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Rachel Rotenberg
2023-09-09 - 2023-12-10 | AMERICAN UNIVERSITY MUSEUM AT THE KATZEN ARTS CENTER
This exhibition focuses on sculptures by Rachel Rotenberg created using cedar planks and other materials. The artist, notes the Katzen, “has managed to build works on a heroic scale without sacrificing intimacy.”

Beyond the Light
2023-09-15 - 2023-12-13 | Artechouse
Science and imagination collide in a mind-bending video experience developed in collaboration with NASA. Exploring light as a thread connecting history, science and technology, the show reimagines cutting-edge processes and discoveries, including newly analyzed galactical data captured by the James Webb Space Telescope.

Composing Color: Paintings by Alma Thomas
2023-09-15 - 2024-06-02 | SMITHSONIAN MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART
The museum reflects on the career and work of late African American artist Alma Thomas, who was born in the Jim Crow South but spent most of her life in Washington, DC. The show reveals how Thomas’ materials and techniques continued to evolve until her death in 1978.

The Land Carries Our Ancestors: Contemporary Art by Native Americans
2023-09-22 - 2024-01-15 | National Gallery of Art
Pieces by some 50 living Native American artists are a testament to indigenous survival and knowledge of the land. Works on view run the gamut from weaving and sculpture to beading, painting and more.

Making Her Mark: A History of Women Artists in Europe, 1400-1800
2023-10-01 - 2024-01-07 | BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART
The museum displays more than 200 objects illustrating the integral role women played in the development of art, culture and commerce over four centuries. This vast display of royal portraits, devotional sculpture, tapestries, printed books, drawings, metalwork, ceramics and furniture made by both acclaimed and amateur women artists dispels the belief of the time that women creators were rare or less talented than their male counterparts.

African Modernism in America, 1947-67
2023-10-07 - 2024-01-07 | The Phillips Collection
Featuring more than 70 creations by 50 artists, this exhibition explores art networks and exchanges between Africa and the U.S. during the postwar period. Organized into four parts, it reveals the depth of experimentation and diverse artistic practices that emerged in Africa in those years and the connections that challenged academic assumptions and biases.

Park Chan-kyong: Gathering
2023-10-07 - 2024-10-13 | NATIONAL MUSEUM OF ASIAN ART
Inaugurating its new modern and contemporary galleries, the museum spotlights the photographic work of Park Chan-kyong—the Korean artist’s first solo exhibit at a major U.S. institution. Visually powerful still and moving images examine South Korea’s complex history, from the impact of rapid socioeconomic development to effects of the Cold War on politics and society.

Etched by Light: Photogravures from the Collection, 1840–1940
2023-10-15 - 2024-02-04 | National Gallery of Art
This exhibit chronicles an early chapter in photography, when innovators perfected a way to etch a photographic image into a copperplate and print it in ink. Resulting images dazzled viewers with their delicate highlights and rich tonal range—and the process of photogravure was born. More than 45 photogravures will be shown along with bound-volume examples of the medium.

Forces of Nature: Voices that Shaped Environmentalism
2023-10-20 - 2024-09-02 | National Portrait Gallery
The gallery shines a light on scientists, politicians, activists, writers and artists who played a pivotal role in the conservation movement from the late 19th century until today. Showcasing more than 25 portraits of thought leaders ranging from Henry David Thoreau to Maya Lin, the exhibit also addresses issues of environmental justice, biodiversity and climate.

Sky’s the Limit
2023-10-21 - 2024-02-25 | NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WOMEN IN THE ARTS
Fresh from a two-year renovation, the museum marks its reopening with a dramatic exhibit featuring contemporary sculpture and immersive installations created over the past two decades by 13 women artists. More than 30 works of art, many monumental in scale, will dangle from the ceiling, cascade down walls and extend across the gallery floors.

Hung Liu: Making History
2023-10-21 - 2024-10-20 | NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WOMEN IN THE ARTS
Hung Liu (1948–2021) lived through Mao Zedong’s totalitarian regime before immigrating to the U.S. The museum reveals “weeping” paintings and prints by the artist featuring signature paint drips and layers of color. Inspired by vintage photographs discovered on a trip to China in the 1990s, the works convey the dignity and resilience of her subjects—predominantly migrant laborers, sex workers, female soldiers and refugees.

Impressive: Antoinette Bouzonnet-Stella
2023-10-21 - 2024-10-20 | NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WOMEN IN THE ARTS
French artist Antoinette Bouzonnet-Stella (1641–1676) is best known for a work entitled The Entrance of the Emperor Sigismond into Mantua. This series of 25 prints is on display as part of an exhibit focusing on her life and career in Paris, where she lived and studied in the Louvre with her uncle, artist Jacques Stella.

STILL SOMETHING SINGING
2023-10-21 - 2024-01-27
Sculptures and special installations dot the Kreeger’s grounds in a display that demonstrates how art encourages viewers to consider subjects from other perspectives. The eight works in this show were created by DC-area artists. Pictured: "Furies," a wood, steel and ceramic sculpture by DC-based Adam Bradley.

Singular Views: 25 Artists
2023-11-02 - 2024-09-04 | RUBELL MUSEUM DC
The museum highlights work by 25 influential contemporary artists from the U.S. and around the world. More than 120 selections in an array of media include paintings by DC-based Rozeal and a self-portrait by Baltimore’s John Waters.

Alexandre Diop: Jooba Jubba, l’Art du Defi, the Art of Challenge
2023-11-02 - 2024-10-31 | RUBELL MUSEUM DC
An exhibit spotlights Franco-Senegalese artist Alexandre Diop, whose mixed-media creations explore legacies of colonialism and the diaspora.

