The sculpture shows flood levels of five historic storms, as well as how high waters could rise in the future.

35 years later, Nancy Holt’s Dark Star Park still casts a shadow.

The poultry-themed display hearkens back to the neighborhood’s history.

It was a voting rights art project from the last time it seemed that D.C. could conceivably get statehood.

The retired gastroenterologist used a chain saw to make sculpture in his spare time.

The summer doldrums are over and we’re starting to get back into the swing of things. So what can we look forward to in the arts this week? Let’s check it out.

Yesterday, workers put the finishing touches on Will Ryman’s steel and fiberglass sculpture, 58th Street, part of The Phillips Collection’s year-long anniversary celebration 90 Years of New.

Lindsay Rowinski’s installation Trying to be There subtly opens up the transformative power of our everyday surroundings.

Oreen Cohen‘s Running Drill, part of Transformer’s Exercises for Emerging Artists series, reflects on tensions half a world away — and also on the upheaval and destruction that lead to rebirth right here at home.

Chinese sculptor Lei Yi Xin, the chief sculptor of the soon-to-be-unveiled Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, has now finished his work on the piece, located near the Tidal Basin. Oh, did we mention that Lei sculpted the 28-foot memorial from memory?