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1898: U.S. Imperial Visions and Revisions
2023-04-26 - 2024-02-25 | National Portrait Gallery
Marking the 125th anniversary of the Spanish-American War, this exhibit examines the rise of the U.S. as an empire through the lens of portraiture and visual culture. More than 90 works from collections in Puerto Rico, the Philippines, Guam, Spain and the U.S. present an array of viewpoints in a fascinating look back at history.

Across Asia: Arts of Asia and the Islamic World
2023-04-23 - 2024-04-23 | THE WALTERS ART MUSEUM
April 23, ongoing
Featuring some 500 objects from The Walters’ permanent collection, this landmark exhibition illuminates both Asian and Islamic art traditions dating back thousands of years. The historical examples of architecture, calligraphy, lacquerware, painting and sculpture on display represent diverse cultures and regions, from West to South Asia.

Georgetown House Tour
2023-04-22
Now in its 90th year, this spring event offers participants a glimpse into some of Georgetown’s most spectacular homes and gardens. A parish tea at St. John’s Episcopal Church follows the self-guided tour. Proceeds benefit the church’s ministry and outreach.

90th Historic Garden Week
2023-04-15 - 2023-04-22 | VIRGINIA, STATEWIDE
Twenty-nine tours will take place throughout Virginia during this annual event, sponsored by the Garden Club of Virginia. Among them: a walking tour in Old Town Alexandria and visits to private properties overlooking the Blue Ridge mountains in Warrenton.

The Culture: Hip Hop and Contemporary Art in the 21st Century
2023-04-05 - 2023-07-16 | BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART
Commemorating hip hop’s 50th anniversary, this exhibit surveys the cultural, conceptual and aesthetic attributes that have made the art form a global phenomenon. Ninety works by famed contemporary artists such as Devin Allen, Monica Ikegwu and Amani Lewis are presented alongside apparel and other objects that embody hip hop culture.

Drawing in Britain, 1700–1900: A Decade of Acquisitions
2023-04-02 - 2023-08-06 | National Gallery of Art
Approximately 80 recently acquired watercolors and drawings in the museum’s permanent collection provide a vast overview of British art created over two centuries. The display features portraits, landscapes, historic scenes and nude studies.

THE PHILLIPS COLLECTION ▲ Pour, Tear, Carve: Material Possibilities in the Collection March 18 to May 14 This novel exhibit explores how the materials and methods artists employ in their work evoke history, memory and meaning among viewers. Paintings, sculptures, photographs, drawings, prints and textiles are among the 65 works on view from the museum’s permanent collection. phillipscollection.org
2023-03-18 - 2023-05-14
This novel exhibit explores how the materials and methods artists employ in their work evoke history, memory and meaning among viewers. Paintings, sculptures, photographs, drawings, prints and textiles are among the 65 works on view from the museum’s permanent collection.

The Interior Life: Recent Acquisitions
2023-03-17 - 2023-09-10 | National Gallery of Art
In this collection of newly acquired work, 25 modern and contemporary artists reveal their emotional and spiritual selves. Taken as a whole, the pieces on view illustrate the power of art to shed light on our existence and to affect change.

American Craft Made / Baltimore
2023-03-03 - 2023-03-05 | Baltimore Convention Center
Now in its 46th year, this craft show will host more than 350 artists displaying handmade treasures. Attendees can browse basketry, ceramics, furniture, fiber art and works in wood and metal, along with jewelry and wearables.

Philip Guston Now
2023-02-26 - 2023-08-27 | National Gallery of Art
A major retrospective surveys the 50-year career of modern artist Philip Guston (1930 to 1980). Some 110 paintings and 115 drawings on view run the spectrum from figurative and abstract work to political satire in the Nixon era.

Prayer and Transcendence
2023-02-18 - 2023-07-01 | THE GWU MUSEUM AND THE TEXTILE MUSEUM
The museum presents a stunning array of antique Islamic prayer rugs collected around the globe from Ottoman Turkey to Mughal India. Exploring the spiritual meaning behind the rugs’ iconic motifs, the show also offers comparisons to Jewish traditions.

