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Air Quality: The Influence of Smog on European Modernism
2025-02-09 - 2026-02-22 | BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART
Could pollution have played a role in the emergence of European modernism in art? This exhibit poses that question using paintings and works on paper by Henri Matisse, Claude Monet and James McNeill Whistler to demonstrate how their artistic styles emerged partially in response to industrial-era smog in London and Paris.

A South Forty: Contemporary Architecture and Design in the American South
2025-02-14 - 2025-03-21 | NATIONAL BUILDING MUSEUM
How does Southern architecture reflect the needs of its locale and its people? This exhibition aims to examine the contemporary architecture and design practices of the American South as the region deals with population growth as well as rebuilding after several devastating natural disasters.

Setting Sail: The Story of Sea Cloud
2025-02-15 - 2025-06-15 | HILLWOOD ESTATE, MUSEUM & GARDENS
Sea Cloud, a windjammer that was once the world’s largest sailing yacht, was commissioned by Marjorie Merriweather Post and her husband, E.F. Hutton, in the early 20th century and survives today as a luxury cruiseliner. Its story is presented through documents, photographs, decorative arts, paintings and more.

We Gather at the Edge: Contemporary Quilts by Black Women Artists
2025-02-21 - 2025-06-22 | Renwick Gallery, Pennsylvania Avenue at 17th Street NW Washington, DC 20006
Acquired by the Smithsonian Museum of American Art, 35 vibrant quilts honor Black history and culture. The collection celebrates the legacy of the Women of Color Quilters Network, founded in 1985 so that isolated makers could connect and pass on their textile traditions.
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American Craft Made Baltimore
2025-02-21 - 2025-02-23 | Baltimore Convention Center
The largest juried craft fair on the East Coast highlights creations by more than 350 artists and makers from across the country, alongside demonstrations, talks and hands-on experiences.

Capital Remodel + Garden Show
2025-02-21 - 2025-02-23
More than 250 companies will showcase the latest products and services in home remodeling, décor, landscape and garden design at this event, headlined in 2025 by Mika and Brian Kleinschmidt of HGTV’s “100 Day Dream Home.” Seminars by home-remodeling and landscape experts will take place throughout the weekend.

Intrinsic Beauty: Celebrating the Art of Textiles
2025-02-22 - 2025-06-14
In 1925, George Hewitt Myers founded The Textile Museum to showcase his global collection of carpets and textiles. This show will bring together iconic pieces from the museum’s coffers as it launches its centennial year.

Timeless Mucha: The Magic of Line
2025-02-22 - 2025-05-18
The career of Art Nouveau illustrator and designer Alphonse Mucha (1860-1939) is the subject of an exhibit that explores the development of his style and its impact, from the psychedelic album covers of the 1960s and ’70s to today’s Japanese manga artists.

Uncanny
2025-02-28 - 2025-08-10 | NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WOMEN IN THE ARTS
The idea of perception versus reality informs this exhibit of painting, sculpture, photography, works on paper and video by women artists spanning the Surrealist movement to the present. Art by Louise Bourgeois, Laurie Simmons and many more subverts gender stereotypes and explores feminist issues, expressing an overall mood of existential unease.

Maryland Home & Garden + Craft Show
2025-03-01 - 2025-03-09 | MARYLAND STATE FAIRGROUNDS, TIMONIUM
This yearly spring showcase features more than 450 exhibitors, along with 125 crafters and the latest home and outdoor-living products. Presentations by HGTV landscape expert Chris Lambton and hosts Leslie Davis and Lyndsay Lamb of “Unsellable Houses” are also part of the mix. The show takes place on March 1 and 2 and from March 7 to 9.

Masterpieces and Makeovers: Spring Spruce Up
2025-03-08 | Workhouse Arts Center, 9518 Workhouse Way, Lorton, VA, United States
Consumers who want to update a living room, transform a bedroom into a spa retreat or create a more efficient workspace can get professional design advice at a special rate during ASID's annual Spring Spruce Up. For $150 per hour (maximum two hours), a certified ASID designer will lend their expertise to help homeowners with everything from color recommendations to layout ideas and feedback on design projects. The March 8th event includes a reception from 6 to 8 pm at Workhouse Arts Center. Visit the web site below to complete an application. Proceeds from Spring Spruce Up support educational initiatives for the ASID Washington Metro Chapter.

Elizabeth Catlett: A Black Revolutionary Artist
2025-03-09 - 2025-07-06 | National Gallery of Art
Dedicated to visionary artist and activist Elizabeth Catlett, this retrospective showcases the Howard University grad’s legacy through more than 150 politically engaged works, including sculpture, prints, rare paintings, drawings and ephemera depicting the Black American experience.

Delighting Krishna: Paintings of the Child-God
2025-03-15 - 2025-08-24 | NATIONAL MUSEUM OF ASIAN ART
For the first time in nearly 50 years, 14 larger-than-life cotton cloth paintings—known as pichwais—depicting the god Krishna go on view at the Sackler Gallery. Dating from the 18th to 20th centuries, these works celebrate the Hindu Pushtimarg tradition through colorful, vibrant representations.

Spring Design Market
2025-03-28 - 2025-03-30 | The Wildset Hotel
Interior designers, makers and creative entrepreneurs will converge for a weekend of design talks, hands-on demonstrations, and a curated shopping experience set against the charming backdrop of Maryland’s Eastern Shore at this special event held at the Wildset Hotel, a boutique getaway in St. Michaels, Maryland. Attendees will enjoy roundtable panels featuring leading DC-area visionaries, including Kathryn Lager, Sara Swabb, Melissa Colgan, and Darlene Molnar. Other activities run the gamut from morning yoga to a wine class, plus cooking, floral-design and home-styling demos. In addition, a curated marketplace will showcase vintage finds and specialty products.

