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Artist Maurice James Jr. on Creating a New Black Mythology
Dozens of people filled Honfleur Gallery in Anacostia on the night of March 4 for the opening reception of the Shaolin Jazz’s SOUND PATTERNS No. 8. Martial arts weapons hung from the windows at the front of the gallery to the back wall, and hardly any empty space remained as people perused the exhibition to…
Philip Guston Now: Better To See Reality, However Harrowing, Than Conceal It
On view after several postponements, Philip Guston Now suggests it’s better to face the odd, clumsy, and horrific rather than turn away.
INTERLUDE Reflects on Art’s Past, Present, and Future
The Kreeger Museum’s latest exhibit, INTERLUDE, nods to “the moment in-between collective past and future and the present moment of the artist’s practice,” writes curator Maleke Glee. The show features artists from D.C.’s STABLE studios, where Glee is the director of art and programming, and offers a surprising respite from the expected flow of the…
On View at Homme: The Opposite of Nostalgia
As a child, Heather Jones was always doodling her thoughts. When her anxiety would creep up, pen and paper felt like a safe space, a way to sort out the emotions and experiences that otherwise were too much for her to handle. Jones would start with a single line and let it flow uninterrupted on…
Local Photographer Dee Dwyer Captures Southeast
D.C.-based photographer Dee Dwyer has spent years documenting the historically Black neighborhoods of Southeast, which she calls a “hidden gem in the nation’s capital.” In the exhibit Wild Seeds of the Soufside, on view at Phillips@THEARC, Dwyer connects the “Soufside” community, where she was raised, with characters from Wild Seed, a 1980 novel by the…
Stephen Greenberg Grapples With Loss in his Latest Exhibit
Running through March 5, Listening to the Silence by Stephen Greenberg at Photoworks looks for the difference between history and memory.
New Jersey Artist Nyugen E. Smith Considers Climate Change in the Caribbean for CulturalDC
Nyugen E. Smith Bundlehouse employs varied disciplines, which he thinks of as and uses as different languages.
Size Matters: National Museum of Women in the Arts Reopens Oct. 21
It’s a bit of an insult to learn that some people assume the National Museum of Women in the Arts is a quaint house museum rather than a multistory institution, located in a historical building and situated in the heart of downtown D.C. But alas, Susan Fisher Sterling, NMWA’s director, says that’s the case. Underestimate…
Werllayne Nunes Captures Magic Realism in His Paintings
Palace of Power, an exhibition by local artist Werllayne Nunes at Mehari Sequar Gallery, shows the beauty in all places and magic in all people.
Closing Sunday: An Italian Impressionist in Paris: Giuseppe De Nittis
The Phillips Collection’s U.S. exhibit is the first devoted to the work of Italian impressionist Giuseppe De Nittis; it closes on Feb. 12.
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