldn’t express itself. Tell its identity. And so it grew a tongue. That is the Yolŋu. That is me. We are the tongue of the land. Grown... |
| 2023_DC_KatzenX_2023A_BGColl | 121 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2023A Spring Exhibit: The Barlow Gilotty Collection
The Barlow Gilotty Collection
Philip Barlow, Lisa Gilotty, collectors
Vivienne Lassman, curator
February 4–May 21, 2023
“In addition to art telling a story, the pattern of collecting tells our story.”
-- Khanh Le, First New Home, 2008
The Barlow Gilotty Collection is the culmination of over 30... |
| 2023_DC_KatzenX_2023A_Trawick | 60 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2023A Spring Exhibit: The Trawick Prize
The Trawick Prize
20th Anniversary Emerald Award
February 4 – March 19, 2023
The Trawick Prize is a regional contemporary art award that began in 2002 to recognize and support local DC, Maryland, and Virginia artists. The competition’s founder and funder, Carol Trawick, is a longtime community... |
| 2023_DC_KatzenX_2023A_Rebhan | 61 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2023A Spring Exhibit: (Alper) Gail Rebhan: About Time
Gail Rebhan: About Time
Presented by the Alper Initiative for Washington Art
Gail Rebhan, artist
Sally Stein, curator
February 4 – May 21, 2023
For better and worse, nothing stays still. DC artist Gail Rebhan (b. 1953) knows that well and this, her first museum retrospective, explores her many... |
| 2023_DC_KatzenX_2023B_Elements | 102 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2023B Exhibit: At One with the Elements
At One with the Elements
Leigh Wen, Artist
Sarah Tanguy, Curator
June 17 – August 13, 2023
Internationally recognized artist Leigh Wen explores the power of nature while nurturing a sense of connectivity and stewardship for our endangered planet.
Exhibition Overview
Discover how artist Leigh... |
| 2023_DC_KatzenX_2023B_Blue | 14 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2023B Exhibit: Blue and Gray: This Era of Exile
Blue and Gray: This Era of Exile
A Project Space* Exhibition
June 17 – August 13, 2023
Artwork by Kebedech Tekleab
Poetry by E. Ethelbert Miller
Curated by David Keplinger
Exhibition Overview
The recent fratricidal war in Ethiopia; the constant turmoil in Somalia; the current wars between... |
| 2023_DC_KatzenX_2023B_Pilar | 35 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2023B Exhibit: Pilar Albarracín: Take a Knife and Open My Heart
Pilar Albarracín: Take a Knife and Open My Heart
Pilar Albarracín, Artist
Pia Ogea, Curator
June 17 – August 13, 2023
“My work delves into the most internationalized stereotypes of Spanish culture and its evolution over the last 30 years and focuses on (among other concepts) the violence of... |
| 2023_DC_KatzenX_2023B_Chicano | 27 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2023B Exhibit: Rupert Garcia and the Chicano Art Movement
Rupert Garcia and the Chicano Art Movement:
Prints and Posters from the Corcoran Legacy Collection
June 17 – August 13, 2023
“Rupert Garcia has a profoundly sophisticated understanding of color, form, negative space, and the power of restraint. Garcia’s work is a masterclass in efficiency because it... |
| 2023_DC_KatzenX_2023B_View | 25 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2023B Exhibit: View from Within
View from Within
Presented by the Alper Initiative for Washington Art*
Rhoda Baer, Artist
June 17 – August 13, 2023
“In truth, I still think it’s all magic.”
-- Rhoda Baer
Exhibition Overview:
Laminating clear optical glass with colored minerals to make glass sculptures is a complicated and... |
| 2023_DC_KatzenXT_Wen_230715 | 96 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2023B Gallery Talk: At One with the Elements w/Leigh Wen
Gallery Talk: At One with the Elements
Curator, Sarah Tanguy & the artist, Leigh Wen, will discuss the exhibition "At One with the Elements" in a gallery talk.
Discover how artist Leigh Wen weaves personal and cultural histories into her practice. At One with the Elements explores her intimate bond... |
| 2023_DC_KatzenXT_LostE_230620 | 169 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2023B Gallery Talk: Lost Europe: On the Edge of Memories
Gallery Talk - Lost Europe: On the Edge of Memories
By Embassy of the Czech Republic
Join us for a gallery talk followed by a special reception with photographers Jan Dobrovský and Martin Wágner in connection to the exhibition Lost Europe: On the Edge of Memories curated by Milena Kalinovska.
The... |
| 2023_DC_KatzenXT_Albar_230617 | 25 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2023B Gallery Talk: Pilar Albarracín
Gallery Talk: Pilar Albarracín, Take a Knife and Open My Heart
Curator and Artist, Pia Ogea and Pilar Albarracín present on the exhibition "Pilar Albarracín: Take a Knife and Open My Heart"
This discussion will be held in-person by the artist and curator to highlight the exhibition "Pilar Albarracín:... |
| 2023_DC_KatzenO_230617 | 134 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2023B Opening Reception (Public)
Exhibition artists shown here during the reception included: Rhoda Baer, Kebedech Tekleab, E. Ethelbert Miller, Leigh Wen, and Pilar Albarracín.
Others include: Glenn Marcus, Jack Rasmussen, Eden Raskin (Jamie Raskin's sister), Thora Colot, Margaret Otto (Politics and Prose), and Chawky Frenn. |
| 2023_DC_KatzenX_2023B_Lost | 82 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2023B/C Exhibit: Lost Europe: On the Edge of Memories
Lost Europe: On the Edge of Memories
June 17–August 13, 2023
September 9–December 10, 2023
Folks:
* Karel Cudlin, Photographer
* Jan Dobrovský, Photographer
* Martin Wágner, Photographer
* Milena Kalinovska, Curator
“Through these photographs, you’ll step into a country with a dramatic... |
| 2023_DC_KatzenX_2023C_Cushner | 39 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2023C Exhibit: Cushner
CUSHNER
Steven Cushner, Artist
September 9–December 10, 2023
CUSHNER consists of 34 artworks by artist Steven Cushner, whose work is included in AU Museum’s holdings at the university where Cushner served as an adjunct faculty member from 1995 through 2000.
The exhibition refers to and builds upon a... |
| 2023_DC_KatzenX_2023C_Abensohn | 29 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2023C Exhibit: Lillian Klein Abensohn: Song of Songs: Fruitful Relationships
Lillian Klein Abensohn
Song of Songs: Fruitful Relationships
Lillian Klein Abensohn, Artist
September 9–October 15, 2023
Lillian Klein Abensohn asks “What’s really important?” These playful still lifes offer a tongue-in-cheek take on fundamental and complex human relationships.
Initially, the... |
| 2023_DC_KatzenX_2023C_NTapestry | 21 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2023C Exhibit: Nature’s Tapestry
Nature’s Tapestry
A Project Space* Exhibition
Bernis von zur Muehlen, Artist
Ori Z. Soltes, Curator
September 9–December 10, 2023
“Bernis von zur Muehlen is a magician and an artist …who engages the realm of the spiritual and the everyday, creating by re-visioning reality again and again.”
--... |
| 2023_DC_KatzenX_2023C_Rotenberg | 48 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2023C Exhibit: Rachel Rotenberg
Rachel Rotenberg
Rachel Rotenberg, Artist
Jane Livingston, Curator
September 9–December 10, 2023
Using cedar planks and other materials, Rotenberg has managed to build works on a heroic scale without sacrificing intimacy, and to craft small sculptures that attain a kind of conceptual... |
| 2023_DC_KatzenX_2023C_FWhite | 30 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2023C Exhibit: (Alper) Franklin White: An American in Venezuela
Franklin White: An American in Venezuela
Presented by the Alper Initiative for Washington Art
Dr. Chantelle E. Bernard, Curator
September 9 – December 10, 2023
White invites you to examine the way mother-nature generously gifted Merida, Venezuela with a bounty of beautiful things… and taught him new... |
| 2023_DC_DFaust_230916 | 61 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2023C Gallery Talk: Lost Europe: On the Edge of Memories A Day in Kyiv (w/Daniel Faust)
Gallery Talk: Lost Europe: On the Edge of Memorie: A Day in Kyiv
Photographer Daniel Faust, with guests present on the exhibition "Lost Europe: On the Edge of Memories" in a talk titled "Day in Kyiv"
This talk will be moderated by Jack Rasmussen, Director of AU Museum, Daniel Faust, Photographer,... |
| 2023_DC_KatzenXT_Cushner_231007 | 125 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2023C Gallery Talk: Steven Cushner w/Architect David Jameson and George Hemphill
Artist, Steven Cushner and special guest Architect David Jameson, will discuss the exhibition "Cushner" in a gallery talk.
Cushner refers to and builds upon a solidly stylistic through-line from Steven Cushner’s past work to present work. More importantly, through the conscious manipulation of an array... |
| 2024_02_10B6_KatzenX_Marilyn | 43 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2024A Exhibit: A Drawing Like No Other
A Drawing Like No Other: Marilyn Brought Back to Life in 9,000,000 Marks
Presented by the Alper Initiative for Washington Art*
February 7 – May 19, 2024
Billy Pappas, Artist
Gary Vikan, Curator
Subject of an award-winning documentary, this is your chance to see this incredibly detailed pencil... |
| 2024_02_11B5_KatzenX_Marilyn | 34 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2024A Exhibit: A Drawing Like No Other
A Drawing Like No Other: Marilyn Brought Back to Life in 9,000,000 Marks
Presented by the Alper Initiative for Washington Art*
February 7 – May 19, 2024
Billy Pappas, Artist
Gary Vikan, Curator
Subject of an award-winning documentary, this is your chance to see this incredibly detailed pencil... |
| 2024_02_10B1_KatzenX_Memory | 59 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2024A Exhibit: Art and the Demands of Memory
Art and the Demands of Memory
Works by Second Generation Holocaust Survivors
February 7 – May 19, 2024
Explore the ways in which art is shaped by memories of traumatic experiences … memories that serve as throughlines to affirm the relevance of the past in understanding both the present and the... |
| 2024_02_11B1_KatzenX_Memory | 126 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2024A Exhibit: Art and the Demands of Memory
Art and the Demands of Memory
Works by Second Generation Holocaust Survivors
February 7 – May 19, 2024
Explore the ways in which art is shaped by memories of traumatic experiences … memories that serve as throughlines to affirm the relevance of the past in understanding both the present and the... |
| 2024_02_10B8_KatzenX_Hart_Stone | 18 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2024A Exhibit: Dana Hart-Stone: Kaleidoscope
Dana Hart-Stone: Kaleidoscope
February 7 – May 19, 2024
Dana Hart-Stone, Artist
Brian Gross, Curator
Hart-Stone invites you to look closely and explore everyday life on the plains and main streets of small-town America with his methodical manipulation of vintage photo imagery.
Discover the work of... |
| 2024_02_11B6_KatzenX_Hart_Stone | 39 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2024A Exhibit: Dana Hart-Stone: Kaleidoscope
Dana Hart-Stone: Kaleidoscope
February 7 – May 19, 2024
Dana Hart-Stone, Artist
Brian Gross, Curator
Hart-Stone invites you to look closely and explore everyday life on the plains and main streets of small-town America with his methodical manipulation of vintage photo imagery.
Discover the work of... |
| 2024_02_10B7_KatzenX_Geometries | 32 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2024A Exhibit: Infinite Geometries
Infinite Geometries: Exploring the Arts of the Medieval Islamic World
Dr. Joanne Allen
January 22-March 1, 2024
Katzen Rotunda
This exhibition comprises drawings, oil and watercolor paintings, intaglio and relief prints, and fabrics based on the art history of the medieval Islamic world, in... |
| 2024_02_10B4_KatzenX_New_Thing | 27 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2024A Exhibit: New Perspective on the New Thing
New Perspective on the New Thing:
A Photography Exhibition Documenting DC’s Revolutionary Community Arts Center, 1966-1972
February 7 – March 17, 2024
Joel Jacobson, Photographer
Tom Zetterstrom, Photographer
A rarely told history showing how community was authentically built in segregated... |
| 2024_02_11B3_KatzenX_New_Thing | 32 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2024A Exhibit: New Perspective on the New Thing
New Perspective on the New Thing:
A Photography Exhibition Documenting DC’s Revolutionary Community Arts Center, 1966-1972
February 7 – March 17, 2024
Joel Jacobson, Photographer
Tom Zetterstrom, Photographer
A rarely told history showing how community was authentically built in segregated... |
| 2024_02_10B5_KatzenX_Human_Flood | 53 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2024A Exhibit: The Human Flood
The Human Flood
February 7 – August 11, 2024
Ellyn Weiss, Artist
Sondra N. Arkin, Artist
Laura Roulet, Curator
Explore how mass migration caused by climate change is currently underway (and will only increase) through this mixed-media installation.
What does it truly mean to leave a life behind... |
| 2024_02_11B4_KatzenX_Human_Flood | 73 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2024A Exhibit: The Human Flood
The Human Flood
February 7 – August 11, 2024
Ellyn Weiss, Artist
Sondra N. Arkin, Artist
Laura Roulet, Curator
Explore how mass migration caused by climate change is currently underway (and will only increase) through this mixed-media installation.
What does it truly mean to leave a life behind... |
| 2024_02_10B2_KatzenX_Tree | 50 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2024A Exhibit: The Tree around the Corner
The Tree around the Corner
February 7 – May 19, 2024
Barbara Kerne, Artist
Vivienne M. Lassman, Curator
“My life as an artist has been an expression of exploration of my interior self in my environment.” —Barbara Kerne
Barbara Kerne has been compelled to make art inspired by nature since she was a... |
| 2024_02_10B3_KatzenX_Kavanagh | 40 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2024A Exhibit: The Very Idea! Art of Brian Kavanagh
The Very Idea! Art of Brian Kavanagh
February 7 – March 17, 2024
Howard N. Fox, Curator
Rosemary M. DeRosa, Organizer
“Kavanagh’s achievement was almost entirely in painting and printmaking, yet his art is pervasively informed by his interest in ideation — the thought process itself….”
Learn more... |
| 2024_02_11B2_KatzenX_Kavanagh | 25 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2024A Exhibit: The Very Idea! Art of Brian Kavanagh
The Very Idea! Art of Brian Kavanagh
February 7 – March 17, 2024
Howard N. Fox, Curator
Rosemary M. DeRosa, Organizer
“Kavanagh’s achievement was almost entirely in painting and printmaking, yet his art is pervasively informed by his interest in ideation — the thought process itself….”
Learn more... |
| 2024_02_10A3_KatzenXT_Topper | 156 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2024A Gallery Talk: The New Thing Panel Discussion with Topper Carew
Gallery Talk: The New Thing Panel Discussion with Topper Carew
Exhibit: New Perspective on The New Thing: A Photography Exhibition Documenting DC’s Revolutionary Community Arts Center, 1966-1972
Hear how an arts community was authentically built in 1960’s Adams Morgan! Topper Carew’s New Thing Art... |
| 2024_02_10C_KatzenO | 139 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2024A Opening Reception
Come celebrate our seven new spring ’24 exhibitions! Mix and mingle with many of this season’s artists and curators … arrive early for light refreshments!
