Shows featuring abstract paintings, Afro modernism, and other bold themes provide a great jumping-off point for exploring the arts in the region.

Museums from the Glenstone to the Phillips Collection and International Spy Museum are starting to reopen, with varying restrictions.

“It gives me a thrill to see something heavy hanging high like it has no weight,” the artist says.

“Nordic Impressions” includes classical representations of the Swedish countryside next to conceptual art from creators on remote Atlantic islands.

The new exhibition sheds new light on a work that has been part of the area’s art landscape for nearly a century.

A lot of excitement on the Mall, but plenty to see elsewhere in the city.

Check out punk music and urban farming at the Hamiltonian, lobster and calypso at the Phillips Collection, and more.

Don’t miss the Sackler Gallery’s upcoming events and panels, this months’s Dupont-Kalorama arts walk, and more.

Tis the season for open studios and outdoor art.

It will include the creation of a joint gallery and storage facility in Prince George’s County, among other projects to strengthen the relationship between the two institutions.