Good news, Colbert Nation. If you caught the April 1 episode of the Colbert Report, you saw Stephen take an "atonement" call from Brent Glass, Director of the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History — who originally turned down the offer to display his portrait before the National Potrait Gallery agreed to hang it in the entrance to their bathrooms. The run ended on Tuesday, but before the painting was left homeless, Glass called to say he changed his mind and, calling Colbert a "National Treasure," agreed to hang the portrait in the Treasures of American History Exhibit for two more weeks. We haven't gotten down to the Air & Space Museum yet (where the exhibit is being held while NMAH is under construction), so we hope we haven't fallen for a mean April Fool's prank, but the public notice that's still up on the museum's web site convinces us otherwise. The entire exhibit, including the portrait, closes on April 13, so get down there soon.

>> We are extremely pleased to announce that the Hirshhorn's After Hours parties are back on the calendar, starting tomorrow, from 8 p.m. to midnight. Music will be provided by DJ Solomon Sanchez, Hooliganship — the "neon-clad archangels of hyper-digitized cell phone music" who also provide an epileptic-seizure-inducing video "preview" of tomorrow's show at the Hirshhorn's website — and Lucky Dragon, who create music that seems to involve a lot of touching strangers. Check out painter Amy Sillman's new show Third Person Singular while you're there, as well as the ongoing Recent Acquisitions and Black Box exhibits. Advance tickets have sold out, but they still have a number of tickets available at the door, $12.

>> Art Whino, which opened an enormous gallery in Alexandria not even a year ago, is apparently doing so well that they're opening a second location already in National Harbor, Md., directly south of D.C., just outside the Beltway. The gallery will have a grand opening this Saturday with the artworks of David Foox (pictured), a colorblind painter who uses deep shading techniques to make up for his lack of color diversity (he mostly uses reds and browns). He also claims inspiration from the number "8," so...yeah. Maybe a certain New York Times reporter will hear her siren song and make an appearance. Also featuring the anime-like figure paintings of Jessica Foox and the music of DJ Lil'e. Party goes 6 p.m. to midnight.

>> Flashpoint opens an exhibit of portrait paintings by Lucy Hogg tomorrow. We like how the gallery puts it: Floating Faces "illuminates fugitive expressions in the portraits that deny the duration of a portrait-painting session and invoke the fiction of the fleeting glance." Reception 6 to 8 p.m.

>> Irvine Contemporary has about all the strangeness you'd want for a Saturday evening with its new show by painter Heidi Taillefer, Muses and Heroes (pictured). The works are heavily infused with mythological characters but tweaked with edges of sci-fi and, well, once again, we'll leave this one to the gallery: the works incorporate "painterly surrealism and hyper-realism with current cyborg fantasies—Max Ernst meets The Matrix." Uh huh. These might have to be seen to be believed. Or... not. Reception from 6 to 8 p.m.

>> Take a trip through California by heading down to the Meat Market Gallery this Friday. They're featuring two new exhibits: Dustin Askland photographs of the sparsely populated Western landscape in Under the Western Freeway, while Amy Hicks shows four videos using California bridges as symbols for the "unstable conditions" in society. Reception is 6 to 8:30 p.m.

>> If you read our interview with Cara Ober on Monday and want more, stop by the Randall Scott Gallery on Saturday where the artist — along with Brandon Fortune, curator at the National Portrait Gallery, and Kriston Capps, writer for the City Paper (and our Guest Editor on Tuesday) — will discuss her work. Artist talk is from 5 to 6:30 p.m.; the gallery will remain open for viewing until 8 p.m.

Art Notes:

• The Foundry Gallery is opening a bronze sculpture exhibit by Catherine Bohrman in The Passion of Dimension. Reception is Friday from 6 to 8 p.m.
• The Art Museum of the Americas at the OAS opens Of Rage and Redemption with the works of Ecuadorian artist Oswaldo Guayasamín. Reception is Friday at 6 p.m.
• The Art + Media House at the Latin American Youth Center opens Polarican, the GWU MFA Thesis Exhibition of Diane F. Ramos. Reception at Galería Uno, 3035 15th Street, NW, on Saturday from 4 to 6 p.m., with an artist talk next Wednesday at 4:30 p.m.
• Gallery Plan B will hold an opening reception for the paintings of 95-year-old Marilee H. Shapiro on Saturday from 6 to 8 p.m.
• Anyone good with a needle or pair of scissors should stop by Del Ray Artisans for the second Sewing Bee, where they'll make "Recovery Covers" for breast cancer surgery patients. Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., see their web site for more info.
• Hillyer Art Space is celebrating their Brazilian Printmakers show with some fantastic music and catering; also catch the other ongoing show by Don Kimes. Friday, 6 to 8 p.m., $10 suggested donation.

Images of artworks by David Foox, courtesy of Art Whino, and Heidi Taillefer, courtesy of Irvine Contemporary