Folks seen here include (pretty much in order):
Jack Rasmussen, Dana Hart-Stone, Lisa Montag Brotman, Sondra N. Arkin, Ellyn Weiss, Laura Roulet,... |
| 2024_04_06B1_KatzenX_L4L | 58 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2024B Exhibit: Looking for the Light
Looking for the Light
April 6 – May 19, 2024
Artist: Bob Schieffer
Curator: Michael Bechloss
In a sweeping exhibition, long-time CBS journalist Bob Schieffer (CBS Evening News, Face the Nation, 60 Minutes, presidential debate moderator) trades microphone for paint brush to document one of America’s... (Partially reviewed) |
| 2024_04_07A2_KatzenX_L4L | 129 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2024B Exhibit: Looking for the Light
Looking for the Light
April 6 – May 19, 2024
Artist: Bob Schieffer
Curator: Michael Bechloss
In a sweeping exhibition, long-time CBS journalist Bob Schieffer (CBS Evening News, Face the Nation, 60 Minutes, presidential debate moderator) trades microphone for paint brush to document one of America’s... (Partially reviewed) |
| 2024_04_07A1_KatzenX_ST | 123 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2024B Exhibit: Surface Tension
SURFACE TENSION: The Visible and the Hidden
AU Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition
April 6 – May 19, 2024
Artists:
* Marie Gauthiez
* Genie Ghim
* Neal Gwaltney
* Charles Jean-Pierre
* Lindsay Mueller
* Taylor Sizemore
Six American University MFA candidates explore the oscillation... (Partially reviewed) |
| 2024_04_20A1_KatzenXT_L4TL | 147 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2024B Gallery Talk: Looking for the Light w/Bob Schieffer
Gallery Talk: Looking for the Light
Meet legendary journalist Bob Schieffer (CBS Evening News, Face the Nation, 60 Minutes, presidential debate moderator), who’s traded microphone for paint brush to document one of America’s most difficult eras. He shows us how the COVID pandemic, and the efforts to... (Partially reviewed) |
| 2024_04_06B2_KatzenO_L4L | 314 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2024B Opening Reception (Public) -- Looking for the Light (Bob Schieffer)
Special Event: Mid-Season Exhibitions Reception
As the weather warms with the promise of spring, two new exhibitions join this season’s offerings. Looking for the Light, featuring paintings by long-time CBS journalist Bob Schieffer, and the American University Master of Fine Arts student thesis... (Partially reviewed) |
| 2024_04_06B4_KatzenO_ST | 48 | DC -- American University -- Katzen Arts Center -- 2024B Opening Reception (Public) -- Surface Tension
Special Event: Mid-Season Exhibitions Reception
As the weather warms with the promise of spring, two new exhibitions join this season’s offerings. Looking for the Light, featuring paintings by long-time CBS journalist Bob Schieffer, and the American University Master of Fine Arts student thesis... (Partially reviewed) |
| 2021_DC_SIAM_Without_Walls | 17 | DC -- Anacostia Community Museum -- Exhibit: A Museum Without Walls |
| 2018_DC_SIAM_Right | 140 | DC -- Anacostia Community Museum -- Exhibit: A Right to the City
A Right to the City
April 21, 2018 – April 20, 2020
How Washingtonians have shaped and reshaped their neighborhoods in extraordinary ways
After a half-century of population decline and disinvestment, Washington, DC, today is home to a rapidly growing population, rising rents and home prices, major... |
| 2018_DC_SIAM_River | 11 | DC -- Anacostia Community Museum -- Exhibit: Capturing the Anacostia River
Capturing the Anacostia River
To mark the Year of the Anacostia—an effort to celebrate the rich history of the Anacostia River and progress toward its cleanup and sustainable health—the Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum opens the photographic exhibition, “Capturing the Anacostia River,” that... |
| 2007_DC_SIAM_East_River | 35 | DC -- Anacostia Community Museum -- Exhibit: East of the River: Continuity and Change
East of the River: Continuity and Change
September 15, 2007 – November 9, 2008
To celebrate the museum's 40th anniversary, this exhibition documents the development of community life of neighborhoods east of the Anacostia River beginning with the original inhabitation by Native Americans up to the... |
| 2021_DC_SIAM_Food4PeopleI | 266 | DC -- Anacostia Community Museum -- Exhibit: Food for the People: Eating and Activism in Greater Washington (Interior portion)
Food for the People: Eating and Activism in Greater Washington
April 17, 2021 – September 17, 2022
With every bite of food we eat, we have an opportunity to help remake an unjust and unequal food system.
Do you know where your food comes from? Who produces, processes, and prepares it, and in what... |
| 2021_DC_SIAM_Food4People | 80 | DC -- Anacostia Community Museum -- Exhibit: Food for the People: Eating and Activism in Greater Washington (Outdoor portion)
Food for the People: Eating and Activism in Greater Washington
April 17, 2021 – September 17, 2022
Across our nation and region, we have both an overabundance of food and a staggering number of people who struggle to find their next meal. This reality has only worsened with the COVID-19 pandemic. The... |
| 2017_DC_SIAM_Gateways | 95 | DC -- Anacostia Community Museum -- Exhibit: Gateways/Portales
Gateways/Portales
December 5, 2016 – August 6, 2017
Gateway: any entrance or passage that may be opened and closed.
What does it mean for Latino migrants and immigrants to make a home in a U.S. city? Both struggle and triumph. Through the gateways of social justice, community access, and public... |
| 2015_DC_SIAM_CWChanged | 177 | DC -- Anacostia Community Museum -- Exhibit: How the Civil War Changed Washington
How the Civil War Changed Washington
February 2, 2015 – November 15, 2015
This exhibition examines the social and spatial impact of the Civil War on Washington, DC and the resulting dramatic changes in social mores, and in the size and ethnic composition of the city’s population. The population of the... |
| 2018_DC_SIAM_Key | 8 | DC -- Anacostia Community Museum -- Exhibit: Key to the Community |
| 2021_DC_SIAM_Men_Of_Change | 209 | DC -- Anacostia Community Museum -- Exhibit: Men of Change: Taking it to the Streets @ Ron Brown High School
Men of Change: Taking it to the Streets
February 1, 2021 – ... |
| 2018_DC_SIAM_ACM50 | 34 | DC -- Anacostia Community Museum -- Exhibit: Your Community, Your Story: Celebrating Five Decades of the Anacostia Community Museum, 1967-2017
Your Community, Your Story: Celebrating Five Decades of the Anacostia Community Museum, 1967-2017
September 15, 2017 – January 6, 2019
For fifty years, the Anacostia Community Museum (ACM) has pushed the boundaries of what “museum” means. Conversations with neighbors have shaped exhibitions and... |
| 2004_DC_SIAM | 4 | DC -- Anacostia Community Museum -- Not Covered Elsewhere |
| 2007_DC_SIAM | 7 | DC -- Anacostia Community Museum -- Not Covered Elsewhere |
| 2018_DC_SIAM | 11 | DC -- Anacostia Community Museum -- Not Covered Elsewhere |
| 2021_DC_SIAM | 3 | DC -- Anacostia Community Museum -- Not Covered Elsewhere |
| 2022_DC_SISG_Splendid_Land | 132 | DC -- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery -- Exhibit: A Splendid Land: Paintings from Royal Udaipur
A Splendid Land: Paintings from Royal Udaipur
November 19, 2022 – May 14, 2023
Around 1700, artists in Udaipur (a court in northwest India) began creating immersive paintings that conveyed the mood (bhava) of the city’s palaces, lakes, and mountains. These large paintings and their emphasis on lived... |
| 2020_DC_SISG_Age_Old | 123 | DC -- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery -- Exhibit: Age Old Cities: A Virtual Journey from Palmyra to Mosul
Age Old Cities: A Virtual Journey from Palmyra to Mosul
January 25, 2020 – October 25, 2020
Journey to three cities in the Middle East—Palmyra and Aleppo in Syria and Mosul in Iraq—in this virtual exhibition organized by the Arab World Institute, Paris, and created in collaboration with UNESCO. These... |
| 2022_DC_SISG_Yemen_Incense | 41 | DC -- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery -- Exhibit: Ancient Yemen: Incense, Art, and Trade
Ancient Yemen: Incense, Art, and Trade
September 3, 2022 – Indefinitely
Nestled in the southwestern corner of the Arabian Peninsula, Yemen became a major hub for the trade of incense during the first millennium BCE. This trade reached its climax between the first century BCE and the second century CE.... |
| 2023_DC_SISG_Anyang | 119 | DC -- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery -- Exhibit: Anyang: China's Ancient City of Kings
Anyang: China's Ancient City of Kings
February 25, 2023 – April 28, 2024
Anyang: China’s Ancient City of Kings is the first major exhibition in the United States dedicated to Anyang, the capital of China’s Shang dynasty (occupied ca. 1250 BCE–ca. 1050 BCE). The source of China’s earliest surviving... |
| 2015_DC_SISG_Art_Gift | 19 | DC -- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery -- Exhibit: Art of the Gift: Recent Aquisitions
Art of the Gift: Recent Aquisitions
July 25, 2015 – December 13, 2015
The beauty and diversity of Asian art are evident throughout the collections of the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. Since the opening of the Freer in 1923 and the Sackler in 1987, generous gifts and funds... |
| 2023_DC_SISG_AyO | 76 | DC -- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery -- Exhibit: Ay-Ō's Happy Rainbow Hell
Ay-Ō's Happy Rainbow Hell
March 25, 2023 – September 10, 2023
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Immerse yourself in Ay-Ō’s world of sensory experience, exploration, and fun.
Born in 1931, the Japanese artist Ay-Ō (pronounced “eye-oh”) moved to New York in 1958, where he would soon become a member of the... |
| 2016_DC_SISG_Buddah | 25 | DC -- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery -- Exhibit: Body of Devotion: The Cosmic Buddha in 3D
Body of Devotion: The Cosmic Buddha in 3D
January 30, 2016 – December 2016
Like all Buddhas (fully enlightened beings), the Cosmic Buddha, a life-size limestone figure of Vairochana, is wrapped in the simple robe of a monk. What makes this sixth-century Chinese object exceptional are the detailed... |
| 2017_DC_SISG_Chinamania | 40 | DC -- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery -- Exhibit: Chinamania
Chinamania
July 9, 2016 – June 4, 2017
Chinamania, the craze for Chinese blue-and-white ceramics, swept London in the nineteenth century and still endures in the West. Contemporary artist Walter McConnell, inspired by his travels in China and the kilns as Jindgzhen, interrogates this phenomenon... |
| 2023_DC_SISG_Connecting | 36 | DC -- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery -- Exhibit: Connecting Stories at the National Museum of Asian Art
Connecting Stories at the National Museum of Asian Art
April 29, 2023 – Ongoing
The National Museum of Asian Art opened in 1923, becoming the first art museum on the National Mall. At the museum, we continually renew our commitment to the communities represented by the works in our collections and to... |
| 2017_DC_SISG_Felines | 111 | DC -- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery -- Exhibit: Divine Felines: Cats of Ancient Egypt
Divine Felines: Cats of Ancient Egypt
October 14, 2017 – January 15, 2018
Cats’ personalities have made them internet stars today. In ancient Egypt, cats were associated with divinities, as revealed in Divine Felines: Cats of Ancient Egypt. Cat coffins and representations of the cat-headed goddess... |
| 2019_DC_SISG_Empresses | 305 | DC -- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery -- Exhibit: Empresses of China's Forbidden City, 1644-1912
Empresses of China's Forbidden City, 1644-1912
March 30, 2019 – June 23, 2019
The lives of the Qing dynasty empresses offer a compelling tale of opulence and influence as told in this first-ever, in-depth exhibition of the subject. From their royal portraits and costumes they wore to Buddhist art... |
| 2017_DC_SISG_Encountering | 116 | DC -- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery -- Exhibit: Encountering the Buddha: Art and Practice Across Asia
Encountering the Buddha: Art and Practice Across Asia
October 14, 2017 – November 29, 2020
Visitors can step into a Tibetan Buddhist shrine, linger at a Sri Lankan stupa, travel with an eighth-century Korean monk and discover remarkable objects in Encountering the Buddha. The exhibition draws upon the... |
| 2021_DC_SISG_Fashioning | 37 | DC -- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery -- Exhibit: Fashioning an Empire: Safavid Textiles from the Museum of Islamic Art, Doha
Fashioning an Empire: Safavid Textiles from the Museum of Islamic Art, Doha
December 18, 2021 – May 15, 2022
With their sumptuous surfaces, original designs, and technical sophistication, luxury textiles played a critical role in the social, cultural, religious, and economic life of Safavid Iran... |
| 2017_DC_SISG_Feast | 54 | DC -- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery -- Exhibit: Feast Your Eyes
Feast Your Eyes: A Taste for Luxury in Ancient Iran
October 14, 2017 – Indefinitely
Originally open in 2012, in celebration of the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery's 25th anniversary, a selection from the Freer and Sackler's extraordinary collection of luxury metalwork from ancient Iran—an area extending... |
| 2017_DC_SISG_Elephant | 26 | DC -- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery -- Exhibit: Glazed Elephant: Ceramic Traditions in Cambodia
The Glazed Elephant: Ceramic Traditions in Cambodia
April 15, 2017 – TBA
Water-pouring elephants; lime pots shaped like birds, rabbits, and lions; bottles with human faces and hands folded in reverence: these vessels feature in the ceramic traditions of the Angkor kingdom (802–1431). The Glazed... |
| 2016_DC_SISG_Heart | 53 | DC -- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery -- Exhibit: Heart of an Empire: Herzfeld's Discovery of Pasargadae
Heart of an Empire: Herzfeld's Discovery of Pasargadae
February 13, 2016 – July 31, 2016
Located in the dasht-i murghab, or “plain of the water bird,” in southwestern Iran, Pasargadae was the first capital of the ancient Achaemenid Persian Empire (circa 540 BCE) and the last resting place of Cyrus the... |
| 2022_DC_SISG_Roof | 36 | DC -- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery -- Exhibit: Once Upon a Roof: Vanished Korean Architecture
Once Upon a Roof: Vanished Korean Architecture
May 21, 2022 – October 30, 2022
Roof tiles made of fired clay are key elements of traditional Korean architecture. They not only protected wooden structures from the weather; they also carried aesthetic value and symbolic meaning. One special type of... |
| 2023_DC_SISG_Unfolds | 65 | DC -- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery -- Exhibit: Palace Life Unfolds: Conserving a Chinese Lacquer Screen
Palace Life Unfolds: Conserving a Chinese Lacquer Screen
July 15, 2023 – January 28, 2024
On display for the first time after a major conservation project, this Chinese lacquer screen dated to 1672 is a delight, featuring newly revealed intricate details that had been obscured by centuries of wear and... |
| 2023_DC_SISG_Gathering | 37 | DC -- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery -- Exhibit: Park Chan-kyong: Gathering
Park Chan-kyong: Gathering
October 7, 2023 – October 13, 2024
Seoul-based artist Park Chan-kyong has gained international recognition for his use of photography and film to examine the complex history of modern Korea. Park Chan-kyong: Gathering is the first solo presentation of his work in a major... |
