Caravans of Gold, Fragments in Time: Art, Culture, and Exchange Across Medieval Saharan Africa is an exhibition that showcases West Africa’s impact on the world while also asking how museums can represent the past with only fragments. The museum asks: “What role does imagination play in resurrecting the past?”
For its long-awaited reopening, Barbara Kruger's installation, filled with open-ended questions to introduce doubt, will fill The Hirshhorn's entire lower-level lobby and museum bookstore—escalator sides and all. Curated by Melissa Ho.
A rare view of Duchamp’s career arc, featuring some of the artist's most famous work as well as unique drawings and prints. The exhibition will also include portraits of Duchamp, and pieces by his contemporaries and artists he influenced. The exhibit features over 50 pieces promised to the museum by local collectors Barbara and Aaron […]
A solo exhibition honoring and examining the art of Hung Liu, featuring her early work from 1970s to her recent large-scale paintings, which offer a multifaceted picture of her Asian Pacific American experience.
The National Children’s Museum hosts a special, traveling exhibit on the beloved fairytale creatures from the mind of Finnish author Tove Jansson. The exhibit comes, on loan, from Tampere, Finland's Moomin Museum and offers an in-depth look into the Moomin animation's history.
View Julia Chon’s, a.k.a. Kimchi Juice, massive, site-specific mural installation in the Avant Garden, where she combines traditional Korean symbols with pop art to explore and consider and convey the nuances of the Korean diaspora.
The pandemic triggered feelings of isolation and claustrophobia for artist Elizabeth Ashe who channeled her energy into art, depicting mountains, and empty sky.
That scaffolding currently encasing the Hirshorn? Expect it to become Nicolas Party’s newest exhibit! The internationally renowned Swiss artist’s Draw the Curtain will wrap the entirety of the temporary structure, spanning 829 feet, becoming the artist’s largest work to date.
An immersive audiovisual experience, which happens to be Laurie Anderson’s largest U.S. exhibition with 10 new pieces and acclaimed previous works. From January through July 2022, Anderson will make several live performances as well. The Hishhorn is currently open Wednesday through Sunday.
This annual, and virtual, lecture with best-selling author Ann Patchett of Bel Canto and The Dutch House will be available online from Oct. 14 through June 30, 2022, via the Folger Shakespeare Library’s O.B. Hardison Poetry Series.
Featuring more than 50 of Driskell’s paintings, collages, prints, and drawings, this is the first exhibit to comprehensively explore his work as a radical artist, educator, and art historian as well as his legacy as a curator who worked to prove Black art is a crucial part of American art.
A collection of 27 17th-century Dutch and Flemish paintings from the Lee and Juliet Folger Fund Collection featuring works by Jacob van Ruisdael, Salomon van Ruysdael, Jan van Goyen, and more.
Featuring 100 works, this is the first U.S. exhibit to examine the development of the 18th-century printmaking technique, aquatint, a style that took European artists by storm. On display at the National Gallery of Art, this recently acquired exhibit features an array of impressions including erupting volcanoes, lovers, and moonlit vistas, exploring the rise of art […]
As a creator, Breuer starts projects with researching and collecting before reimagining the materials and information acquired.
Specializing in the Afghan art of miniature paintings, Hussainy addresses and condemns stereotypes of Afghanistan, women, and Islam, while also expressing her love for her country of birth.
A showcase of the Baltimore-based filmmaker, photographer, and journalist's visual art that employs natural elements and historical research and explores ideas of body, land, and buildings as memory vessels.
The Phillips Collection presents a special exhibit, featuring more than 150 pieces of Thomas' art, to capture the groundbreaking artist's career. Deemed a "major retrospective," the gallery's third floor traces Alma Thomas' journey from semi-rural Georgia to D.C. as well as her life as a teacher, gardener, community activist, and talented creator. The exhibit also […]
Featuring work from more than 120 photographers across the globe, this exhibition offers insight into the impact women have had on photography as we know it once women began embracing a professional and personal connection to the camera from the 1920s to the 1950s.
This group show explores America’s rebellious roots spanning pop culture to politics.
Inspired by the 19th-century cyclorama of Paul Philippoteaux, the L.A.-based artist’s exhibit weaves together past and present that invites viewers to reconsider American history and its narratives.
An in-person showcases of local artists (and online showcase from artists across the country) that re-envisions the Mother Mary as she might be today. Artists include Manal Deeb, Margaret Adams Parker, and Janet McKenzie.
A creative dialogue that highlights Spain's history in the U.S., from the independence war to today. What started as a series of comics by Spanish artists has turned into a full exhibition at the Former Residence of the Ambassadors of Spain. Curated by Ana Merino and featuring the work of Rayco Pulido, Ana Penyas, Seisdedos, […]
Taking over the Hirshhorn's second floor circular inner galleries, you'll find 40 large-scale monochromatic drawings depicting a fictional story of Odutola's making. The New York-based artist uses pastel, charcoal, and chalk to communicate her elaborate myths.
