>> This week, start your arts viewing with a fascinating documentary on the lives of a powerful curator/collector and his ever controversial photographer lover. Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe examines the lives of these two men through those who knew them best, such as close friend Patti Smith, and how Wagstaff’s relationship with Mapplethorpe vaulted them both into careers as art world visionaries, not the least of which…
Let’s see. What could possibly be going on in the arts this weekend? Hmm, oh right. DCist Exposed has been getting some love from the Post (did you check out last weekend’s Sunday Source?), Washingtonian, and a whole slew of online sources. We just got back from hanging the show and, oh man, it looks great, so we hope you’ll give it some love, too, tomorrow night at Warehouse, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Please forgive…
Friday >>Summer Fridays are meant for free beer, long strolls and casual socializing. Which is exactly why they started the Bethesda Art Walk. We recommend catching the opening reception of the Fraser Gallery’s Summer Group Exhibit. Six artists have displayed their new work in photography and painting. The oil on metal paintings by Michael Fitts look like a rougher versions of light, breezy subjects, while Lee Goodwin’s gelatin silver prints of black and white landscapes…
>> Hometown artist and color field innovator Sam Gilliam’s work is everywhere this month. A sizable inventory of pieces were hung last Friday at the Marsha Mateyka Gallery, and a retrospective is due to open at the Corcoran Gallery of Art this Saturday. >> It’s your last week to catch Jason Zimmerman’s video installation at Transformer Gallery, titled Fair Game. Zimmerman’s looping edit of scenes from the FOX show Cops is one of those cases…
This week’s art events include exhibits inspired by the Cherry Blossom Festival, the monthly Bethesda Art Walk, and much more. Keep reading for DCist’s picks — and let us know what yours are! >> “Wish You Were Here,” an exhibit of paintings by Isabel Manolo and floor sculpture by Jonathan Bucci opens Thursday at Flashpoint Gallery. In this multi-media installation, the artists explore and interpret the idea of personal and collective memory. An example of…
Enjoy this spring-like weather while you can and get out to some of the new exhibits around D.C. We’ve picked some of the highlights to help you decide which shows to visit. >> This is the second week of the month and that means Friday is the Bethesda Art Walk, with free guided tours to 15 Bethesda art galleries beginning at 7 p.m. Attendees can meet their guide at the Bethesda Metro Center, located at…
(From DCist’s Cyndi Spain) >> New at the Govinda Gallery in Georgetown is “Kate Simons. Photographs” which celebrates the intimate portraits that Simons took of Bob Marley (one example, above) until his death in 1981. The exhibition commemorates Marley’s upcoming 60th anniversary and includes the new, limited edition publication “Rebel Music: Bob Marley & Roots Reggae.” Each copy (available through the gallery) is signed by the photographer and weighs in at a hefty $395….