>> Spoil your senses at Night #2 of the current WPAC Experimental Media Series. Curated by Brandon Morse, whose own work we’ve recommended again and again, the one-night exhibition will include video and audio works by a slew of talented newcomers. And though this series is part of ColorField.remix, if we’ve got Morse pegged correctly this will be a kick in the pants to the usual staid, stripe-y paintings you may associate with the…

While a couple of us on the DCist staff are still trying to wipe our minds of the image of the live circumcision performance art that happened last night at the Warehouse gallery (seriously, can you use soap on your eyeballs?), we will nevertheless try to explain that across the street at artDC … wait, what was happening over there? Oh right, that international art show. When we told you about it last year, some…

>> Celebrate the grand opening of the Honfleur Gallery this Saturday at 7 p.m. This very welcome addition to the city’s art scene is located near the Anacostia metro and appropriately begins its life with East of the River, a mixed media exhibition that includes both professionals and first-timers who celebrate their history with the area. Especially notable is the work by John Muller from DreamCity, an organization that does some serious community building in…

Holiday? What Holiday? While some of us were home devouring pumpkin pies instead of writing the Arts Agenda last week, a few galleries opened their doors to new exhibits. The National Portrait Gallery is giving thanks to Josephine Baker by displaying images, posters, music sheets and other artifacts that tell the story of this amazing performer and civil rights activist. Meanwhile, the National Geographic Museum has opened their Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibit, showcasing…

Now’s the time to get your ticket to the Third Annual Transformer Silent Auction and Benefit Party. Held on Saturday, November 4, at the Edison Place Gallery, the night promises to be an evening of creative company, great food, and a celebration of local talent. The five-year-old Transformer Gallery is hosting the event, which will start with a silent auction between 7 and 9:30 p.m. for original works from over eighty artists. Step up and…

WPAC is hosting the first of a three night experimental media series, titled After Effects, curated by local heavy Kathryn Cornelius. From 7 to 9 p.m. tonight at the Corcoran Gallery of Art’s Armand Hammer Auditorium, check out new video work from Jason Zimmerman, Chad Stayrook (a still from his everytime a scientist dies, a unicorn gets its horn is at right) and a live performance from videohippos at 8:20 p.m. Drink it In: It’s…

Reviewing the week in DCist can’t go without mentioning what is now the news of the week — George Mason today toppled the nation’s best basketball team, UConn, 86-84 in a nail-biting overtime upset. The victory caps what has been a surprising rise through the NCAA ranks for George Mason, and with Georgetown out of the picture, gives the Washington region someone to cheer for. This week we saw the Post’s newest conservative blogger…

>> 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…

Tiny particles, given movement and behavior directives by an unknown source, are suddenly released to the elements. They charge ahead, encountering one another and reacting and creating new shapes and patterns in their wake. Each time they move, the environment changes, entropy increases, and eventually the entire system devolves into chaos. These are the miniature universes created by artist Brandon Morse, whose video exhibit Static opened Friday at the Connor Contemporary Art. Morse generates each…

You Dada See It: DCist finally spent a day exploring Dada at the National Gallery, and it’s really the sort of exhibition that grows on you as you move through it. The first room, detailing the Dada movement as it emerged in Zurich, is a tough nut to crack — a few too many photo collages that aren’t terribly stimulating clutter the landscape. But as you move through Berlin and Hannover, eventually reaching Paris and…