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.
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.
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…