| 2015_DC_SISG_Lucre | 69 | DC -- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery -- Exhibit: Peacock Room REMIX: Darren Waterston's Filthy Lucre
Peacock Room REMIX: Darren Waterston's Filthy Lucre
May 16, 2015 – November 29, 2016
Filthy Lucre, an immersive installation by painter Darren Waterston, reimagines James McNeill Whistler’s famed Peacock Room—an icon of American art—as a decadent ruin collapsing under the weight of its own creative... |
| 2015_DC_SISG_Shiota | 6 | DC -- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery -- Exhibit: Perspectives: Chiharu Shiota
Perspectives: Chiharu Shiota
August 30, 2014 – June 7, 2015
Haunted by the traces that the human body leaves behind, the work amasses personal memories of lost individuals and past moments through an accumulation of discarded shoes and notes collected by the artist. Shiota studied at Kyoto Seike... |
| 2015_DC_SISG_Baladi | 13 | DC -- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery -- Exhibit: Perspectives: Lara Baladi
Perspectives: Lara Baladi
August 29, 2015 – June 5, 2016
Egyptian-Lebanese artist Lara Baladi (born 1969) experiments with the photographic medium, investigating its history and its role in shaping perceptions of the Middle East—particularly Egypt, where she is based. This installation centers on Oum... |
| 2017_DC_SISG_Perspectives | 7 | DC -- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery -- Exhibit: Perspectives: Michael Joo
Perspectives: Michael Joo
July 2, 2016 – July 9, 2017
Inspired by the migration patterns of Korean red-crowned cranes, Brooklyn-based artist Michael Joo (b. 1966, Ithaca, NY) has created a monumental installation specifically for the Freer|Sackler. The birds’ movements are visualized as lines in space... |
| 2021_DC_SISG_Spirals | 22 | DC -- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery -- Exhibit: Prehistoric Spirals: Earthenware from Thailand
Prehistoric Spirals: Earthenware from Thailand
December 18, 2021 – Ongoing
Red painted spirals swirl in distinct patterns across the surfaces of these vessels, testifying to the sophisticated material and aesthetic cultures of northeastern Thailand more than two thousand years ago. Their makers... |
| 2017_DC_SISG_Resound | 26 | DC -- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery -- Exhibit: Resound: Bells of Ancient China
Resound: Bells of Ancient China
October 14, 2017 – TBD
Musical innovations in the Bronze Age meld with today’s digital technology in this interactive exploration of ancient Chinese bells. Thousands of years ago, Chinese musicians worked with foundry technicians to cast matched sets of bronze bells of... |
| 2022_DC_SISG_Revealing | 38 | DC -- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery -- Exhibit: Revealing Krishna: Journey to Cambodia's Sacred Mountain
Revealing Krishna: Journey to Cambodia's Sacred Mountain
April 30, 2022 – September 18, 2022
Revealing Krishna transports visitors to a sacred mountain in the floodplains of southern Cambodia. The exhibition showcases a monumental sculpture of the Hindu god Krishna lifting Mount Govardhan to protect... |
| 2024_03_18C4_SISG_Staging | 3 | DC -- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery -- Exhibit: Staging the Supernatura
Staging the Supernatural: Ghosts and the Theater in Japanese Prints
March 23, 2024 – October 6, 2024
Throughout Japanese cultural history, the boundary between the real world and the world of supernatural beings has been remarkably porous. Certain sites, states of mind, or periods in the lunar cycle... |
| 2024_03_26C2_SISG_Staging | 156 | DC -- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery -- Exhibit: Staging the Supernatura
Staging the Supernatural: Ghosts and the Theater in Japanese Prints
March 23, 2024 – October 6, 2024
Throughout Japanese cultural history, the boundary between the real world and the world of supernatural beings has been remarkably porous. Certain sites, states of mind, or periods in the lunar cycle... (Partially reviewed) |
| 2024_03_18C3_SISG_Striking | 36 | DC -- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery -- Exhibit: Striking Objects: Contemporary Japanese Metalwork
Striking Objects: Contemporary Japanese Metalwork
March 2, 2024 – early 2026
Metalworking is at once powerful and delicate. Immense labor and heat are required to extract pure metals from ore to form alloys that are then made into flat metal sheets. The technique of hammering introduces powerful blows... |
| 2017_DC_SISG_Gupta | 14 | DC -- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery -- Exhibit: Terminal: Subodh Gupta
Subodh Gupta
October 14, 2017 – June 24, 2018
Internationally acclaimed artist Subodh Gupta transforms familiar household objects, such as stainless steel and brass vessels often found in India, into wondrous structures. The Freer|Sackler features the artist’s monumental installation Terminal.... |
| 2023_DC_SISG_Knowing | 58 | DC -- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery -- Exhibit: The Art of Knowing in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Himalayas
The Art of Knowing in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Himalayas
March 25, 2023 – TBA
The Art of Knowing brings together highlights from our collections to explore religious and practical knowledge across time, space, and cultures. Featuring stone sculptures, gilt bronzes, and painted manuscripts... |
| 2017_DC_SISG_Quran | 46 | DC -- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery -- Exhibit: The Art of the Qur'an
The Art of the Qur'an: Treasures from the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts
October 22, 2016 – February 20, 2017
In recognition of one of the world’s extraordinary collections of Qur’ans, the Freer|Sackler is hosting a landmark exhibition, the first of its kind in the United States. Almost seventy of... |
| 2016_DC_SISG_Lost_Symphony | 39 | DC -- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery -- Exhibit: The Lost Symphony: Whistler and the Perfection of Art
The Lost Symphony: Whistler and the Perfection of Art
January 16, 2016 – May 30, 2016
Three Girls would have been a seminal work in the stylistic development of American artist James McNeill Whistler (1834–1903)—if he had completed it. He intended to hang the large painting opposite his Princess from... |
| 2018_DC_SISG_Prince | 32 | DC -- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery -- Exhibit: The Prince and the Shah: Royal Portraits from Qajar Iran
The Prince and the Shah: Royal Portraits from Qajar Iran
February 24, 2018 – August 5, 2018
In our age of social media and selfies, it may be difficult to grasp the importance of painted portraits and studio photographs in nineteenth-century Iran. During this time, known as the Qajar era, rulers such... |
| 2022_DC_SISG_Shrine | 25 | DC -- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery -- Exhibit: The Tibetan Buddhist Shrine Room
The Tibetan Buddhist Shrine Room
March 5, 2022 – Indefinitely
The Tibetan Buddhist Shrine Room includes more than two hundred bronzes, paintings, silk hangings, and carpets that were created in Tibet, China, and Mongolia between the thirteenth and early twentieth centuries. Arranged to reflect Tibetan... |
| 2023_DC_SISG_Shrine | 8 | DC -- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery -- Exhibit: The Tibetan Buddhist Shrine Room
The Tibetan Buddhist Shrine Room
March 5, 2022 – Indefinitely
The Tibetan Buddhist Shrine Room includes more than two hundred bronzes, paintings, silk hangings, and carpets that were created in Tibet, China, and Mongolia between the thirteenth and early twentieth centuries. Arranged to reflect Tibetan... |
| 2018_DC_SISG_Dye_For | 23 | DC -- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery -- Exhibit: To Dye For: Ikats from Central Asia
To Dye For: Ikats from Central Asia
March 24, 2018 – July 29, 2018
With their brilliant designs, ikats are among the most distinct fabrics produced in Central Asia. The name, derived from the Malaysian word for “to tie,” refers to the distinct technique of making these textiles: bundles of threads are... |
| 2015_DC_SISG_Travellers | 65 | DC -- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery -- Exhibit: Traveler's Eye: Scenes of Asia
The Traveler's Eye: Scenes of Asia
November 22, 2014–May 31, 2015
Travel shapes how we see the world. Long after a trip has ended, images made to guide, track, and represent travelers and their journeys continue to influence our views of other cultures and our own cultural identities. Featuring more... |
| 2022_DC_SISG_Underdogs | 91 | DC -- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery -- Exhibit: Underdogs and Antiheroes: Japanese Prints from the Moskowitz Collection
Underdogs and Antiheroes: Japanese Prints from the Moskowitz Collection
March 19, 2022 – January 29, 2023
Expect the unexpected. The exhibition Underdogs and Antiheroes: Japanese Prints from the Moskowitz Collection focuses on the captivating stories and urban legends of individuals living on the... |
| 2022_DC_SISG_Unstill | 24 | DC -- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery -- Exhibit: Unstill Waters: Contemporary Photography from India
Unstill Waters: Contemporary Photography from India
December 10, 2022 – June 11, 2023
Unstill Waters: Contemporary Photography from India foregrounds landscapes of India, real and reimagined, as powerful means of examining environmental and social issues concerning us all. Through still and moving... |
| 2008_DC_SISG_Monkeys | 2 | DC -- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery -- Exhibit: Xu Bing: Monkeys Grasp for the Moon
Xu Bing: Monkeys Grasp for the Moon
2004 – Indefinitely
This whimsical sculpture was originally created as a temporary display by expatriate Chinese artist Xu Bing (b. 1955) for the 2001 exhibition Word Play: Contemporary Art by Xu Bing. In order for it to remain on permanent view, it was re-created... |
| 2017_DC_SISG_Monkeys | 48 | DC -- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery -- Exhibit: Xu Bing: Monkeys Grasp for the Moon
Xu Bing: Monkeys Grasp for the Moon
2004 – Indefinitely
This whimsical sculpture was originally created as a temporary display by expatriate Chinese artist Xu Bing (b. 1955) for the 2001 exhibition Word Play: Contemporary Art by Xu Bing. In order for it to remain on permanent view, it was re-created... |
| 2004_DC_SISG | 28 | DC -- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery -- Not Covered Elsewhere |
| 2005_DC_SISG | 22 | DC -- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery -- Not Covered Elsewhere |
| 2006_DC_SISG | 29 | DC -- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery -- Not Covered Elsewhere |
| 2008_DC_SISG | 22 | DC -- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery -- Not Covered Elsewhere |
| 2015_DC_SISG | 2 | DC -- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery -- Not Covered Elsewhere |
| 2017_DC_SISG | 5 | DC -- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery -- Not Covered Elsewhere |
| 2019_DC_SISG | 7 | DC -- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery -- Not Covered Elsewhere |
| 2021_DC_SISG | 13 | DC -- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery -- Not Covered Elsewhere |
| 2022_DC_SISG | 5 | DC -- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery -- Not Covered Elsewhere |
| 2023_DC_SISG | 4 | DC -- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery -- Not Covered Elsewhere |
| 2006_DC_Corcoran_Amer | 2 | DC -- Corcoran Gallery of Art -- American Galleries |
| 2010_DC_Corcoran_Amer | 122 | DC -- Corcoran Gallery of Art -- American Galleries |
| 2011_DC_Corcoran_Amer | 53 | DC -- Corcoran Gallery of Art -- American Galleries |
| 2013_DC_Corcoran_Amer | 127 | DC -- Corcoran Gallery of Art -- American Galleries |
| 2014_DC_Corcoran_Amer | 5 | DC -- Corcoran Gallery of Art -- American Galleries |
| 2010_DC_Corcoran_Cont | 2 | DC -- Corcoran Gallery of Art -- Contemporary Galleries |
| 2011_DC_Corcoran_Cont | 17 | DC -- Corcoran Gallery of Art -- Contemporary Galleries |
| 2013_DC_Corcoran_Cont | 39 | DC -- Corcoran Gallery of Art -- Contemporary Galleries |
| 2014_DC_Corcoran_Cont | 4 | DC -- Corcoran Gallery of Art -- Contemporary Galleries |
| 2006_DC_Corcoran_Eur | 23 | DC -- Corcoran Gallery of Art -- European Galleries |
| 2010_DC_Corcoran_Eur | 59 | DC -- Corcoran Gallery of Art -- European Galleries |
| 2011_DC_Corcoran_Eur | 34 | DC -- Corcoran Gallery of Art -- European Galleries |
| 2013_DC_Corcoran_Eur | 33 | DC -- Corcoran Gallery of Art -- European Galleries |
| 2014_DC_Corcoran_Eur | 37 | DC -- Corcoran Gallery of Art -- European Galleries |
| 2014_DC_Corcoran_Paley | 100 | DC -- Corcoran Gallery of Art -- Exhibit: American Metal: The Art of Albert Paley
American Metal: The Art of Albert Paley
June 28, 2014 to September 28, 2014
American Metal presents a retrospective survey of the art of Albert Paley, one of the world’s most distinguished metalsmiths. It covers all aspects of his nearly 50-year career, starting with his work as a jeweler and... |
| 2006_DC_Corcoran_Glass | 3 | DC -- Corcoran Gallery of Art -- Exhibit: Glasswork |
| 2006_DC_Corcoran_Salon | 12 | DC -- Corcoran Gallery of Art -- Salon Dore |
| 2010_DC_Corcoran_Salon | 24 | DC -- Corcoran Gallery of Art -- Salon Dore |
| 2013_DC_Corcoran_Salon | 6 | DC -- Corcoran Gallery of Art -- Salon Dore |
| 2023_DC_Corcoran_Salon | 46 | DC -- Corcoran Gallery of Art -- Salon Dore |
| 2024_01_25C3_Corcoran_Salon | 4 | DC -- Corcoran Gallery of Art -- Salon Dore |
| 1997_DC_Corcoran | 1 | DC -- Corcoran Gallery of Art (Through 2014) |
| 2002_DC_Corcoran | 1 | DC -- Corcoran Gallery of Art (Through 2014) |
| 2003_DC_Corcoran | 2 | DC -- Corcoran Gallery of Art (Through 2014) |
| 2004_DC_Corcoran | 4 | DC -- Corcoran Gallery of Art (Through 2014) |
| 2005_DC_Corcoran | 1 | DC -- Corcoran Gallery of Art (Through 2014) |
| 2006_DC_Corcoran | 14 | DC -- Corcoran Gallery of Art (Through 2014) |
| 2007_DC_Corcoran | 2 | DC -- Corcoran Gallery of Art (Through 2014) |
| 2008_DC_Corcoran | 3 | DC -- Corcoran Gallery of Art (Through 2014)
I never noticed the wires holding the griffins in place before. |
| 2009_DC_Corcoran | 9 | DC -- Corcoran Gallery of Art (Through 2014) |
| 2010_DC_Corcoran | 38 | DC -- Corcoran Gallery of Art (Through 2014) |
| 2011_DC_Corcoran | 2 | DC -- Corcoran Gallery of Art (Through 2014) |
| 2013_DC_Corcoran | 5 | DC -- Corcoran Gallery of Art (Through 2014) |
| 2014_DC_Corcoran | 3 | DC -- Corcoran Gallery of Art (Through 2014)
The Corcoran gallery space is scheduled to close on October 1. It's being acquired by the National Gallery of Art, with its collection being split up. I wanted to see it before it closed. |
| 2020_DC_Corc_Rm105 | 7 | DC -- Corcoran School of the Arts and Design -- 105 Classroom |
| 2023_DC_Corc_GHours_230202 | 13 | DC -- Corcoran School of the Arts and Design -- Event: Golden Hours: Meet the Room
Golden Hours: A Salon Doré Event Series
The Salon Doré, Corcoran's 18th century French "Golden Lounge," is a unique space in the Flagg Building that many either don't know exists or assume is off-limits. Come learn more about the history of the room and its material makeup to be inspired about its... |
| 2020_DC_Mann_200226 | 32 | DC -- Corcoran School of the Arts and Design -- Event: Onward: Meet and Greet with Pixar's Head of Story, Kelsey Mann
Onward: Meet and Greet with Pixar's Head of Story, Kelsey Mann
Kelsey Mann, Head of Story at Pixar, will be talking about 'Onward', released in theaters on March 6, 2020.
