How a Washington arts group is creating a space for artists mothering young children.

The fifth year of the competition took place on Saturday.

Bow down to your new Laser Cat overlord.

There is a small caveat to keep in mind when considering the artwork in Select, the Washington Project for the Arts’ annual fundraising art auction, on display at 700 6th Street NW through March 11: the works are presented without an overarching curatorial theme and without artist statements. Essentially, if you want contextual information about the work or artists in Select, you may want to start by going through our archive.

Naturally, it’s going to be a bit slow around the galleries this weekend, partly due to the holiday, and partly because everyone is scrambling to get their exhibits ready for the annual Art Basel Miami (and the many events leapfrogging off it nearby) next weekend, generally regarded as the most prestigious art fair in the country. Instead, let’s catch up on some art news this week. Don’t forget that most museums in town are open…

Herman Asselberghs, Futur Antérieur, image copyright Jonathan Gröger The Washington Project for the Arts’ fourth annual Experimental Media Series begins tonight with an opening reception at the WPA’s Massachusetts Avenue space from 7 to 9 p.m. This year’s exhibit, When Absence Becomes Presence, explores time based media in the forms of sound art, music, literary readings, video art, and sound recording, and is presented in partnership with the Phillips Collection. Nine works were selected…

Yesterday we told you about FLUX, the umbrella group of arts organizations proposing to turn Cook Elementary into a multi-use art space. During our discussion with Warehouse’s Paul Ruppert, we also got some more information about a separate push to convert the unused space underneath Dupont Circle. Ruppert, along with Adam Griffiths from the Washington Project for the Arts, and Julian Hunt, an architect with Hunt Laudi Studio, have formed an “ad hoc committee”…