Simone Leigh
2023-11-03 - 2024-03-03 | HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN
Chicago native Simone Leigh explores themes of race, beauty and community in visual and material culture with references to vernacular and handmade processes from across the African diaspora. The Hirshhorn presents sculptures by the artist that were shown at the 2022 Venice Biennale, along with three new bronzes, video, ceramics and other earlier creations.

American Places: Featuring Selections from the Corcoran Collection
2023-11-03 - 2024-05-05 | National Gallery of Art
This show centers on paintingsa by 20th-century icons such as Georgia O’Keeffe, Grant Wood and Hale Woodruff depicting rural scenes and city life in the U.S. In addition, select works by artists affiliated with Washington’s Corcoran Gallery of Art shine a light on that institution’s lasting impact.

Dorothea Lange: Seeing People
2023-11-05 - 2024-03-31 | National Gallery of Art
More than 100 portraits on view of everyday Americans, taken from the Great Depression through the 1960s, are a testament to the prolific American photographer’s ability to capture the character and strength of her subjects. Throughout her 50-year career, Lange (1895–1965) focused her lens on scenes of economic disparity, migration, poverty and racism.

Ugo Rondinone / Louis Eilshemius
2023-11-07 - 2024-01-14 | The Phillips Collection
Focusing on the intersections of poetry and nature in visual art, The Phillips pairs the large-scale forest landscape paintings of contemporary Swiss artist Ugo Rondinone with more than 50 paintings by American artist and poet Louis Michel Eilshemius (1864–1941). The museum also displays poems on paper and diary paintings by Rondinone, who is a longtime collector and admirer of Eilshemius’ work.

Whistler: Streetscapes, Urban Change
2023-11-18 - 2024-05-04 | NATIONAL MUSEUM OF ASIAN ART
Fascinated by cities undergoing drastic change in the late 19th century, James McNeill Whistler depicted many historic London and Paris structures shortly before they were demolished to make way for modernity. This show unveils more than 100 works by the artist—oil paintings, watercolors, pastels and prints—that capture these bygone scenes.

Mark Rothko: Paintings on Paper
2023-11-19 - 2024-03-31 | National Gallery of Art
The gallery traces the evolution of Rothko’s oeuvre through some 100 finished paintings on paper that are unfamiliar to critics and the public. Ranging from early watercolors to monumental oils and acrylics, the works are only a fraction of the museum’s vast Rothko repository—all of which is viewable online and about to be published in a catalogue raisonné.

Raúl de Nieves: and imagine you are here
2023-11-19 - 2024-05-01 | BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART
A newly commissioned work by Mexican-American multimedia artist and musician Raúl de Nieves animates the museum’s two-story lobby. Comprised of a 27-pane, faux stained-glass window and a multi-tiered chandelier adorned with 999 colorful resin butterflies, the installation examines notions of beauty and transformation.

Ethiopia at the Crossroads
2023-12-03 - 2024-03-03 | THE WALTERS ART MUSEUM, Baltimore
Spearheading the first major U.S. exhibit that examines Ethiopian art in a global context, the Baltimore gallery traces the country’s artistic traditions from their origins to the present day. More than 225 objects—from coins, painted icons, wood carvings and metalwork to paintings by contemporary artists—reveal Ethiopia’s significance in cross-cultural exchange and the movement of art objects.

Knotted Clay: Raku Ceramics and Tea
2023-12-09 - 2026-12-31 | National Museum of African Art
Since the 16th century, Raku ceramics have been central to Japanese tea culture. Built by hand as opposed to on a potter’s wheel, these vessels continue to inspire artistic creativity. The Freer Gallery displays pieces dating back to the 18th century that exemplify glazes and forms unique to Raku ware.

Washington Winter Show
2024-01-12 - 2024-01-14 | AU MUSEUM AT THE KATZEN ARTS CENTER
More than 40 dealers from the U.S. and Europe will exhibit their wares, from furniture and art to jewelry and collectibles. A panel on the 12th will feature designers India Hicks, Celerie Kemble and Alex Papachristidis, moderated by New York designer Joy Moyler. Pictured: A display exhibited by Bell + Preston Antiques.

Washingtonians at Work and Play
2024-01-13 - 2024-07-20 | George Washington University Museum and the Textile Museum, 701 21st St NW, Washington, DC 20052
From historical newspaper illustrations to oil paintings, depictions of DC residents out and about with the city’s iconic architecture as a backdrop capture 19th-century life in the nation’s capital.

Building Stories
2024-01-21 - 2033-12-31 | NATIONAL BUILDING MUSEUM
An exhibit conceived for young museum-goers celebrates the concept of home and the built environment through the lens of children’s literature. Installations featuring classics such as Winnie-the-Pooh, The Hobbit and Harold and the Purple Crayon are designed to spark curiosity and encourage visitors to create stories of their own.

Ancestral Spaces: People of African Descent at Tudor Place
2024-02-06 - 2024-04-21 | TUDOR PLACE HISTORIC HOUSE & GARDEN
A special installation and guided tour sheds light on the lives of enslaved and free individuals of African descent who lived and worked at Tudor Place over almost two centuries. Created in collaboration with descendants, the exhibit features photographs, artifacts and audio recordings.

The Tree Around the Corner
2024-02-07 - 2024-05-10 | AMERICAN UNIVERSITY MUSEUM AT THE KATZEN ARTS CENTER
A collection of densely hued paintings and woodblock prints by Barbara Kerne reveals
the Bethesda artist’s strong connection to nature.

The Human Flood
2024-02-07 - 2024-08-13 | AU MUSEUM AT THE KATZEN ARTS CENTER
This site-specific installation conceived and created by artists Ellyn Weiss and Sondra N. Arkin centers on the climate-related causes and consequences of mass migration. Works depicting wildfires, rising sea levels and extreme heat convey the urgent need to confront challenges facing humanity and the planet.
