Ex-lovers. Who needs 'em? You won't find any in Lily deSaussure's debut show at Transformer. more ›

This summer's E8 series at Transformer comes to a close with Sean Lundgren's Nave. more ›

Lindsay Rowinski's installation Trying to be There subtly opens up the transformative power of our everyday surroundings. more ›

Oreen Cohen's Running Drill, part of Transformer's Exercises for Emerging Artists series, reflects on tensions half a world away -- and also on the upheaval and destruction that lead to rebirth right here at home. more ›

Protests over the removal of David Wojnarowicz's A Fire in My Belly from the National Portrait Gallery began to pick up steam last week, when about 100 people marched from Transformer Gallery, who had displayed the work in its front window, to the Gallery. Now, some are taking the protest into the halls of the Portrait Gallery. more ›

The recently maligned National Portrait Gallery was the setting Thursday night for a protest over its controversial removal of a video piece, A Fire in My Belly by artist David Wojnarowicz, from its GLBT-focused exhibits. TBD reports that a crowd of about 100 people showed up, walking from the Transformer Gallery, which started displaying the 4-minute segment in question the day before, near Logan Circle to the front steps of the National Portrait Gallery on 8th and F Streets where the film was projected onto its northside walls by performance artist Adrian Parsons. From the NPG, they moved on to the steps of the Capitol Building, all the while protesting with "mouths tied." In addition to other local media outlets, several of our Flickr photographers were on hand and in the crowd to document the demonstration. more ›

Former DCist editor Kriston Capps reports that Transformer Gallery will pick up the slack and publicly screen David Wojnarowicz's A Fire in My Belly, the video which the National Portrait Gallery removed from an exhibit after several conservatives and Congress members deemed it offensive. The gallery, located at 1404 P Street NW, will begin screening an abridged 4-minute cut of Wojnarowicz's 1987 work in its front window by 1 p.m. this afternoon; Capps also notes that gallery management is attempting to secure the rights to show the full thirty-minute video, as well. (UPDATE: City Paper now passes along word that Transformer is organizing a protest in which people will walk from 1404 P Street to the National Portrait Gallery tomorrow evening with "their mouths bound.") Can't wait? You can view A Fire in My Belly here. (Note: the imagery could be considered NSFW in some environments.) more ›

Start digging in Rome and you're bound to hit something a few centuries old. Start digging in Washington and, well, let's just say you probably won't discover the foundations of any ancient buildings. But D.C. has its roots, which make an appearance at the Rebecca Key exhibition Archetype at Transformer, on display through October 15. more ›

The topic of 'community' is a popular one in D.C. arts this summer. Perhaps it was already popular, even before noted collector Mera Rubell's notorious pronouncement that she'd never seen artists as isolated — as lacking in community — as in the D.C. area. Judging by the whirlwind of reactions following those comments, and the fact that Rubell's words are still referenced even eight months later, she may have served as a catalyst for the recent discussions. In fact, recent research by clinical psychologists seems to confirm that artists fare better professionally, emotionally and physically when they are part of a community, such as a collective or an academic program. more ›

Starting in April of this year, artists Kristina Bilonick, Michael Matason, Jillian Pichocki, and Bryan Whitson, came together twice a week to discuss and develop new work as part of Transformer's The Exercises for Emerging Artists program. As a continuation of the program, Transformer has opened up the process to the public for comment and feedback in E5: Rangefinder. more ›

After acquiring her first professional camera in 2006, Hatnim Lee has documented everyday scenes in a visual diary on her blog. Since then, she has found success in both the fine arts and as a commercial photographer, interning with David LaChapelle and having work featured in publications like Teen and DC Modern Luxury. Now at Transformer, a selection of Lee's vivid photographs over the past 2 years are on display. more ›

D.C.’s big art news arrived yesterday, when Artomatic announced the dates and location for their semi-annual massive and all-inclusive art exhibit. If you want to help organize the event, join them for an All Hands Meeting this Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Capitol Plaza 1 building, located at 1st and M Streets NE. Artomatic is not until May 9, however, so get your art fix this week with the exhibits and events highlighted below. more ›

The tiny room that makes up Transformer gallery is currently displaying contrasting work by Richard Chartier and Paul Vinet that explores the ideas of absence and presence. The title of the show, Absence Presence, plainly explains the intent of the exhibition. more ›