Meet Kelsey Mann, Head of Story at Pixar. Kelsey was the story supervisor on the 2013 feature film, Monster's University and has... |
| 2019_DC_Corc_VDay_190214 | 11 | DC -- Corcoran School of the Arts and Design -- Event: Valentine's Day
Looking for a free snack or a place to make a personalized card for your loved one? We've got you covered! This Valentine's Day (February 14), join the Corcoran for a celebration in the Flagg Atrium from 10 a.m. to noon, complete with coffee, donuts, Valentine's cookies and games! At this event, you'll... |
| 2018_DC_Corc_SpikedC_181003 | 128 | DC -- Corcoran School of the Arts and Design -- Event: “Spiked”: A Conversation with Rob Rogers & Ann Telnaes
“Spiked”: A Conversation with Rob Rogers & Other Editorial Cartoonists
by The Corcoran School of the Arts and Design @ GW
Join us on the evening of October 3 to hear Rob Rogers and Ann Telnaes in an intimate panel talk at the Corcoran School of the Arts & Design on the issues of censorship, freedom of... |
| 2024_01_25C2_Corc_Sockwell | 24 | DC -- Corcoran School of the Arts and Design -- Exhibit @ Brady Gallery: A Corcoran Homecoming: The Art of Carroll Sockwell
A Corcoran Homecoming: The Art of Carroll Sockwell
Luther W. Brady Art Gallery
Carroll Sockwell was a prominent figure in the Washington, D.C. art scene from the 1960s until his passing in 1992. Sockwell also had a long-standing relationship with the Corcoran Gallery of Art, first as a student at the... |
| 2019_DC_Corc_Action | 30 | DC -- Corcoran School of the Arts and Design -- Exhibit @ Brady Gallery: A Time for Action: Washington Artists circa 1989
A Time for Action: Washington Artists circa 1989
June 13, 2019 to October 5, 2019
Luther W. Brady Art Gallery
This companion exhibition to the Corcoran exhibition 6.13.89 will exhibit paintings, drawings, and prints from the GW Collection by artists who registered their protest of the volatile... |
| 2020_DC_Corc_Dialogue | 40 | DC -- Corcoran School of the Arts and Design -- Exhibit @ Brady Gallery: Dialogue: Art Students’ Works and GW Collection Paintings
Dialogue: Art Students’ Works and GW Collection Paintings
Fri, February 7, 2020 to Fri, March 20, 2020
Luther W. Brady Art Gallery
Students from the George Washington University’s Corcoran School of the Arts and Design will see their works on display alongside pieces from the GW Collection, including... |
| 2019_DC_Corc_Have_A_Look | 16 | DC -- Corcoran School of the Arts and Design -- Exhibit @ Brady Gallery: Have a Look: Selections from the GW Collection
Have a Look: Selections from the GW Collection
February 7, 2019 to Sat, March 23, 2019
Luther W. Brady Art Gallery
Collecting since 1821, GW holds many “hidden” treasures ranging from an early painting by the famed painter Fernando Botero, to a trove of over 152 photographs by Andy Warhol. “Have a... |
| 2022_DC_Corc_Renewal | 44 | DC -- Corcoran School of the Arts and Design -- Exhibit @ Brady Gallery: Renewal
Renewal
Open to the public September 15 – December 10, 2022
Luther W. Brady Art Gallery
This exhibition celebrates the reinstallation of Robert Stackhouse's work, Ghost Dance, at the Corcoran alongside pieces by the Washington Sculptors Group. The juried show was inspired by renewal, rebirth and... |
| 2023_DC_Corc_Rethinking | 93 | DC -- Corcoran School of the Arts and Design -- Exhibit @ Brady Gallery: Rethinking Legacy and Memory: Behind the Image of Ulysses S. Grant
Rethinking Legacy and Memory: Behind the Image of Ulysses S. Grant
May 1-19, 2023
Luther W. Brady Art Gallery
For the first time, students in the Museum Studies and the Exhibition Design program in the Corcoran School of the Arts and Design have collaborated on an original exhibition, Rethinking... |
| 2024_01_25C1_Corc_Collecting | 95 | DC -- Corcoran School of the Arts and Design -- Exhibit @ Brady Gallery: The Art of Collecting: Gifts from the Luther W. Brady Estate
The Art of Collecting: Gifts from the Luther W. Brady Estate
On View: September 28, 2023 - March 16, 2024
Luther W. Brady Art Gallery
The celebrated oncologist and philanthropist Luther W. Brady bequeathed more than 130 works of art to the George Washington University with an equally generous gift of... |
| 2022_DC_Corc_Senses | 13 | DC -- Corcoran School of the Arts and Design -- Exhibit @ Brady Gallery: View Into the Senses: Looking at Works on Paper
View Into the Senses: Looking at Works on Paper
Nov. 30 2022- March 18, 2023
Luther W. Brady Art Gallery
Highlighting thirteen artists from the GW Collection, overseen by the Luther W. Brady Art Gallery. Created between 1957 through 1984, the works on paper elucidate how the first abstract... |
| 2019_DC_Corc_Mapplethorpe | 146 | DC -- Corcoran School of the Arts and Design -- Exhibit: 6.13.89: The Cancelling of the Mapplethorpe Exhibition
6.13.89: The Cancelling of the Mapplethorpe Exhibition
June 14, 2019, to Oct. 6, 2019
6.13.89: The Cancelling of the Mapplethorpe Exhibition will explore the highly politicized and publicized cancellation of the 1989 exhibition Robert Mapplethorpe: The Perfect Moment. On June 13, 1989, the Corcoran... |
| 2022_DC_Corc_Encounters | 27 | DC -- Corcoran School of the Arts and Design -- Exhibit: Encounters at 500 17th St NW
Encounters at 500 17th St NW
On view Dec. 1– 8
This exhibition explores the myriad of encounters throughout the Corcoran Flagg building’s past, present and future. The show features all student work from ‘Writing About Others,’ a class that analyzes what it means -- ethically, poetically, formally --... |
| 2022_DC_Corc_Filipinabilia | 89 | DC -- Corcoran School of the Arts and Design -- Exhibit: Filipinabilia: Origins, Rituals, Artifacts
Filipinabilia: Origins, Rituals, Artifacts
Exhibition by Tina Villadolid Social Practice, MFA ’23
On view Nov 30 – Dec 10,
A remarkable series of phenomena that cannot possibly be evaluated and is worthy of remembrance. Reclamation and reconciliation for untold, incomplete, and propagandized... |
| 2019_DC_Corc_Good_Enough | 22 | DC -- Corcoran School of the Arts and Design -- Exhibit: Good Enough
Good Enough
February 15, 2019 to April 5, 2019
I am, I feel, not good enough to be an artist” —Anne Truitt
WASHINGTON, DC - Good enough—a declaration of defeat—a statement of proud acceptance of oneself, ones work, the value of time and the passion put towards a particular goal. Perfectionism will... |
| 2019_DC_Corc_Diaspora | 111 | DC -- Corcoran School of the Arts and Design -- Exhibit: INTER | SECTIONALITY: Diaspora from the Creole City
INTER | SECTIONALITY: Diaspora from the Creole City
Nov. 14, 2019 – March 20, 2020
Inter | Sectionality: Diaspora Art from the Creole City is a bold, multidisciplinary exhibition featuring predominantly Miami-based artists from across the Caribbean, with work ranging from photography to site-specific... |
| 2019_DC_Corc_Adams | 16 | DC -- Corcoran School of the Arts and Design -- Exhibit: Kelli Rae Adams: work / study (By The People)
Kelli Rae Adams: work / study
June 13, 2019 to October 6, 2019
With this mixed-media installation, Kelli Rae Adams calls attention to the magnitude and urgency of the student debt crisis in the U.S. Utilizing several hundred handmade ceramic bowls, a quantity of steadily accumulating coins and a... |
| 2022_DC_Corc_Legacy | 73 | DC -- Corcoran School of the Arts and Design -- Exhibit: Legacy: Fifty Years of Dance on the Edge
Legacy: Fifty Years of Dance on the Edge
Sept 23 – Dec 10, 2022, immersive installation
LEGACY, a moving exhibition and immersive installation, is a celebration of the remarkable five-decade career of dance artist and GW professor Maida Withers. A new work, a collaboration by Maida with noted... |
| 2023_DC_Corc_Next_Art | 224 | DC -- Corcoran School of the Arts and Design -- Exhibit: NEXT Festival Art Exhibition |
| 2019_DC_Corc_Open | 37 | DC -- Corcoran School of the Arts and Design -- Exhibit: Open: An Installation by Robin Bell
Open: An Installation by Robin Bell
February 7 - March 31, 2018
OPEN, an installation of lights and projections by artist Robin Bell, is a celebration of transparency, belonging and accessibility.
Reflecting on the cancellation of the Robert Mapplethorpe exhibition at the Corcoran some thirty years... |
| 2018_DC_Corc_Spiked | 48 | DC -- Corcoran School of the Arts and Design -- Exhibit: Spiked
Spiked
July 18 - October 14, 2018
After 25 years at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, editorial cartoonist Rob Rogers was fired in June 2018. Prior to his dismissal, the newspaper refused to publish a series of cartoons produced over three months, starting in March 2018. We invite you to Spiked: The... |
| 2022_DC_Corc_Transformer20 | 122 | DC -- Corcoran School of the Arts and Design -- Exhibit: Transformer20
Transformer20
Nov 11 – Dec 10, 2022
Transformer20 is a retrospective exhibition celebrating Transformer’s 20th anniversary as a leader in the contemporary visual arts supporting innovative emerging artists and artistic practices. |
| 2018_DC_Corc_Truths | 41 | DC -- Corcoran School of the Arts and Design -- Exhibit: We Hold These Truths to be Self-Evident
We Hold These Truths to be Self Evident
November 5, 2018 - December 15, 2018
The Corcoran School of the Arts of Design at the George Washington University is proud to partner with For Freedoms to present:
We Hold These Truths to be Self Evident
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| 2022_DC_Corc_Reparations | 10 | DC -- Corcoran School of the Arts and Design -- Mobile Wall Display: Reparations |
| 2022_DC_Corc_Being | 38 | DC -- Corcoran School of the Arts and Design -- Mobilized Wall Mural: Imprinting Dimensional States of Being |
| 2022_DC_Corc_NGA | 3 | DC -- Corcoran School of the Arts and Design -- National Gallery of Art galleries
I had no idea that the NGA was going to be taking space in the Corcoran building! |
| 2017_DC_Corc_School | 14 | DC -- Corcoran School of the Arts and Design (2014-forward) |
| 2022_DC_Corc_School | 7 | DC -- Corcoran School of the Arts and Design (2014-forward) |
| 2023_DC_Corc_School | 21 | DC -- Corcoran School of the Arts and Design (2014-forward) |
| 1997_DC_SIPG_Bldg | 9 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Building |
| 1999_DC_SIPG_Bldg | 3 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Building |
| 2000_DC_SIPG_Bldg | 12 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Building |
| 2005_DC_SIPG_Bldg | 2 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Building |
| 2006_DC_SIPG_Bldg | 65 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Building
Pictures taken before July 2006 were of the outside of the building as they got it ready for its opening. They include some nighttime shots during pre-opening receptions. The building opened on July 1, 2006 so the pictures from that day forward include indoor shots. |
| 2007_DC_SIPG_Bldg | 23 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Building |
| 2008_DC_SIPG_Bldg | 31 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Building |
| 2009_DC_SIPG_Bldg | 44 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Building
Including the portrait gallery's recent acquisitions section which is being repainted. |
| 2010_DC_SIPG_Bldg | 14 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Building |
| 2011_DC_SIPG_Bldg | 17 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Building
Including cracks after the earthquake. |
| 2012_DC_SIPG_Bldg | 20 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Building |
| 2013_DC_SIPG_Bldg | 29 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Building
Various things including a new Calder being installed outside the building and redoing the main store. |
| 2014_DC_SIPG_Bldg | 11 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Building |
| 2015_DC_SIPG_Bldg | 28 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Building |
| 2016_DC_SIPG_Bldg | 79 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Building
Including the Jonathan Borofky sculpture installed outside the building. |
| 2017_DC_SIPG_Bldg | 12 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Building |
| 2018_DC_SIPG_Bldg | 15 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Building |
| 2019_DC_SIPG_Bldg | 37 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Building
Including Closed signs during the Trump/Fox Shutdown. |
| 2020_DC_SIPG_Bldg | 13 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Building
The National Portrait Gallery and Smithsonian American Art Museum reopened on September 18 after Covid-19 closed them on March 14. |
| 2021_DC_SIPG_Bldg | 18 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Building |
| 2022_DC_SIPG_Bldg | 8 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Building |
| 2023_DC_SIPG_Bldg | 8 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Building
They were working on maintaining Luis Jimenez' Vaquero piece which is installed outside of the building. Brent Glass came by and asked about the use of 9,000 denim jeans in the courtyard canopy. |
| 2018_DC_SIPG_Vaquero_Move | 33 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Building -- Vaquero statue reinstall
They reinstalled the statue. I was covering the Washington Ballet event during the actual move but there's during and after here. |
| 2020_DC_SIPG_4Ward | 15 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Forward Into Light |
| 1997_DC_SIPG_Courtyard | 2 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Kogod Courtyard |
| 2007_DC_SIPG_Courtyard | 41 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Kogod Courtyard
The Kogod courtyard opened on 11/18/2007. Pictures here include that day as well as on 11/20/2007, the first public day where the water was running in the Kogod courtyard. This provides a shallow pool of water that people can walk across. |
| 2008_DC_SIPG_Courtyard | 23 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Kogod Courtyard |
| 2009_DC_SIPG_Courtyard | 5 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Kogod Courtyard |
| 2010_DC_SIPG_Courtyard | 11 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Kogod Courtyard |
| 2011_DC_SIPG_Courtyard | 4 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Kogod Courtyard |
| 2014_DC_SIPG_Courtyard | 10 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Kogod Courtyard |
| 2015_DC_SIPG_Courtyard | 13 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Kogod Courtyard |
| 2016_DC_SIPG_Courtyard | 43 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Kogod Courtyard
Including the trees in the courtyard being replaced and |
| 2017_DC_SIPG_Courtyard | 12 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Kogod Courtyard
Including the holiday courtyard decortations at night (which remind me of the images of Melania's White House decorations) as well as a visit by Gareth Hinds, Alison Morris, and Alexis and Kristen Frederick-Frost. |
| 2018_DC_SIPG_Courtyard | 1 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Kogod Courtyard |
| 2020_DC_SIPG_Courtyard | 2 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Kogod Courtyard |
| 2022_DC_SIPG_Courtyard | 15 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Kogod Courtyard |
| 2023_DC_SIPG_Courtyard | 12 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Kogod Courtyard |
| 2024_01_27E2_SIPG_Courtyard | 1 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Kogod Courtyard |
| 2006_DC_SIPG_Painting | 159 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Paintings |
| 2007_DC_SIPG_Painting | 34 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Paintings |
| 2008_DC_SIPG_Painting | 120 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Paintings |
| 2009_DC_SIPG_Painting | 108 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Paintings |
| 2010_DC_SIPG_Painting | 13 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Paintings |
| 2011_DC_SIPG_Painting | 78 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Paintings |
| 2012_DC_SIPG_Painting | 23 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Paintings |
| 2013_DC_SIPG_Painting | 131 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Paintings |
| 2014_DC_SIPG_Painting | 89 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Paintings |
| 2016_DC_SIPG_Painting | 11 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Paintings |
| 2017_DC_SIPG_Painting | 4 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Paintings |
| 2019_DC_SIPG_Painting | 70 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Paintings |
| 2020_DC_SIPG_Painting | 23 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Paintings |
| 2021_DC_SIPG_Painting | 10 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Paintings |