We Happy Few bring you the audio mystery play of Sherlock Holmes that'll take you inside the case with clues and more to help you solve the case before Sherlock does. One order per device/household is needed. The rest is elementary.
Snatch up a solve-along-the-way audio play from We Happy Few. This one takes you inside a mystery with Loveday Brooke, Lady Detective.
Talk about meta a play about Usher, a Black queer writer, who hates his job and is writng a musical, which happens to be about a Black queer writer who hates their job and is writing a musical. Get ready for good sounds and mind-bending realities.
Byzantine seals make up this exhibit, providing a window into the social dynamics and family histories of the empire.
A punk rock musical about Hedwig, her journey from Germany, a botched surgery, and her dreams of becoming a rock star.
With the help of Britney Spears’ most beloved hits, fairy tales’ famous princesses aren’t burning bras, they’re breaking glass slippers in order to find their own happily ever afters. It's the world premiere of the long-awaited Britney musical, it's definitely headed for Broadway, but it's here, in D.C. first.
Glass artist Preston Singletary (Tlingit American) will discuss his award-winning glasswork, his love for the medium, what inspires him, and more. The talk will be available online through the end of January; his exhibition Preston Singletary: Raven and the Box of Daylight opens Jan. 28 at the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington. […]
This solo show by Sarah Hood Salomon explores the challenges urban trees face. Using traditional printing methods and conceptual photographic sculptures, Salomon says: "Urban Forestry explores the complex coexistence of humans and the natural environment, and examines the adaptations that nature is forced to make." An artist reception will be held on Dec. 5, from […]
Curated by Jonathan Shea, this Dumbarton Oaks exhibit looks at seals from the Byzantine Empire, which were personalized by their owners to present information about their status, position, piety, and family. As of Dec. 7, timed ticket entry is required, but tickets are free.
The Middle East Institute Arts and Culture Center partners with The NYU Abu Dhabi Art Gallery for a new art exhibition at D.C.'s MEI Art Gallery. Between the Sky and the Earth commemorates the United Arab Emirates’ 50th anniversary by uniting 12 unique artists for the UAE to spotlight the region's contemporary art scene.
Chevy Chase's community arts organization presents Windows on Wisconsin. On display through March 9, the exhibit features the work by Ch/Art members, including Nancy Arbuthnot, Sara Bardin, Ruth Becker, Judith Goodman, Ronni Jolles, Trinka Roeckelein, and Xiaowei Song.
Set in modern day Dublin, this Irish spin on Charles Dickens’ tale, follows a rich pub owner who’s faced with a lonely future or changing his reality.
The story of a girl who wants the perfectly imperfect teddy bear, Corduroy, who's desperate to find his missing button that'll make him worthy of a home instead of his days spent on the department store's display. A family-friendly play for the season.
This immersive theater installation, created by Scottish innovators Vox Motus, puts audience members in personal booths, adorned with headphones, to follow two orphaned children traveling across Europe in search of freedom and safety. Be warned, this is not a "live show," but a solo experience that plunges viewers into a story of hope and survival.
Nothing says winter wonderland like ice skating at the National Gallery! Skating lessons are available for all ages and abilities too. The rink is open through March 6.
Catch the world premiere production of Maria Simpkins and Emily Whitworth’s take on this classic fairytale. Choreographed by Janine Baumgardner with music compositions from Konstantine Lortkipanidze, Synetic's Cinderella is led […]
Nothing says winter wonderland like ice skating at the National Gallery! Skating lessons are available for all ages and abilities too. The rink is open through March 6.
Des McAnuff directs the Broadway touring, jukebox musical on the epic journey of the The Temptations—from Detroit to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Check out our review: "Music is the Real Star of Ain’t Too Proud."
Nothing says winter wonderland like ice skating at the National Gallery! Skating lessons are available for all ages and abilities too. The rink is open through March 6.
Join us weekly for a virtual creative writing hour. We’ve set up an online space where writers can create, connect and draw inspiration from the Portrait Gallery’s collection.
Bust out your ugliest lewk for a roaring and rowdy game of bingo with yer hostess with the mostest Desiree Dik. Four games, two drag shows, and prizes (for tippers, that is).
Nothing says winter wonderland like ice skating at the National Gallery! Skating lessons are available for all ages and abilities too. The rink is open through March 6.
Nothing says winter wonderland like ice skating at the National Gallery! Skating lessons are available for all ages and abilities too. The rink is open through March 6.
Enjoy weekly art workshops from the comfort of your own home. Each Friday, we will post a video with a new activity or technique. Grab a family member or your roommates, or make a virtual date with a friend, and ge
