>> Despite what we hear is a serious rash of over-dressed staffers at the Corcoran Gallery of Art running off to “dentist appointments” with updated résumés in hand after several high profile dismissals were announced earlier this month, there appear to be several good reasons to head down to the beleaguered museum. The first major retrospective of the work of Robert Bechtle, the San Francisco-based painter known for his photorealistic streetscapes, is up through June 4, and Reflections From the Heart: Photographs by David Seymour (Chim) opened last weekend.

>> The 1515 14th St. NW complex is all shiny and new after a series of openings last weekend. G Fine Art, teaming up with Provisions Library, has Other Than Art, a big, weird group conceptual show that leans heavily toward the politically and socially conscious, featuring Kendall Buster, Lucy Orta, Siemon Allen and others. Adamson Gallery has works by Robert Longo, Victor Schrager, Donald Sultan, and Kelly Towles. And Curator’s Office is all decked out in silvery, pharmaceutical-themed wallpaper and dysfunctional bedroom vibes — the work of Virgil Marti, who is also a part of the Other Than Art show, which was curated by Milena Kalinovska and runs through April 29.

>> The Hirshhorn Museum has a slew of new podcasts available from their recently held artists talks and lectures surrounding exhibitions of Hiraki Sawa and Hiroshi Sugimoto, including Tuesday’s lecture on Sugimoto by art historian Michael Fried.

>> Over at the City Paper, Huan Hsu has a great profile of local artist Molly Springfield and her work as a ‘human photocopier’.

“I have to do something that’s repetitive and almost…monkish,” Springfield says. “It’s like a religious activity, almost, to make the drawings.”

>> Check out our recent review of Brandon Morse at Conner Contemporary and a DCist Studio Visit with Samantha Wolov.