| 2006_DC_SIPG_Portrait | 73 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Portraits |
| 2007_DC_SIPG_Portrait | 27 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Portraits |
| 2008_DC_SIPG_Portrait | 31 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Portraits |
| 2009_DC_SIPG_Portrait | 500 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Portraits |
| 2010_DC_SIPG_Portrait | 54 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Portraits |
| 2011_DC_SIPG_Portrait | 60 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Portraits |
| 2012_DC_SIPG_Portrait | 135 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Portraits |
| 2013_DC_SIPG_Portrait | 38 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Portraits |
| 2014_DC_SIPG_Portrait | 96 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Portraits |
| 2015_DC_SIPG_Portrait | 56 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Portraits |
| 2016_DC_SIPG_Portrait | 127 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Portraits |
| 2017_DC_SIPG_Portrait | 16 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Portraits |
| 2018_DC_SIPG_Portrait | 25 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Portraits |
| 2019_DC_SIPG_Portrait | 208 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Portraits |
| 2020_DC_SIPG_Portrait | 19 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Portraits
A new John Lewis portrait is on exhibit. |
| 2021_DC_SIPG_Portrait | 57 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Portraits |
| 2022_DC_SIPG_Portrait | 139 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Portraits |
| 2023_DC_SIPG_Portrait | 101 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Portraits |
| 2024_01_27E4_SIPG_Portrait | 25 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Portraits |
| 2014_DC_SIPG_Radio_Talent | 68 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Portraits -- Detail: Miguel Covarrubias’s "Radio Talent"
Radio Talent:
Miguel Covarrubias’s 1938 caricature, Radio Talent, depicted a cloud of popular celebrities who came to fame during the heyday of American radio broadcasting. At the depths of the Depression, radio’s two major networks—NBC and CBS—provided a cultural glue that helped bind the country... |
| 2009_DC_SIPG_Rentals | 15 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Rentals (usually in Kogod courtyard) |
| 2010_DC_SIPG_Rentals | 42 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Rentals (usually in Kogod courtyard)
The courtyard was being set up for a couple of special events including the Telling Stories Gala which I wasn't invited to. |
| 2011_DC_SIPG_Rentals | 17 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Rentals (usually in Kogod courtyard)
These dancers were preparing for a private event by the Council on Competitiveness. |
| 2014_DC_SIPG_Rentals | 15 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Rentals (usually in Kogod courtyard) |
| 2017_DC_SIPG_Rentals | 10 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Rentals (usually in Kogod courtyard)
Preparing for the Pence inaugural party. I wonder what they did with all the artwork displaying women, clothed and otherwise. |
| 2019_DC_SIPG_Rentals | 13 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Rentals (usually in Kogod courtyard)
Including a set-up for promoting the new Cats movie. |
| 2009_DC_SIPG_Ball_090118 | 21 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Rentals: Pre-inaugural ball
I have no idea who was supposed to be at this one but it looked interesting! I was told later that it was a fund-raiser event. Some of the period people were part of the Victorian Dance Ensemble. |
| 1997_DC_SIPG_Sculpture | 15 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Sculpture |
| 1998_DC_SIPG_Sculpture | 4 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Sculpture |
| 2006_DC_SIPG_Sculpture | 64 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Sculpture |
| 2007_DC_SIPG_Sculpture | 44 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Sculpture |
| 2008_DC_SIPG_Sculpture | 84 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Sculpture |
| 2009_DC_SIPG_Sculpture | 40 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Sculpture |
| 2010_DC_SIPG_Sculpture | 77 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Sculpture
Mostly sculpture by Paul Manship |
| 2011_DC_SIPG_Sculpture | 12 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Sculpture
The license plate piece is back! |
| 2012_DC_SIPG_Sculpture | 29 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Sculpture
Including The Museum sculpture. |
| 2013_DC_SIPG_Sculpture | 84 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Sculpture |
| 2014_DC_SIPG_Sculpture | 23 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Sculpture |
| 2015_DC_SIPG_Sculpture | 6 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Sculpture |
| 2019_DC_SIPG_Sculpture | 28 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Sculpture |
| 2023_DC_SIPG_Sculpture | 7 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Sculpture |
| 2010_DC_SIPG_Tour | 6 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Tour
A really big highlights tour group due in large part to publicity in the Washington Post. (Article below)
Get a closeup of the National Portrait Gallery during its Docent's Choice Tours
Friday, January 8, 2010
Museums can be overwhelming: They're crowded. They're big. And they're chock-full of... |
| 2014_DC_SIPG_Tour | 10 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Tour |
| 2015_DC_SIPG_Tour | 4 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Tour: Garrett Peck |
| 2018_DC_SIPG_Tour_180609 | 11 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- Tour: Garrett Peck |
| 2006_DC_SIPG_Vw | 2 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- View from terrace |
| 2007_DC_SIPG_Vw | 4 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- View from terrace |
| 2009_DC_SIPG_Vw | 9 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- View from terrace |
| 2016_DC_SIPG_Vw | 22 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center -- View from terrace |
| 2013_DC_SIPG_Day_Museum | 19 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (Archives of American Art) -- Exhibit: A Day at the Museum
A Day at the Museum:
January 14, 2013 - May 16, 2013 (new opening and closing dates)
Letters, sketchbooks, diaries, photographs, and oral history recordings reveal the many ways artists experience museums. Artists may gain inspiration and a sense of community from museums. Some travel long distances,... |
| 2014_DC_SIPG_DayLife | 50 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (Archives of American Art) -- Exhibit: A Day in the Life: Artists' Diaries
A Day in the Life: Artists' Diaries from the Archives of American Art
September 26, 2014 – February 28, 2015
Reading an artist’s diary is the next best thing to being there. Direct and private, diaries provide firsthand accounts of appointments made and met, places seen, and work in progress—all laced... |
| 2015_DC_SIPG_Yasuo | 31 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (Archives of American Art) -- Exhibit: Artist Teacher Organizer: Yasuo Kuniyoshi in the Archives of American Art
Artist Teacher Organizer: Yasuo Kuniyoshi in the Archives of American Art
March 30, 2015 – July 10, 2015
In 1906, when Yasuo Kuniyoshi (1889–1952) was just 16, he emigrated by himself from Japan to the United States with two hundred dollars in his pocket. Kuniyoshi eventually made his way to New York... |
| 2017_DC_SIPG_B4ICats | 54 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (Archives of American Art) -- Exhibit: Before Internet Cats: Feline Finds from the Archives of American Art
Before Internet Cats: Feline Finds from the Archives of American Art
April 28 - October 29, 2017
Long before cats clawed their way onto the Internet, they made themselves at home in the Archives of American Art. This exhibition explores the myriad ways in which cats are represented in rare documents... |
| 2019_DC_SIPG_Bloom | 23 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (Archives of American Art) -- Exhibit: Bloom: Flowers from the Archives of American Art
Bloom: Flowers from the Archives of American Art
March 2, 2019 – September 2, 2019
Sketches and drawings of flowers from our collections provide a fascinating opportunity to examine flowers from both an artistic and scientific point of view. The exhibition coincides with Smithsonian Gardens' biannual... |
| 2016_DC_SIPG_Legacy | 11 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (Archives of American Art) -- Exhibit: Expanding the Legacy: New Collections on African American Art
Expanding the Legacy: New Collections on African American Art
September 23, 2016 – March 19, 2017
In celebration of the 2016 grand opening of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, the Archives of American Art presents selections from recently acquired collections... |
| 2016_DC_SIPG_Source | 18 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (Archives of American Art) -- Exhibit: Finding: Source Material in the Archives of American Art
Finding: Source Material in the Archives of American Art
April 22, 2016 – August 21, 2016
In this exhibition, the Smithsonian’s Archives of American Art reveals how artists find inspiration. The Archives’ collections hold a kaleidoscopic array of source materials; many of these materials are somewhat... |
| 2013_DC_SIPG_HHC | 70 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (Archives of American Art) -- Exhibit: Handmade Holiday Cards
Handmade Holiday Cards from the Archives of American Art
November 27, 2013 – January 5, 2014
The cards featured in this exhibition -- selected from the hundreds in the Archives of American Art's collections -- reveal how artists imagined the holidays through whimsical watercolors, quirky collages, and... |
| 2012_DC_SIPG_Pollock | 23 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (Archives of American Art) -- Exhibit: Jackson Pollock, Memories Arrested in Space
Memories Arrested in Space: a centennial tribute to Jackson Pollock from the Smithsonian’s Archives of American Art
January 28, 2012 – May 15, 2012
Exhibited in Washington, D.C. at the Lawrence A. Fleischman Gallery
Jackson Pollock (1912–1956) is an American icon. Creator of rhythmic and energetic... |
| 2010_DC_SIPG_Lists | 14 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (Archives of American Art) -- Exhibit: Lists |
| 2015_DC_SIPG_Black_Books | 44 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (Archives of American Art) -- Exhibit: Little Black Books
Little Black Books: Address Books from the Archives of American Art
August 7, 2015 – November 1, 2015
This exhibition showcases a selection of personal address books of influential American artists, from Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner to Joseph Cornell and Ad Reinhardt. Like diaries, these... |
| 2011_DC_SIPG_Big_Lives | 46 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (Archives of American Art) -- Exhibit: Little Pictures, Big Lives
Little Pictures, Big Lives: Snapshots from the Smithsonian's Archives of American Art
July 1, 2011 – October 3, 2011
Some 150 images of celebrated and famous artists offer clues to the intimate side of public personae: to the people and the things they cared about, where they’ve been, what they did,... |
| 2014_DC_SIPG_Monuments | 111 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (Archives of American Art) -- Exhibit: Monuments Men
This exhibition was tied into the release of the Monuments Men movie.
Monuments Men: On the Frontline to Save Europe's Art, 1942–1946
February 7 to April 20, 2014
During World War II, an unlikely team of soldiers was charged with identifying and protecting European cultural sites, monuments, and... |
| 2018_DC_SIPG_Beaten | 51 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (Archives of American Art) -- Exhibit: Off the Beaten Track
Off the Beaten Track: A Road Trip through the Archives of American Art
December 8, 2017 - June 3, 2018
Join us on a road trip through the Archives of American Art. The photographs, sketches, diaries, correspondence, and video recordings on view reveal how artists have shaped and are shaped by their... |
| 2018_DC_SIPG_Pushing | 59 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (Archives of American Art) -- Exhibit: Pushing the Envelope: Mail Art
Pushing the Envelope: Mail Art from the Archives of American Art
August 10, 2018 – January 4, 2019
Beginning in the 1960s, artists from around the world looked to the postal system as an alternative means of producing, distributing, and receiving art. Mail art (alternatively called “correspondence... |
| 2009_DC_SIPG_Xmas | 57 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (Archives of American Art) -- Exhibit: Season's Greetings
“Season’s Greetings: Holiday Cards from the Archives of American Art” celebrates the personal style and sentiment of artists’ handmade holiday cards. This exhibit will be on display from Nov. 20 to Jan. 10, 2010, in the Lawrence A. Fleischman Gallery at the Smithsonian’s Donald W. Reynolds Center for... |
| 2023_DC_SIPG_Staff_Picks | 69 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (Archives of American Art) -- Exhibit: Staff Picks: Our Favorite Things from the Collection
Staff Picks: Our Favorite Things from the Collection
June 1, 2023 – September 21, 2025
Founded in 1954, the Archives of American Art is the most widely used research center in the world that tells the story of visual art in the United States through primary sources. A letter, a scrapbook, a... |
| 2017_DC_SIPG_Tamayo | 70 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (Archives of American Art) -- Exhibit: Tamayo: The New York Years
Tamayo: The New York Years
November 3, 2017 – March 18, 2018
Rufino Tamayo’s lushly colored paintings portraying modern Mexican subjects earned him widespread acclaim as an artist who balanced universal themes with a local sensibility. Tamayo (1899-1991) was drawn to New York City in the early... |
| 2008_DC_SIPG_Kisses | 6 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (Archives of American Art) -- Exhibit: Thousand Kisses
A Thousand Kisses: Love Letters from the Archives of American Art
On view in Washington, D.C. at the Lawrence A. Fleischman Gallery, located inside the Donald W. Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture
January 25, 2008 through June 2, 2008
Love letters bring out the voyeur in most of us.... |
| 2019_DC_SIPG_Feminist | 89 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (Archives of American Art) -- Exhibit: What Is Feminist Art?
What Is Feminist Art?
November 26, 2019 – November 29, 2020
In 1976, feminist activists Ruth Iskin, Lucy Lippard, and Arlene Raven organized an exhibition centered on the question: “What is Feminist Art?” They invited artists to answer this question on a letter-sized piece of paper. Hundreds of... |
| 2011_DC_SIPG_Words | 8 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (Archives of American Art) -- Exhibit: Words Cannot Express
Words Cannot Express: Death in the Archives
October 31, 2011 – December 31, 2011
Death is perhaps the only certainty in life. For those experiencing the death of a friend, family member, loved one, or an admired figure, words are often inadequate to give voice to the intense emotions involved. When... |
| 2023_DC_SIPG_1898 | 251 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: 1898: U.S. Imperial Visions and Revisions
1898: U.S. Imperial Visions and Revisions
April 28, 2023 – February 25, 2024
On the 125th anniversary of the Spanish-American-Cuban-Philippine War, 1898: U.S. Imperial Visions and Revisions is the first exhibition to examine this pivotal period through the lens of portraiture and visual culture. The... |
| 2006_DC_SIPG_Boochever | 23 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: 2006 Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition |
| 2008_DC_SIPG_Scholars | 5 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: 2008 Presidential Scholars in the Arts
2008 Presidential Scholars in the Arts: Works in the Literary and Visual Arts
June 22, 2008 – July 13, 2008
The United States Presidential Scholars Program was established in 1964 to recognize and honor some of the nation's most distinguished graduating high school seniors who are selected based on... |
| 2009_DC_SIPG_Boochever | 55 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: 2009 Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition
These are pictures from the Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition.
