May 04, 2011
Arts Agenda
If you’re not able to find an appealing art event this week, well, you’re just not trying very hard. We’ve even made it easy for you — our Arts Agenda has all the week’s highlights after the jump.
Apr 13, 2011
Arts Agenda
Green: It’s so hot at the moment — the color of spring, environmental conservation and Mountain Dew Slurpees (my favorite!). And, now, it’s the newest exhibition at The Textile Museum. Read more about it — and all the art happenings around the D.C. region — inside this week’s Arts Agenda.
Feb 26, 2009
Louise Bourgeois Retrospective @ Hirshhorn
Louise Bourgeois, “Femme Maison,” 1945-47, Private Collection. Photo: Eeva Inkeri As an artist looked on as a leading figure in 20th century art, Louise Bourgeois has enjoyed an incredible 70 year career. From her early influences of Surrealism to her Feminist works, Bourgeois uses memory and emotion to create thought provoking motifs and dramatic sculpture. At the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Bourgeois’ lengthy and successful career is highlighted in a major retrospective of…
Jan 26, 2009
Etsuko Ichikawa @ Randall Scott Gallery
Trace #1197 By Etsuko Ichikawa. Courtesy of Randall Scott Gallery From the traditional to the more experimental, artists have used many different things to make marks on paper, and visual artist Etsuko Ichikawa tends toward the experimental. In Trace, now at Randall Scott Gallery, Ichikawa showcases her smokey, abstract drawings that were created with hot molten glass. Ichikawa’s work is consistent as each piece is an abstract pattern made from the glass on paper….