Adam Pendleton: Love, Queen
2025-04-04 - 2027-01-03 | HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN
In honor of its 50th anniversary, the Hirshhorn Museum is hosting a landmark exhibition by conceptual artist Adam Pendleton. New and recent paintings and a video work pay homage to the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The show is the Richmond native’s first solo exhibit in DC.

In the Tower: Chakaia Booker
2025-04-05 - 2025-08-03
For more than 40 years, sculptor Chakaia Booker has created monumental, abstract works of art from discarded rubber tires. This exhibit, which includes three large-scale wall relief pieces as well as black-and-white photography, explores climate change and the state of the environment.

Frida: Beyond the Myth
2025-04-05 - 2025-09-28 | VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS
This comprehensive show presents 30 rarely seen works by Frida Kahlo supplemented by behind-the-scenes photographs of the enigmatic artist. Vibrant paintings that celebrate her Mexican heritage take center stage, but her backstory of trauma and physical hardship imbues each with a deeper message: the triumph of creativity over adversity.

Falls Church Home & Garden Tour
2025-04-06
In its ninth year, this day-long event features nearly a dozen stops at the town’s most notable homes and gardens, with a focus on historic and contemporary architecture and new developments. Proceeds benefit the Falls Church Education Foundation.

Guerrilla Girls: Making Trouble
2025-04-12 - 2025-09-28 | NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WOMEN IN THE ARTS
An installation marks the 40-year anniversary of the anonymous feminist artist collective Guerrilla Girls, known for provocative street campaigns that take on gender inequality through billboards, banners and more. This visual timeline highlights the group’s history and its dedication to effecting change.

Historic Garden Week
2025-04-26 - 2025-05-03 | Throughout Virginia
For one week every spring, Virginia’s only statewide house and garden tour offers visitors insider access to private landscapes, public gardens and historic sites across the Commonwealth. Adding to the splendor, the Garden Club of Virginia will contribute more than 1,000 fresh floral arrangements to the tour’s 29 properties.

Georgetown House Tour
2025-04-26 | GEORGETOWN
This annual self-guided tour gives attendees the opportunity to step inside some of the most impressive homes and gardens in Georgetown. It also highlights the neighborhood’s charm and history—and constant evolution. A parish tea at St. John’s Episcopal Church follows.

Back and Forth: Rozeal, Titian, Cezanne
2025-04-26 - 2026-04-25 | National Gallery of Art
Viewers are challenged to make connections between modern and Renaissance art in this exhibit that contrasts paintings by Rozeal and Cezanne with Titian masterpieces. Historic references and other similarities relate these disparate works over centuries.

Flower Mart
2025-05-02 - 2025-05-03 | NATIONAL CATHEDRAL
Hosted by All Hallows Guild, this annual flower sale and spring event has been the primary fundraiser for the Cathedral’s gardens and grounds since 1939. This year’s theme is “In Living Color.” Vendors and food stalls offer a wide array of goods and treats in addition to fresh blooms, so there’s something for everyone.

Maryland House & Garden Pilgrimage
2025-05-03 - 2025-06-14
On select Saturdays in May and June, tour-goers can experience historic structures, homes and gardens in five different parts of Maryland, including Queen Anne’s, Southern Anne Arundel, St. Mary’s, Washington and Prince George’s counties.

Niki de Saint Phalle in Print
2025-05-09 - 2025-11-30 | NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WOMEN IN THE ARTS
Twenty large-scale works on view at the NMWA explore Niki de Saint Phalle’s output as a printmaker. For the lively, color-saturated prints, which were made between 1968 and 1970, the artist found inspiration in the female form, the California landscape and mystical Tarot card illustrations.

Bethesda Fine Arts Festival
2025-05-10 - 2025-05-11 | Bethesda, Norfolk Ave, Bethesda, MD
With works from 120 artists on tap, the 2025 Bethesda Fine Arts Festival will feature a wide range of media, including ceramics, jewelry, printmaking, furniture and photography, to name a few. Festivities will take place in the Woodmont Triangle area along Norfolk, Auburn and Del Ray Avenues.

Tephra ICA Arts Festival
2025-05-17 - 2025-05-18 | RESTON TOWN CENTER
Now in its 34th year, the Tephra ICA Arts Festival (formerly known as the Northern Virginia Fine Arts Festival) will feature the original handmade work of more than 200 contemporary artists and artisans from across the country.

Latin American Art /Arte Latinoamericano
2025-05-17 - 2025-12-31 | THE WALTERS ART MUSEUM
Latin American works ranging from ancient urns and textiles to contemporary ceramics will be displayed in the Baltimore museum’s newly renovated North Court galleries. Representing 40 different cultures and 4,000 years of history, the show is organized by theme and geographic provenance, and will include bilingual materials for a more immersive experience.

Black Earth Rising
2025-05-18 - 2025-09-21 | BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART
Named for the fertile soil of ancient indigenous civilizations in the Amazon, this show celebrates the splendor of the natural world through works by artists of color and Native identity. Environmental injustice and the legacy of European settlement is examined through paintings, sculptures and films.

Little Beasts: Art, Wonder and the Natural World
2025-05-18 - 2025-11-02 | National Gallery of Art
This exhibition puts the relationship between art and European natural history under the microscope—specifically the study of insects and small animals. Featuring more than 75 detailed works that inspired generations of printmakers, decorative artists and naturalists alongside specimens and taxidermy from Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, these “little beasts” will likely leave a big impression.