Every day we are inundated with faces. Images of celebrities, acquaintances, and friends -- in the news, on social networking sites, on the street -- are constantly changing. Portraits, on the other hand, slow us down. They capture... |
| 2011_DC_SIPG_Scholars | 4 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: 2011 Presidential Scholars in the Arts |
| 2016_DC_SIPG_Boochever | 80 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: 2016 Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition
The Outwin 2016: American Portraiture Today
March 12, 2016 – January 8, 2017
This exhibition features 43 pieces including sculptures, mixed-media pieces, photographs, paintings and drawings. The jurors considered this exhibition a synopsis of historical and cultural events that have unfolded in the... |
| 2019_DC_SIPG_Boochever | 177 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: 2019 Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition
The Outwin 2019: American Portraiture Today
October 26, 2019 – August 30, 2020
Every three years, artists living and working in the United States are invited to submit one of their recent portraits to a panel of experts chosen by the museum. The works of this year’s 46 finalists were selected from... |
| 2022_DC_SIPG_Boochever | 48 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: 2022 Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition
The Outwin 2022: American Portraiture Today
April 30, 2022 – February 26, 2023
Every three years, artists living and working in the United States are invited to submit one of their recent portraits to a panel of experts chosen by the museum. The 42 finalists in this year’s edition were selected from... |
| 2015_DC_SIPG_Obama3D | 11 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: 3-D Portrait of President Obama
3-D Portrait of President Obama
February 13, 2015 – February 16, 2015
In 2014, President Barack Obama became the first President to be scanned using 3-D technology. Data from the scan were used to create his portraits, and a 3-D printed bust will be on view for Presidents Day weekend Friday, Feb. 13,... |
| 2012_DC_SIPG_Will_Of | 16 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: A Will of Their Own: Judith Sargent Murray and Women of Achievement in the Early Republic
A Will of Their Own: Judith Sargent Murray and Women of Achievement in the Early Republic
April 20, 2012 – September 2, 2013
Judith Murray (c. 1769) by John Singleton Copley and seven additional portraits of prominent American women from the late 18th century are on view to showcase both the important... |
| 2023_DC_SIPG_Lincoln_WFKT | 14 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Abraham Lincoln by W.F.K. Travers
Abraham Lincoln by W.F.K. Travers
February 10, 2023 - December 31, 2027
The National Portrait Gallery is proud to announce the installation of a life-size painting of President Abraham Lincoln by artist W.F.K. Travers. Created from life in 1865, the 9-foot-tall oil on canvas is one of three known,... |
| 1997_DC_SIPG_Pres | 1 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: America's Presidents |
| 2006_DC_SIPG_Pres | 35 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: America's Presidents
Including the long-gone Bill Clinton portrait. This one had attracted flak from the anti-Clinton folks because he didn't have a wedding ring which they claimed was a comment on him being a philandering. It turned out that men never had portraits done wearing jewelry -- the last portrait with a wedding... |
| 2007_DC_SIPG_Pres | 5 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: America's Presidents |
| 2008_DC_SIPG_Pres | 13 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: America's Presidents
Including the new W Bush portrait. |
| 2009_DC_SIPG_Pres | 221 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: America's Presidents
Pictures here include the newly unveiled Shepard Fairey iconic "Hope" image. Made of a composite of materials, it was only up temporarily and then they got to work trying to figure out how to conserve it.
Also here is the new Bill Clinton portrait, this time with a wedding ring! |
| 2010_DC_SIPG_Pres | 11 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: America's Presidents
Including yet another Bill Clinton portrait, this one by Chuck Close. They definitely have trouble getting a decent one of this guy! |
| 2011_DC_SIPG_Pres | 23 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: America's Presidents |
| 2012_DC_SIPG_Pres | 11 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: America's Presidents |
| 2013_DC_SIPG_Pres | 20 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: America's Presidents
Including the temporary Obama portrait from Chuck Close. |
| 2014_DC_SIPG_Pres | 26 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: America's Presidents |
| 2015_DC_SIPG_Pres | 26 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: America's Presidents |
| 2016_DC_SIPG_Pres | 50 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: America's Presidents
Including the swapped George Washington portrait. |
| 2017_DC_SIPG_Pres | 74 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: America's Presidents
The presidential galleries reopened after an overhaul in September 2017. Some portraits were swapped in or out, presidents were numbered (with Grover Cleveland requiring two numbers because of his non-consecutive terms), and signs describing eras of presidents were added. |
| 2018_DC_SIPG_Pres | 57 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: America's Presidents
Former President Barack Obama by Artist Kehinde Wiley
On February 13, 2018, the official portraits of the 44th President, Barack Obama, and First Lady Michelle Obama were installed in America’s Presidents and Recent Acquisitions, respectively.
Barack Obama made history in 2009 by becoming the first... |
| 2019_DC_SIPG_Pres | 28 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: America's Presidents
The Bush presidential portrait had a border around it for a month after his death. |
| 2020_DC_SIPG_Pres | 14 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: America's Presidents |
| 2021_DC_SIPG_Pres | 18 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: America's Presidents
A photo of the former child president is up and the Hope picture of Obama is back. |
| 2022_DC_SIPG_Pres | 20 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: America's Presidents
The Barack and Michelle Obama portraits are back. They had been on a national tour. |
| 2023_DC_SIPG_Pres | 11 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: America's Presidents |
| 2018_DC_SIPG_Pres_Obamas | 55 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: America's Presidents -- Lines for Barack and Michelle Obama
Visitor traffic in the Donald Reynolds Center (Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery) has been huge!
In 2017, DRC was the 7th most popular Smithsonian museum at 1.3 million visitors:
#1 = National Air and Space Museum[7m],
#2 = National Museum of Natural History [6m],
#3 =... |
| 2017_DC_SIPG_Temp_Pres | 60 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: America's Presidents Temporary Installation (incl Hindsight is Always 20/20)
America's Presidents Temporary Installation
March 24, 2017 – September 4, 2017
While the regular gallery space is being refurbished and updated, America’s Presidents will be temporarily installed in the west gallery on the second floor. The exhibition will move back into the newly refreshed gallery... |
| 2017_DC_SIPG_Ante_Brady | 26 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Antebellum Portraits by Mathew Brady
Antebellum Portraits by Mathew Brady
June 16, 2017 – June 3, 2018
Mathew Brady may be best known today for his Civil War–era photographs, but he established his reputation as an internationally acclaimed portrait photographer more than a decade before the war. Brady opened his first daguerreotype... |
| 2008_DC_SIPG_Bally | 35 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Ballyhoo!
Ballyhoo! Posters as Portraiture
May 9, 2008 – February 8, 2009
Featuring 61 pieces from the late 19th century to the present, this exhibition demonstrates how posters function as portraiture. Subjects as diverse as General Pershing, "Buffalo Bill" Cody, Joe Louis, Judy Garland, aviator Jimmy... |
| 2016_DC_SIPG_Viola | 80 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Bill Viola: The Moving Portrait
Bill Viola: The Moving Portrait
November 18, 2016 – May 7, 2017
Video-art pioneer Bill Viola believes that cameras are the keepers of souls. From the moment he first picked up a video camera as an art student in 1970, he was captured by the technology. The exhibition Bill Viola and the Moving Portrait... |
| 2018_DC_SIPG_Black_Out | 108 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Black Out: Silhouettes Then and Now
Black Out: Silhouettes Then and Now
May 11, 2018 – March 10, 2019
Silhouettes—cut paper profiles—were a hugely popular and democratic form of portraiture in the 19th century, offering virtually instantaneous likenesses of everyone from presidents to those who were enslaved. The exhibition explores... |
| 2021_DC_SIPG_Block | 27 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Block By Block: Naming Washington
Block by Block: Naming Washington
July 30, 2021 - January 16, 2023
The National Portrait Gallery will explore the namesakes of Washington, D.C.’s streets, avenues, neighborhoods and other public spaces in the new exhibition “Block by Block: Naming Washington.” Featuring reproductions of 16 portraits,... |
| 2006_DC_SIPG_Bravo | 15 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Bravo! |
| 2009_DC_SIPG_Bravo | 48 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Bravo! |
| 2014_DC_SIPG_Bravo | 4 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Bravo! |
| 2015_DC_SIPG_Bravo | 2 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Bravo!
They're refurbishing both the Champions and Bravo! exhibit space. |
| 2016_DC_SIPG_Bravo | 42 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Bravo!
Including the Chuck Jones sculpture that I'd never seen before. |
| 2019_DC_SIPG_Bravo | 16 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Bravo!
Revisiting Paul Moore's Chuck Jones sculpture. |
| 2022_DC_SIPG_Bravo | 6 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Bravo! |
| 2023_DC_SIPG_Bravo | 45 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Bravo! |
| 2024_04_25A1_SIPG_Exiles | 191 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Brilliant Exiles: American Women in Paris, 1900–1939
Brilliant Exiles: American Women in Paris, 1900–1939
April 26, 2024 – February 23, 2025
Brilliant Exiles: American Women in Paris, 1900 – 1939 illuminates the accomplishments of sixty unconventional women who pursued their personal and professional aspirations in Paris. As foreigners in a cosmopolitan... (Partially reviewed) |
| 2016_DC_SIPG_Dylan | 2 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Celebrate: Bob Dylan
Celebrate: Bob Dylan
October 17, 2016 – October 30, 2016
The Nobel Prize committee broke with precedent—and recognized those who make it new—by awarding the 2016 Nobel Prize for Literature to Bob Dylan. The prize will surprise, and perhaps anger, some. It will delight many. Dylan’s career has been a... |
| 2017_DC_SIPG_Gillespie | 3 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Celebrate: Dizzie Gillespie
Dizzie Gillespie
October 26, 2017 – November 26, 2017
The Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery honors the life and legacy of jazz trumpeter, composer and band leader Dizzy Gillespie on the centennial of his birth.
Gillespie first rose to fame in the 1940s and maintained an influential presence in... |
| 2017_DC_SIPG_Ella | 2 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Celebrate: Ella Fitzgerald
Celebrate: Ella Fitzgerald
April 13, 2017 – May 14, 2017
April 25 marks the 100th birthday of American jazz and popular song vocalist Ella Fitzgerald. The museum is recognizing the anniversary by displaying her photograph by William Gottlieb for the first time in the museum.
The photograph pictures... |
| 2016_DC_SIPG_Peck | 1 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Celebrate: Gregory Peck
Celebrate: Gregory Peck
April 1, 2016 – April 10, 2016
1916 was the year that National Park Service was created and the Boy Scouts of America were incorporated. It was also the year that legendary actor Gregory Peck was born. In honor of the 100th anniversary of his birth, the Portrait Gallery honors... |
| 2017_DC_SIPG_CelebrateJFK | 6 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Celebrate: John F. Kennedy
Celebrate: John F. Kennedy
May 19, 2017 – July 9, 2017
The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery joins the nationwide celebration of the life and legacy of President John F. Kennedy on the centennial of his birth, illuminating his contributions, policies and challenges he feared in the wake of the... |
| 2017_DC_SIPG_50Years | 44 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Celebrating Fifty Years
Celebrating Fifty Years
August 11, 2017 – January 6, 2019
In 1968, following major renovations, the Old Patent Office Building opened as the permanent home for two Smithsonian museums, the National Collection of Fine Arts (since renamed the Smithsonian American Art Museum) and the National Portrait... |
| 2006_DC_SIPG_Champions | 4 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Champions |
| 2009_DC_SIPG_Champions | 52 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Champions |
| 2015_DC_SIPG_Champions | 4 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Champions
They're refurbishing both the Champions and Bravo! exhibit space. |
| 2016_DC_SIPG_Champions | 19 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Champions |
| 1998_DC_SIPG_CW | 1 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Civil War |
| 2006_DC_SIPG_CW | 21 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Civil War |
| 2007_DC_SIPG_CW | 7 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Civil War |
| 2008_DC_SIPG_CW | 4 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Civil War |
| 2009_DC_SIPG_CW | 102 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Civil War |
| 2011_DC_SIPG_CW | 68 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Civil War |
| 2012_DC_SIPG_CW | 12 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Civil War |
| 2013_DC_SIPG_CW | 45 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Civil War |
| 2014_DC_SIPG_CW | 26 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Civil War |
| 2015_DC_SIPG_CW | 23 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Civil War |
| 2016_DC_SIPG_CW | 10 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Civil War |
| 2018_DC_SIPG_CW | 4 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Civil War |
| 2019_DC_SIPG_CW | 24 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Civil War |
| 2022_DC_SIPG_CW | 39 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Civil War |
| 2023_DC_SIPG_CW | 110 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Civil War |
| 2017_DC_SIPG_CW_Bateman | 110 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Civil War -- Detail: Horatio Bateman's "Reconstruction"
Print shows a grand allegory of the reconciliation of North and South through the federal program of Reconstruction. Visionary in its breadth and scale, the work is a remarkable combination of religious and patriotic ideology. In "Bateman's National Picture" (as the print is termed in a published key)... |
| 2009_DC_SIPG_CW_GGen | 24 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Civil War -- Detail: OIe Peter Hansen Balling's "Grant and His Generals" |
| 2011_DC_SIPG_CW_15th | 16 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Civil War -- Detail: "Fifteenth Amendment" |
| 2022_DC_SIPG_CW_MoralID | 29 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Civil War -- Moral Identity |
| 2023_DC_SIPG_CW_MoralID | 57 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Civil War -- Moral Identity |
| 2022_DC_SIPG_CW_Pre | 16 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Civil War -- Prelude to the Civil War: A Precarious Balance |
| 2023_DC_SIPG_CW_Pre | 31 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Civil War -- Prelude to the Civil War: A Precarious Balance |
| 2022_DC_SIPG_CW_Recon | 35 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Civil War -- Reconstruction |
| 2023_DC_SIPG_CW_Recon | 58 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Civil War -- Reconstruction |
| 2009_DC_SIPG_Coins | 17 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Coins |
| 2023_DC_SIPG_Oprah | 5 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Commissioned Portrait of Oprah Winfrey
Commissioned Portrait of Oprah Winfrey
December 13, 2023 – October 20, 2024
Chicago-based artist Shawn Michael Warren painted Winfrey in a purple taffeta dress amidst a lush garden at her California home. The near life-size portrait was commissioned for the museum’s permanent collection.