Determined Women: Collectors, Artists and Designers at Hillwood
2023-02-18 - 2023-06-18 | HILLWOOD MUSEUM
An accomplished businesswoman and legendary arts patron, Hillwood founder Marjorie Merriweather Post applauded female artists and designers. Hillwood displays art and objects from its collection that depict women whom Post admired, along with work created by women—from an 18th-century Fabergé pencil holder to a 1790 French painting of Princess Elizabeth (pictured).

In Quiet Beauty: The Watercolors of Léon Bonvin
2023-02-15 - 2023-08-13 | THE WALTERS ART MUSEUM
Léon Bonvin (1834-1866) is known for his exquisite watercolors, inspired by Japanese prints, photography and trends of the day. Following the French artist’s tragic suicide, Baltimore patron William Walters began to acquire Bonvin’s paintings, amassing what became the largest collection of his work in existence; Walters’ son later bequeathed the collection to the city of Baltimore. Sixteen paintings are on view.

I Dream a World: Selections from Brian Lanker’s Portraits of Remarkable Black Women, Part II
2023-02-10 - 2023-09-10 | National Portrait Gallery
Like the first installation of this exhibit, which remains on view through January 29, the second part also presents portraits by Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Brian Lanker of Black women who changed America. Subjects include seminal figures such as Cicely Tyson, tennis champion Althea Gibson (pictured) and Oprah Winfrey.

Intersections: Linling Lu, Soundwaves
2023-02-09 - 2023-04-30 | The Phillips Collection
Originally trained as a classical pianist, Linling Lu creates exuberant works of art inspired by the properties of sound. For this solo show, she created a series of abstract paintings that translate the musical notes of Philip Glass’ Etude no. 16 into spatial configurations, shown in the artist’s trademark rings of brightly colored, concentric circles.

A Window Suddenly Opens: Contemporary Photography in China
2023-02-06 08:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Hirshhorn Museum
The Hirshhorn focuses on Chinese photography’s recent shift away from realism and toward conceptual art. The 186 images on view, made between 1993 and 2022, reveal how Chinese artists have independently embraced the immediacy of print and digital photography, recorded performance and video art.

Madayin: Eight Decades of Aboriginal Australian Bark Painting from Yirrkala
2023-02-04 - 2023-05-14 | AMERICAN UNIVERSITY MUSEUM AT THE KATZEN ARTS CENTER
This ground-breaking show is not only the first major exhibition of Aboriginal Australian bark-painting in the U.S., it’s also the largest display of Aboriginal Australian art to be seen in the Western Hemisphere in 30 years. The Yolngu people in northern Australia’s Yirrkala region tell stories about the interconnectedness of man, animals and the land; the Yolngu were stakeholders in the creation of this exhibit.

The Trawick Prize: 20th Anniversary Emerald Award
2023-02-04 - 2023-03-17 | AMERICAN UNIVERSITY MUSEUM AT THE KATZEN ARTS CENTER
For 20 years, The Trawick Prize has recognized exceptional artists in DC, Maryland and Virginia. The Katzen celebrates 18 past prize-winners with a showing of their work in sculpture, painting, mixed media, film and more.

Anne Lindberg: what color is divine light?
2023-02-04 - 2023-07-01 | THE GWU MUSEUM AND THE TEXTILE MUSEUM
This immersive installation combines thousands of fine chromatic yellow and blue threads to create a color scheme that the eyes and mind cannot perceive. In what she calls an “imaginary, mysterious, unnamed space,” the multi-media artist pushes viewers to contemplate the divine—which, like these colors, she says, “is unnamable, untouchable, intangible.”

