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May 16, 2016

Photos: From Gallery To Gift Shop At Transformer

A new exhibition from D.C.-area artists uses the museum gift shop to interrogates art and commerce.

Mar 18, 2016

Photos: Sonic Installation No Sharps, No Flats Opens at Transformer

The collective recordings of local music luminaries form the sonic component of an engaging installation.

Mar 02, 2016

Arts Agenda: Endangered Species Edition

Check out #ThisIsWhyImSingle, the last few weeks to see the stunnig Photo Ark exhibit at National Geographic, and more.

May 30, 2013

Suspected Blown Transformer in Logan Circle Creates Big Hole, Power Outage

Over 5,000 Pepco customers in the area were initially without power.

Dec 21, 2011

Lily deSaussure’s “Double Dare Ya” @ Transformer

Ex-lovers. Who needs ’em? You won’t find any in Lily deSaussure’s debut show at Transformer.

Aug 05, 2011

Sean Lundgren: Nave @ Transformer

This summer’s E8 series at Transformer comes to a close with Sean Lundgren’s Nave.

Jul 22, 2011

Lindsay Rowinski: Trying to be There @ Transformer

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

Jul 08, 2011

Oreen Cohen: Running Drill @ Transformer

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.

Dec 06, 2010

Protesters Detained Arrested After Screening ‘A Fire In My Belly’ Inside National Portrait Gallery

Protests over the removal of David Wojnarowicz’s A Fire in My Belly from the National Portrait Gallery began to pick up steam last week, when about 100 people marched from Transformer Gallery, who had displayed the work in its front window, to the Gallery. Now, some are taking the protest into the halls of the Portrait Gallery.

Dec 05, 2010

Click Click: National Portrait Gallery Protest

The recently maligned National Portrait Gallery was the setting Thursday night for a protest over its controversial removal of a video piece, A Fire in My Belly by artist David Wojnarowicz, from its GLBT-focused exhibits. TBD reports that a crowd of about 100 people showed up, walking from the Transformer Gallery, which started displaying the 4-minute segment in question the day before, near Logan Circle to the front steps of the National Portrait Gallery on…

 
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