As a global... |
| 2018_DC_SIPG_5Decades | 21 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Daguerreotypes: Five Decades of Collecting
Daguerreotypes: Five Decades of Collecting
June 15, 2018 – June 2, 2019
The 2018 installation of the Daguerreian Gallery celebrates the National Portrait Gallery’s golden anniversary by highlighting fifty years of daguerreotype collecting by the museum. Included are portraits of such iconic figures as... |
| 2016_DC_SIPG_Double_Take | 19 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Double Take: Daguerreian Portrait Pairs
Double Take: Daguerreian Portrait Pairs
June 17, 2016 – June 4, 2017
Often we associate one image with a person from history especially in a museum setting. This show highlights the depth of the National Portrait Gallery’s early photography collection, featuring fourteen historic daguerreotypes—two... |
| 2023_DC_SIPG_Honor | 32 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Duty, Honor, Country: Antebellum Portraits of West Pointers
Duty, Honor, Country: Antebellum Portraits of West Pointers
June 23, 2023 – June 9, 2024
In the years leading up to the Civil War, the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, emerged as a vital training ground for men who built the nation’s infrastructure, played decisive roles in its... |
| 2020_DC_SIPG_1stLadies | 140 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Every Eye Is Upon Me: First Ladies of the United States
Every Eye Is Upon Me: First Ladies of the United States
November 13, 2020 – May 23, 2021
Every Eye Is Upon Me: First Ladies of the United States is the first major exhibition to explore the historical significance of this prominent position through the mode of portraiture. The exhibition, organized in... |
| 2021_DC_SIPG_1stLadies | 4 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Every Eye Is Upon Me: First Ladies of the United States
Every Eye Is Upon Me: First Ladies of the United States
November 13, 2020 – May 23, 2021
Every Eye Is Upon Me: First Ladies of the United States is the first major exhibition to explore the historical significance of this prominent position through the mode of portraiture. The exhibition, organized in... |
| 2016_DC_SIPG_Eye_Pop | 64 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Eye Pop: The Celebrity Gaze
Eye Pop: The Celebrity Gaze
May 22, 2015 – July 10, 2016
Brad Pitt, Oprah Winfrey, Katy Perry, Britney Spears, Peter Dinklage, Eminem, Michelle Obama, Sonia Sotomayor, Eva Longoria, Serena Williams, Kobe Bryant, are some of the people featured in Eye Pop: The Celebrity Gaze. This exhibition features... |
| 2018_DC_SIPG_Eye2I | 88 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Eye to I: Self-Portraits from 1900 to Today
Eye to I: Self-Portraits from 1900 to Today
November 4, 2018 – August 18, 2019
Drawing from the National Portrait Gallery’s vast collection of self-portraits, this exhibition explores and thinks critically about how American artists have chosen to portray themselves over the past two centuries.... |
| 2018_DC_SIPG_Discord_AJ | 21 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Faces of Discord -- Andrew Johnson |
| 2013_DC_SIPG_Discord_Bound | 35 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Faces of Discord -- Bound For Freedom's Light
Bound for Freedoms Light: African Americans and the Civil War
February 1, 2013, through March 2, 2014
To commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, the National Portrait Gallery will present “Bound for Freedom’s Light: African Americans and the Civil War.” This installation... |
| 2012_DC_SIPG_Discord_Volck | 35 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Faces of Discord -- Confederate Sketches of Adalbert Volck
The Confederate Sketches of Adalbert Volck
March 30, 2012 through January 21, 2013
The Confederate Sketches of Adalbert Volck is the second in our series of exhibitions marking the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. Having emigrated to the United States in 1848 after Germany’s failed revolution,... |
| 2011_DC_SIPG_Discord_Ells | 39 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Faces of Discord -- Death of Ellsworth
150th Commemoration of the Civil War: The Death of Ellsworth
April 29, 2011 – March 18, 2012
On the site of a former Civil War hospital, the National Portrait Gallery marks the 150th anniversary of the war through a series of four alcove exhibitions—one each year—commemorating this period of American... |
| 2014_DC_SIPG_Discord_Group | 24 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Faces of Discord -- Group Portraits |
| 2016_DC_SIPG_Discord_Slaves | 39 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Faces of Discord -- Slavery |
| 2019_DC_SIPG_Discord_Grant | 62 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Faces of Discord -- Ulysses Grant
At the end of the Civil War, General Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885) was hailed as a national hero and became a popular candidate for the presidency. Socially reticent and politically aloof, Grant never sought high office, but given his conscientious sense of duty, he would obey the will of the people. On... |
| 2022_DC_SIPG_FamTies | 17 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Family Ties: Daguerreotype Portraits
Family Ties: Daguerreotype Portraits
July 1, 2022 – June 11, 2023
Within a decade of its introduction in 1839, the daguerreotype—the first commercially viable form of photography—emerged as a highly popular means of documenting family relationships. Affordable pricing fueled the popularity of the... |
| 2023_DC_SIPG_Forces | 47 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Forces of Nature: Voices that Shaped Environmentalism
Forces of Nature: Voices that Shaped Environmentalism
October 20, 2023 – September 2, 2024
Forces of Nature: Voices that Shaped Environmentalism presents some of the key people -- scientists, politicians, activists, writers, and artists -- whose work has influenced attitudes toward the environment in... |
| 2013_DC_SIPG_Supremes | 5 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Four Female Supreme Court Justices
Four Female Supreme Court Justices
October 29, 2013 – October 16, 2016
On view is a life-size portrait by Nelson Shanks of the four female Supreme Court justices: Sandra Day O'Connor, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sonia Sotomayor, and Elena Kagan. |
| 2015_DC_SIPG_Token | 23 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: From Token to Ornament: Indian Peace Medals and the McKenney-Hall Portraits
From Token to Ornament: Indian Peace Medals and the McKenney-Hall Portraits
June 19, 2015 – June 5, 2016
Beginning with George Washington’s administration, presidential portrait medals were created to promote peace and friendship between Euro-Americans and Native Americans. Made in multiple sizes at... |
| 2018_DC_SIPG_Lacks | 6 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Henrietta Lacks
Henrietta Lacks
May 15, 2018 – November 4, 2018
The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery recognizes the life of Henrietta Lacks with the installation of a 2017 portrait by Kadir Nelson. It was jointly acquired by the National Portrait Gallery and the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African... |
| 2020_DC_SIPG_Her_Story | 30 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Her Story: A Century of Women Writers
Her Story: A Century of Women Writers
September 18, 2020 – January 18, 2021
Everyone loves a good story. Her Story: A Century of Women Writers highlights 24 noted women writers from the last one hundred years who are represented in the Portrait Gallery’s collection. The authors featured have... |
| 2008_DC_SIPG_Herblock | 10 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Herblock
Herblock's Presidents: "Puncturing Pomposity"
May 2, 2008 – November 30, 2008
On view are 44 of Herbert Lawrence Block's presidential cartoons that appeared in The Washington Post for 56 years and include depictions of Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon... |
| 2016_DC_SIPG_CelebrityC | 31 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Hollywood and Time: Celebrity Covers
Hollywood and Time: Celebrity Covers
April 1, 2016 – September 11, 2016
Hollywood personalities who once graced theater marquees across America are featured in original cover art commissioned by Time magazine. Included are vintage portraits of stars like Dustin Hoffman, Elizabeth Taylor, Marlon... |
| 2021_DC_SIPG_Hung_Liu | 85 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Hung Liu: Portraits of Promised Lands, 1968-2020
Hung Liu: Portraits of Promised Lands, 1968-2020
August 27, 2021 – May 30, 2022
The National Portrait Gallery presents the first major large-scale retrospective of work by Hung Liu (1948–2021), the internationally acclaimed Chinese-born American artist. Hung Liu: Portraits of Promised Lands, 1968–2020... |
| 2022_DC_SIPG_I_Dream | 17 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: I Dream a World: Selections from Brian Lanker’s Portraits of Remarkable Black Women: Part I
I Dream a World: Selections from Brian Lanker’s Portraits of Remarkable Black Women: Part I
July 8, 2022 – January 29, 2023
This exhibition features more than 25 photographs by Brian Lanker, the Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer who, in 1989, published the extraordinarily popular book I Dream a... |
| 2023_DC_SIPG_I_Dream | 22 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: I Dream a World: Selections from Brian Lanker's Portraits of Remarkable Black Women: Part II
I Dream a World: Selections from Brian Lanker's Portraits of Remarkable Black Women: Part II
February 10, 2023 – September 10, 2023
The Portrait Gallery recently acquired all 75 portraits from the Pulitzer-Prize winning photographer’s series and is celebrating the acquisition with a two-part... |
| 2016_DC_SIPG_Palmer | 2 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: In Memoriam: Arnold Palmer, 1929-2016
In Memoriam: Arnold Palmer
September 26, 2016 – October 30, 2016
The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery recognizes the life and accomplishments of professional golfer Arnold Palmer with an oil painting by Paul Burns.
With his thrilling brand of “go for broke” play and his charismatic appeal,... |
| 2018_DC_SIPG_BBush | 3 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: In Memoriam: Barbara Bush, 1925-2018
In Memoriam: Barbara Bush
April 18, 2018 – April 29, 2018
The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery recognizes the life of Barbara Bush with a photograph by Diana Walker taken in 1989.
Admired for her candor and down-to-earth approach to public life, Bush enjoyed considerable popularity as the... |
| 2021_DC_SIPG_Dole | 2 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: In Memoriam: Bob Dole, 1923-2021
In Memoriam: Robert Dole, 1923–2021
December 5, 2021
Former U.S. Senator Robert Dole served in Congress for more than three decades. His personal experiences as a veteran who was critically injured during World War II influenced his political work on veterans’ issues and the rights of disabled... |
| 2017_DC_SIPG_Berry | 6 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: In Memoriam: Chuck Berry, 1926-2017
In Memoriam: Chuck Berry
March 21, 2017 – April 9, 2017
The National Portrait Gallery recognizes the life and accomplishments of rock ’n’ roll legend Chuck Berry with a collage by Red Grooms (1978), currently installed in the museum’s In Memoriam space on the first floor.
An inaugural inductee of the... |
| 2021_DC_SIPG_Powell | 4 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: In Memoriam: Colin Powell, 1937-2021
In Memoriam: Colin L. Powell, 1937–2021
October 18, 2021
One of the greatest modern influencers of foreign policy, Colin L. Powell, the son of Jamaican immigrants, decided on a military career while attending the City College of New York. He served in Vietnam, earning a Purple Heart and Bronze Star,... |
| 2020_DC_SIPG_Larsen | 3 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: In Memoriam: Don Larsen, 1929-2020
In Memoriam: Don Larsen, 1929-2020
January 6, 2020 – February 3, 2020
In the 1956 championship series pitting the New York Yankees against the Brooklyn Dodgers, Yankee hurler Don Larsen entered the record books by pitching the first and only perfect game in World Series history. With the series even... |
| 2020_DC_SIPG_Dyson | 3 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: In Memoriam: Freeman Dyson, 1923-2020
In Memoriam: Freeman Dyson
March 3, 2020 - March 13, 2020
For the better part of a century, mathematician and physicist Freeman Dyson contributed impressive proofs and provocative theories to the scientific world. His theory of quantum electrodynamics (QED) was conceived while still a graduate student... |
| 2015_DC_SIPG_Carlin | 1 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: In Memoriam: George Carlin, 1937-2008
George Carlin
March 27, 2015 – July 5, 2015
Our “Recognize” wall seeks to commemorate Americans who have influenced politics, history, and culture. The public voted to honor comedian George Carlin for the Portrait Gallery’s most recent Recognize selection. |
| 2018_DC_SIPG_Bush | 81 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: In Memoriam: George Herbert Walker Bush, 1924-2018
In Memoriam: George Herbert Walker Bush
December 1, 2018 – January 1, 2019
In memory of George Herbert Walker Bush, the National Portrait Gallery has added a drape to his portrait in the America's Presidents gallery. Visitors may pay their respects and record their thoughts in a journal next to the... |
| 2017_DC_SIPG_Hefner | 3 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: In Memoriam: Hugh Hefner, 1926-2017 |
| 2019_DC_SIPG_Pei | 3 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: In Memoriam: I. M. Pei, 1917-2019
In Memoriam: I. M. Pei
May 17, 2019 – June 16, 2019
The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery recognizes the life and legacy of acclaimed architect I.M. Pei with a photograph by Armenian Canadian photographer Yousuf Karsh.
Born in Canton (now Guangzhou), China, in 1917, Pei was considered one of... |
| 2019_DC_SIPG_Norman | 3 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: In Memoriam: Jessye Norman, 1945-2019
In Memoriam: Jessye Norman, 1945-2019
October 3, 2019 – November 3, 2019
Jessye Norman was one of the twentieth century’s greatest sopranos. She received five Grammy Awards, including one for lifetime achievement in 2006, and a host of other honors. A graduate of Howard University, Norman went on to... |
| 2020_DC_SIPG_Kobe | 2 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: In Memoriam: Kobe Bryant, 1978-2020
In Memoriam: Kobe Bryant
January 27, 2020 – TBA
The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery presents a portrait of the late Kobe Bryant (1978 – 2020), marking the death of the famed American athlete. Bryant spent nearly his entire career as a shooting guard for the Los Angeles Lakers. He won five NBA... |
| 2019_DC_SIPG_Chase | 3 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: In Memoriam: Leah Chase, 1923-2019
In Memoriam: Leah Chase
June 4, 2019 – June 30, 2019
The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery recognizes the life and legacy of Leah Chase with a painting by Gustave Blache III.
Chase (1923–2019), dubbed the “Queen of Creole Cuisine,” was a restauranteur and world-renowned chef who championed... |
| 2019_DC_SIPG_Iacocca | 7 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: In Memoriam: Lee Iacocca, 1924-2019 |
| 2022_DC_SIPG_Albright | 2 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: In Memoriam: Madeleine Albright, 1937-2022
In Memoriam: Madeleine Albright 1937–2022
March 23, 2022
Madeleine Albright, the first woman to serve as secretary of state (1997–2001), may be best remembered as a quick-witted advocate for human rights and American global interests. |
| 2018_DC_SIPG_King | 3 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: In Memoriam: Martin Luther King Jr., 1929-1968
Martin Luther King Jr.
April 4, 2018 – April 30, 2018
The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery celebrates the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. by displaying his likeness by Jack Lewis Hiller. Under King’s inspired leadership, nonviolent protest became the defining feature of the modern... |
| 2018_DC_SIPG_Krim | 3 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: In Memoriam: Mathilde Krim, 1926-2018
In Memoriam: Mathilde Krim
January 22, 2018 – TBA
The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery recognizes the life and accomplishments of AIDS research pioneer Dr. Mathilde Krim with a photograph by Annie Leibovitz. In Leibovitz’s bust-length photo taken in 1998, Krim wears a looped AIDS-awareness pin... |
| 2014_DC_SIPG_Angelou | 2 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: In Memoriam: Maya Angelou, 1928-2014
In Memoriam: Maya Angelou
May 29, 2014 – June 12, 2014
In memory of writer, poet, and activist Maya Angelou (1928-1914), on view is a portrait of her painted by Ross Rossin and unveiled in a ceremony Angelou attended in April 2014. Angelou wrote a series of seven autobiographical novels that are an... |
| 2014_DC_SIPG_Rooney | 1 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: In Memoriam: Mickey Rooney, 1920-2014
In Memoriam: Mickey Rooney
April 9, 2014 – May 28, 2014
On view is a portrait of actor Mickey Rooney (1920-2014) with frequent costar Judy Garland. Born into a vaudeville family, Rooney took the stage as a toddler and began making movies at age five. Over the course of a 10-decade career, he made more... |
| 2016_DC_SIPG_Ali | 5 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: In Memoriam: Muhammad Ali, 1942-2016
In Memoriam: Muhammad Ali
June 6, 2016 – July 6, 2016
The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery recognizes the life and accomplishments of “The Greatest”—Muhammad Ali—with a photograph by Yousuf Karsh. The image, taken in 1970, is installed in the museum’s In Memoriam space. The Portrait Gallery has... |
| 2016_DC_SIPG_Reagan | 1 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: In Memoriam: Nancy Reagan, 1921-2016
In Memoriam: Nancy Reagan
March 7, 2016 – March 28, 2016
A graduate of Smith College, Nancy Davis appeared in eleven movies, including Night into Morning (1951) and Hellcats of the Navy (1957), the only film she made with Ronald Reagan.
Ronald and Nancy met in 1949 and married in 1952. The Reagans... |
| 2012_DC_SIPG_Armstrong | 1 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: In Memoriam: Neil Armstrong, 1930-2012
In Memoriam: Neil Armstrong
August 30, 2012 – November 4, 2012
A portrait of astronaut Neil Armstrong (1930-2012) by Louis Glanszman is on view. Armstrong stepped onto the surface of the moon on July 21, 1969, and said "That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind." |
| 2022_DC_SIPG_Mineta | 8 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: In Memoriam: Norman Y. Mineta, 1931–2022
In Memoriam: Norman Y. Mineta 1931–2022
May 3, 2022
Born San Jose, California
Norman Mineta broke barriers as the first Japanese American cabinet member and the longest-serving secretary of transportation (2001–6). He responded to the 9/11 attacks by grounding flights and creating the Transportation... |
| 2018_DC_SIPG_Shange | 2 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: In Memoriam: Ntozake Shange, 1948-2018 |
| 2014_DC_SIPG_Seeger | 1 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: In Memoriam: Pete Seeger, 1919-2014
In Memoriam: Pete Seeger
January 28, 2014 – March 3, 2014
On view is a photograph of American musician and social activist Pete Seeger (1919-2014) taken by Sid Grossman in the late 1940s. Seeger recorded more than 100 albums during his career, which spanned labor rallies in the 1930s and 1940s,... |
| 2016_DC_SIPG_Prince | 14 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: In Memoriam: Prince, 1958-2016
In Memoriam: Prince
April 22, 2016 – May 31, 2016
The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery recognizes the life and accomplishments of Prince Nelson with a photograph by Lynn Goldsmith. The image was taken in 1993.
