John La Farge’s “Water Lily in Sunlight” courtesy the Smithsonian Museum of American Art Written by DCist contributor Monica Shores We can admit it. Sometimes, appreciating art can be like eating vegetables; you know it’s good for you, but there’s no assurance the experience will be enjoyable. The Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Graphic Master I exhibit is something of a vegetable side dish. It’s devoid of sensational subject matter and primary colors, the aspects…

Some of you may have stumbled upon a giant blue head on a crane at 9th and F Streets on your coffee run this morning. That 31 foot tall, 13,000 pound sculpture is the work of Roy Lichtenstein, the renowned American pop artist who died in 1997. Known for his bright, bold colors and old-school comic book stylings, Lichtenstein already has work all over D.C.; in fact, the National Gallery of Art has the largest…