“Make it epic!” Dan Deacon’s roadie was yelling in my ear as he held up a stack of stage monitors, working to keep the speakers upright despite the mass of bodies pummeling into them. He wanted me to take a shot of Deacon’s so-called Trippy Green Skull — an object that often stands in for the man himself at his absurdly egalitarian shows, due to the fact that it’s just about the only thing than…

Artomatic is over, and the summer art season is settling in. While now is usually the time when most galleries close their doors or throw together a two-month group exhibition, there are surprisingly still a number of openings and events on the horizon in the coming weeks. But first, we have some news from the Textile Museum. Announced on Tuesday through a press release, the museum’s board has decided to abandon their previous Penn Quarter…

FRIDAY: >> DCist Exposed opening reception, OBVS. 6:30 – 9:30 p.m., at Warehouse. >> If you’re looking for more hip art happenings afterward, head over to the Hirshhorn After Hours party, which goes until midnight. It’s a celebration of the opening of Virgil Marti and Pae White’s new site-specific installation in the Hirshhorn lobby, which is the latest in the museum’s Directions series. Ian Svenonius is spinning and it looks like there’ll be a number…

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…