Prince’s music fused soul and rock ’n’ roll with incandescent showmanship and... |
| 2022_DC_SIPG_QE2 | 5 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: In Memoriam: Queen Elizabeth II, 1926–2022
In Memoriam: Queen Elizabeth II, 1926–2022
September 8, 2022
Born London, England
In announcing Queen Elizabeth II’s passing on September 8, 2022, British Prime Minister Liz Truss noted, “She was the rock on which modern Britain was built.” Indeed, she was a constant figure as the United Kingdom... |
| 2018_DC_SIPG_Graham | 3 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: In Memoriam: Reverend Billy Graham, 1918-2018
In Memoriam: Reverend Billy Graham
February 22, 2018 – March 25, 2018
The National Portrait Gallery recognizes the life and accomplishments of Rev. Billy Graham with a photograph by Yousuf Karsh taken in 1972. Evangelical Protestantism has been a major religious movement, as well as a social and... |
| 2014_DC_SIPG_Williams | 1 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: In Memoriam: Robin Williams, 1951-2014
In Memoriam: Robin Williams
August 12, 2014 – September 9, 2014 (new closing date)
A photograph of Robin Williams (1951-2014), taken for Time magazine by Michael Dressler in 1979, is on view. Williams was a madcap genius in performances of all types of entertainment, from stand-up to feature films.... |
| 2023_DC_SIPG_Rosalynn | 6 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: In Memoriam: Rosalynn Carte
In Memoriam: Rosalynn Carter, 1927–2023
November 21, 2023 – January 3, 2024
Rosalynn Carter was the first lady of the United States from 1977 to 1981. In her words, she “grew up three years and three miles apart” from her future husband Jimmy Carter in Plains, Georgia. Seven years into their 1946... |
| 2018_DC_SIPG_McCain | 7 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: In Memoriam: Senator John S. McCain III, 1936-2018
In Memoriam: Senator John S. McCain III
August 27, 2018 – September 9, 2018
The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery recognizes the life and legacy of late Senator and former presidential nominee John S. McCain III with a photograph by the British-born photographer Steve Pyke.
McCain, who was born... |
| 2011_DC_SIPG_Jobs | 1 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: In Memoriam: Steve Jobs, 1955-2011
Steve Jobs Portrait
October 12, 2011 – March 1, 2012
A portrait of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs (1955-2011) by photographer Diana Walker is on view. |
| 2018_DC_SIPG_Wolfe | 3 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: In Memoriam: Tom Wolfe, 1930-2018 |
| 2019_DC_SIPG_Morrison | 25 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: In Memoriam: Toni Morrison, 1931-2019
In Memoriam: Toni Morrison
August 6, 2019 – January 31, 2020
Toni Morrison (1931–2019) wrote about the experiences of African Americans since her first novel, The Bluest Eye, appeared in 1970. With the publication of each new work, both her fan base and critical acclaim have grown, and she won the... |
| 2019_DC_SIPG_Mercado | 3 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: In Memoriam: Walter Mercado, 1932-2019 |
| 2016_DC_SIPG_Glenn | 2 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: In Memorium: John Glenn, 1921-2016
Portrait of John Glenn now on view
In memory of the life and accomplishments of John Glenn, the National Portrait Gallery has put on view one of our eight pieces depicting the American icon. View Glenn's portrait on the first floor of the museum in the "In Memoriam" space.
The 1988 portrait by Henry... |
| 2019_DC_SIPG_Sentence | 35 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: In Mid-Sentence
In Mid-Sentence
May 3, 2019 – March 29, 2020
Photographs are often replete with words that remain unheard. In Mid-Sentence presents a selection of photographs from the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery’s collection that depict moments of communication: intimate confessions, public speeches,... |
| 2016_DC_SIPG_Groove | 34 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: In the Groove: Jazz Portraits by Herman Leonard
In the Groove: Jazz Portraits by Herman Leonard
August 5, 2016 – February 20, 2017
Enthralled by the music and those who made it, Herman Leonard (1923–2010) began haunting the New York’s jazz clubs after opening his first studio in Greenwich Village in 1948. Armed with his Speed Graphic camera,... |
| 2009_DC_SIPG_Jo_Davidson | 18 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Jo Davidson: Biographer in Bronze |
| 2016_DC_SIPG_Jo_Davidson | 29 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Jo Davidson: Biographer in Bronze |
| 2020_DC_SIPG_Sargent | 79 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: John Singer Sargent: Charcoal Drawings
John Singer Sargent: Charcoal Drawings
February 28, 2020 – May 31, 2020
At the height of his success as a portraitist, John Singer Sargent (1856–1925) astonished the transatlantic art world by suddenly abandoning oil painting in 1907. For the rest of his life, he explored likeness and identity through... |
| 2019_DC_SIPG_Packard | 4 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Julie Packard
Julie Packard
April 23, 2019 – November 30, 2019
On display is a newly commissioned painting of Julie Packard, a leading figure in science and ocean conservation and the executive director of the Monterey Bay Aquarium. The vividly colored portrait, by New York City-based artist Hope Gangloff, is one... |
| 2012_DC_SIPG_Low | 7 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Juliette Gordon Low and the 100th Anniversary of Girl Scouts
Juliette Gordon Low and the 100th Anniversary of Girl Scouts
January 13, 2012 – January 6, 2013
The iconic painting of Juliet Gordon Low, a patent award, a membership pin, and photographs of Low when she commemorated the 10th anniversary of the Girl Scouts are on view. Low founded the American Girl... |
| 2022_DC_SIPG_Kinship | 128 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Kinship
Kinship
October 28, 2022 – January 7, 2024
Kinship presents more than forty artworks by eight contemporary artists whose work explores the notion of “kinship” and the closeness that bonds us. The exhibition spotlights artists Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Ruth Leonela Buentello, Jess T. Dugan, LaToya Ruby... |
| 2007_DC_SIPG_Motto | 4 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Let Your Motto Be Resistance
Let Your Motto Be Resistance: African American Portraits
October 19, 2007 – March 2, 2008
The inaugural exhibition of the National Museum of African American History and Culture draws its name from the words of abolitionist and clergyman Henry Highland Garnet who advocated action when speaking to a... |
| 2016_DC_SIPG_Contemporaries | 23 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Lincoln's Contemporaries
Lincoln's Contemporaries
May 13, 2016 – May 12, 2019
Who were Abraham Lincoln’s contemporaries? They included many fascinating people beyond the politicians and military leaders of the Civil War. This exhibition features Mathew Brady’s portraits of twenty celebrities -- from showman P.T. Barnum and... |
| 2017_DC_SIPG_Dietrich | 53 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Marlene Dietrich: Dressed for the Image
Marlene Dietrich: Dressed for the Image
June 16, 2017 – April 15, 2018
Marlene Dietrich brought androgyny to the silver screen through her roles in such movies as Morocco (1930) and Seven Sinners (1940). The biggest Hollywood star at a time when “talkies” were still new, Dietrich captured men’s hearts... |
| 2012_DC_SIPG_CW_Union | 21 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Mathew Brady's Photographs of Union Generals
Mathew Brady’s Photographs of Union Generals
March 30, 2012 - May 8, 2016
Mathew Brady’s Photographs of Union Generals is a part of the Portrait Gallery's series of exhibitions marking the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. Although Brady may be best known for his photographic documentation of the... |
| 2013_DC_SIPG_Meade | 22 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Meade Brothers
Meade Brothers: Pioneers in American Photography:
June 14, 2013 - June 1, 2014
The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery will open “The Meade Brothers: Pioneers in American Photography,” an exhibition showcasing the lives and careers of 19th-century studio photographers Charles R. Meade and Henry... |
| 2013_DC_SIPG_MrLW | 57 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Mr. Lincoln's Washington: A Civil War Portfolio
Mr. Lincoln's Washington: A Civil War Portfolio
December 13, 2013 – January 25, 2015
Large-format reproductions of original photographs, prints, drawings, and maps document how the Civil War affected patterns of life in the District of Columbia, especially the area around the Patent Office Building,... |
| 2016_DC_SIPG_Babe | 32 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: One Life: Babe Ruth
One Life: Babe Ruth
June 24, 2016 – May 21, 2017
This American baseball legend was an icon and media sensation. Before the commercialization of sports superstars became commonplace, Ruth’s name and image fueled a marketing frenzy. His memorable persona is highlighted in a selection of historic prints,... |
| 2016_DC_SIPG_Huerta | 21 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: One Life: Dolores Huerta
One Life: Dolores Huerta
July 3, 2015 – May 15, 2016
One Life: Dolores Huerta highlights the significant role of this Latina leader in the California farm workers movement of the 1960s and 70s. This eleventh installment in the “One Life” series is the first devoted to a Latina. It illuminates Huerta... |
| 2023_DC_SIPG_Douglass | 86 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: One Life: Frederick Douglass
One Life: Frederick Douglass
June 16, 2023 – April 21, 2024
One Life: Frederick Douglass illuminates the legacy of one of the 19th century’s most influential writers, speakers and intellectuals through prints, photographs, and ephemera. After escaping slavery in 1838, Douglass published three... |
| 2019_DC_SIPG_Anderson | 37 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: One Life: Marian Anderson
One Life: Marian Anderson
June 28, 2019 – May 17, 2020
One Life: Marian Anderson shifts the attention from Anderson’s historic 1939 performance on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial to underexplored moments in the contralto’s career. The exhibition examines the ways artists, concert promoters, and... |
| 2008_DC_SIPG_Lincoln | 2 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: One Life: Mask of Lincoln
Since no photography is allowed within the exhibit, most of these photos are of the lines outside the exhibit room waiting to get in. |
| 2022_DC_SIPG_Maya_Lin | 72 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: One Life: Maya Lin
One Life: Maya Lin
September 30, 2022 – April 16, 2023
One Life: Maya Lin is the first biographical exhibition of the architect, sculptor, and environmentalist. Lin, who catapulted to global prominence in 1982 for her design of the Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial, has spent more than four decades making... |
| 2017_DC_SIPG_Plath | 62 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: One Life: Sylvia Plath
One Life: Sylvia Plath
June 30, 2017 – May 20, 2018
One Life: Sylvia Plath is the first exploration of the poet and writer’s life in an art and history museum. The exhibition reveals how Plath shaped her identity visually as she came of age as a writer in the 1950s. Visitors will get a look into... |
| 2018_DC_SIPG_Yr1968 | 34 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: One Year: 1968, An American Odyssey
One Year: 1968, An American Odyssey
June 29, 2018 – May 19, 2019
As part of a series of installations celebrating its golden anniversary, the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery presents One Year: 1968, An American Odyssey, a one-room exhibition that looks back at an extraordinarily important and... |
| 2022_DC_SIPG_PNation | 24 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Portrait of a Nation: 2022 Honorees
Portrait of a Nation: 2022 Honorees
November 10, 2022 – October 22, 2023
This intimate exhibition features the portraits of the seven individuals who have been selected to receive one of the museum’s 2022 Portrait of a Nation Awards. In recognition for their abilities to create transformative change... |
| 2012_DC_SIPG_Waters | 2 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Portrait of Alice Waters
Portrait of Alice Waters
January 21, 2012 – November 30, 2012
A photographic portrait of chef Alice Waters, founder of the restaurant Chez Panisse and the Edible Schoolyard and champion of the Slow Food Movement, is on view. The portrait was commissioned by the museum from Dave Woody, winner of the... |
| 2014_DC_SIPG_Katy | 2 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Portrait of Cupcake Katy
Cupcake Katy
June 18, 2014 – July 6, 2014
“Cupcake Katy” features Perry wearing a dress designed by New York academic portrait painter Will Cotton and constructed by designer Cynthia Rowley. In her portrait, Perry reigns over the teenage consumer culture she has so successfully navigated. Perry was... |
| 2017_DC_SIPG_Trump | 3 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Portrait of Donald J. Trump
Portrait of Donald J. Trump
January 13, 2017 – February 26, 2017
A photo portrait of President-elect Donald J. Trump will go on display at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery Jan. 13, 2017, and remain on view throughout the inauguration festivities.The photograph, taken in 1989 by photographer... |
| 2016_DC_SIPG_Spacey | 9 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Portrait of Kevin Spacey as President Francis J. Underwood
Kevin Spacey as President Francis J. Underwood
February 24, 2016 – October 10, 2016
The Portrait Gallery unveiled a new portrait of Kevin Spacey as his Golden Globe-winning character Frank Underwood from the Netflix original series, House of Cards. The monumental painting, which measures six feet by... |
| 2008_DC_SIPG_Colbert | 12 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Portrait of Stephen Colbert
Colbert Portrait Hangs at Smithsonian
Jan. 17, 2008, 12:44 AM EST
Stephen Colbert was denied when he tried to run for president this year in South Carolina. Now the fake TV pundit is getting some love from the city of his birth.
His portrait was hung Wednesday at the Smithsonian Institution's... |
| 2014_DC_SIPG_Colbert | 6 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Portrait of Stephen Colbert
Portrait of Stephen Colbert
December 20, 2014 – April 20, 2015
In recognition of the end of Stephen Colbert’s decade-long persona for Comedy Central’s The Colbert Report, the museum has borrowed Colbert’s portrait, which was created for the final season of the show.
In 2008, Colbert contacted the... |
| 2007_DC_SIPG_SDay | 1 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Portraits of Sandra Day O'Connor
Portraits of Sandra Day O'Connor
March 30, 2007 – October 8, 2007
In October 2006, Justice Sandra Day O'Connor -- the first female associate justice on the Supreme Court of the United States (1981-2006) -- sat for two 3-hour sessions with artists from The Painting Group, a New York-based group of 25... |
| 2019_DC_SIPG_Denmark | 29 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Portraits of the World: Denmark
Portraits of the World: Denmark
December 13, 2019 – October 12, 2020
Portraits of the World: Denmark, the third iinstallation in our international portrait series, highlights Danish artist Michael Ancher's "Kunstdommere." This monumental group portrait of four of Denmark's most significant cultural... |
| 2018_DC_SIPG_Korea | 26 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Portraits of the World: Korea
Portraits of the World: Korea
December 14, 2018 – November 17, 2019
Pioneering feminist artist Yun Suk Nam (born 1939) uses portraiture to gain insights into the lives of women, past and present. A wood assemblage portrait of her mother is the centerpiece of this exhibition, which includes portraits... |
| 2017_DC_SIPG_Switzerland | 18 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Portraits of the World: Switzerland
Portraits of the World: Switzerland
December 15, 2017 – November 12, 2018
Portraits of the World: Switzerland is the inaugural exhibition of a series that will highlight the global context of American portraiture. Each year, the National Portrait Gallery will showcase a portrait created by an... |
| 2022_DC_SIPG_Couples | 11 | DC -- Donald W. Reynolds Center (NPG) -- Exhibit: Powerful Partnerships: Civil War-Era Couples
Powerful Partnerships: Civil War-Era Couples
July 1, 2022 – May 18, 2025
Long before the term “power couple” found its way into English lexicon, dynamic duos had been making their mark on U.S. history. Powerful Partnerships: Civil War-Era Couples sheds light on the stories and faces of five couples... |