Looking Up: Studies for Ceilings, 1550–1800
2023-01-29 - 2023-07-09 | National Gallery of Art
For centuries, some of the most ambitious and compelling art in Europe was painted on ceilings in styles ranging from Baroque to Neoclassical. The National Gallery spotlights 30 examples of remarkable ceiling decoration, from preliminary studies to large-scale models.

A Collector’s Eye: Freer in Egypt
2022-12-17 - 2023-02-28 | NATIONAL MUSEUM OF ASIAN ART
Charles Lang Freer, patron of the museum’s Freer Gallery, was intrigued by ancient Egypt. He visited the country three times, collecting works ranging from glass vessels to amulets and a Byzantine jewelry set, many of which will be on view for the first time in this exhibit. asia.si.edu

Isaac Julien: Lessons of the Hour—Frederick Douglass
2022-12-10 - 2023-07-09 | VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, RICHMOND
This immersive, 10-screen film installation by Sir Isaac Julien focuses on 19th- century abolitionist Frederick Douglass and the influences of technology and images on human relations. Spanning space and time, the display interweaves Douglass’ speeches and writings with reenactments of his travels around the globe.

Holiday Fete
2022-12-06 - 2022-12-16 | WASHINGTON DESIGN CENTER
Local designers partner with showrooms to create festive tabletops and seasonal décor. A party on December 6 kicks off the celebration; displays remain on view through the 16th. Home & Design is the media sponsor of the event, which benefits Children’s National Hospital.  Pictured from last year's Fete: A stunning table by Myron Wolman in the Schumacher showroom. Photo: Bob Narod

Darrel Ellis: Regeneration
2022-11-20 - 2023-04-23 | BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART
During his short career, New York-based Darrel Ellis redefined Black male identity and family through his complex paintings, drawings and photography. This show presents 60 works on paper plus archival materials that chronicle the life and work of the mixed-media artist, who died in 1992 at age 33 of an AIDS-related illness.

Omar Ba: Political Animals
2022-11-20 - 2023-04-02 | BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART
The BMA shines a light on Senegal-born Omar Ba, who explores the notion of power through paintings, modular works and a site-specific mural. The artist portrays a range of people and subjects along with real and imagined creatures in his commentary on society.

Stanley Whitney: Dance with Me Henri
2022-11-20 - 2023-04-23 | BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART
Matisse has long inspired contemporary artist Stanley Whitney, who was commissioned to create stained-glass windows for the BMA. This exhibit explores parallels between the artists’ work. Several Matisse prints—including The Lagoon (above)—are shown with sketches Whitney made for the commission.

Coming Attractions: The John Waters Collection
2022-11-20 - 2023-04-16 | BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART
Charm City icon John Waters bequeathed 372 objects from his art collection to the Baltimore Museum of Art in 2020. This exhibit reveals about 90 of the works, including paintings, sculptures, photographs and prints by Diane Arbus, Nan Goldin, Cindy Sherman, Cy Twombly and Andy Warhol.

Vittore Carpaccio: Master Storyteller of Renaissance Venice
2022-11-20 - 2023-02-12 | National Gallery of Art
The first exhibition outside of Italy to be  dedicated to this 15th-century master displays some 75 of his creations, from large-scale narrative paintings to drawings that once graced the homes of  Venetian elite.

A Splendid Land: Paintings from Royal Udaipur
2022-11-19 - 2023-05-14 | NATIONAL MUSEUM OF ASIAN ART
This assemblage of paintings on paper and cloth created between 1700 and 1900 celebrates the palaces, lakes and mountains of Udaipur, a city in northwestern India, illustrating the region’s cultural and political evolution.

An Italian Impressionist in Paris: Giuseppe De Nittis
2022-11-12 - 2023-02-12
Italian artist Giuseppe De Nittis, who was very much a part of the Paris art scene in the 1870s and ’80s, is known for his detailed realism. The Phillips unveils paintings from all periods of his career, including The Place du Carrousel: The Ruins of the Tuileries (pictured). Work by some of his comrades, including Edgar Degas and Edouard Manet, is also on view.
