The museum, located at 500 Seventeenth Street NW, is open Wednesday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
“The Corcoran as we know it is gone.”
GW will operate the college, while the National Gallery of Art will organize and present exhibitions.
This is the most money anyone has ever spent on a carpet at an auction.
Bridle uses publicly available resources like Google Maps and social networks “to investigate, visualize, and call attention to otherwise unexamined information about the worldwide military application of unmanned aerial vehicles,” according to a release.
Paul Cézanne, “The François Zola Dam,” c. 1877-1878. Courtesy Corcoran Gallery of Art The Corcoran Gallery of Art abruptly closed its Turner to Cézanne: Masterpieces from the Davies Collection, National Museum Wales exhibition early on Wednesday, citing concerns over the performance of a recently installed climate control system. The exhibit was originally scheduled to run through April 25. An upgraded HVAC system was installed at the Corcoran prior to the opening of Turner to…
The District lost a significant curatorial voice at the turn of the year. In an email yesterday, Paul Roth announced that he left the Corcoran Gallery of Art on December 31, 2009, to take a position as the Executive Director of The Richard Avedon Foundation in New York. This news follows about a year after the extraordinary Richard Avedon: Portraits of Power exhibit closed at the Corc, a show that examined a tight body…
Photo by payal.jhaveri.Visiting art museums, once a mostly passive and individual experience, has become much more interactive lately, thanks to the advent of social media. At places like the Phillips Collection and the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Twitter, Facebook, iTunes and YouTube are making it possible for museum-goers to engage in conversation with one another and learn more about artists and their work. Check below for the more interesting feeds to follow and informative…
FRIDAY: >> The 18th Street Lounge’s regular Wednesday night reggae stars SEE-I are at the Rock and Roll Hotel to celebrate the holidays with some friends who are sure to get you dancing too — DJ Mat the Alien and remix artists Fort Knox Five. Tickets for the Happy FKX-XMas are $10. >> Rufus Wainwright begins a two-night stint at the 9:30 Club tonight with his sister, Lucy Wainwright Roche. Tickets are still available for…
As you might imagine, there’s not a whole lot going on in the art world this week, and unlike the last holiday, even the Smithsonians close on Christmas Day. Nevertheless, we found a few exhibits for you to poke around this weekend. And if you’re one of those last minute gift buyers and can’t bear to wage war at the mall, don’t forget our guide to art museum memberships for something a little more unique…
