Due to the extraordinary visitor response to Georgia O’Keeffe: Abstraction, The Phillips Collection will extend its hours for the final two weekends of the exhibition.
On May 1 - 2 and May 8 - 9 the exhibition will be open to visitors from 10 am to 10 pm. O’Keeffe’s bold representations of flowers, bones, and landscapes are icons of 20th-century art; she was also a pioneer in abstract painting. The exhibition of over 100 works reveals this achievement, from her groundbreaking charcoals of 1915, to her close-up views of flowers and bones, to her spare watercolors of the 1970s. It also includes examples of Alfred Stieglitz’s famous photographic portrait series of O’Keeffe.
May 1 and May 2: 10 am – 10 pm
May 8 and May 9: 10 am – 10 pm
The Phillips Collection, 1600 21st St., N.W. Metro: Dupont Circle (Q St.)
Admission to Georgia O’Keeffe: Abstraction is $12 for adults and $10 for
students and for visitors 62 and over.
www.phillipscollection.org or 202-387-2151
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Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Tuesday, March 02, 2010
ACCLAIMED CHOREOGRAPHER LONNIE J. HIGHTOWER III PERFORMS AT THE PHILLIPS COLLECTION ON MARCH 4
Performance marks new partnership between The Phillips Collection and YoungArts
Nationally recognized choreographer Lonnie J. Hightower III, 1999 YoungArts winner in dance and Presidential Scholar in the Arts, presents O’Keeffe and the Line of Dance on March 4 at The Phillips Collection. This dance interpretation of Georgia O’Keeffe’s radical abstract paintings launches the partnership between The Phillips Collection and YoungArts, the core program of the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts.
Hightower choreographed O’Keeffe and the Line of Dance in response to the Phillips’s current exhibition Georgia O’Keeffe: Abstraction. He was inspired by the dynamic relationship between Georgia O’Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz and its effect on O’Keeffe’s art. Hightower has invited Amanda Kay Vercamen, the 2010 YoungArts winner in dance to perform with him. The dancers will be accompanied by the acapella vocals of Ashlee “Luna” Searles, 1999 YoungArts winner in theater.
“I am absolutely delighted to be partnering with such an esteemed organization as The Phillips Collection. Their museum is renowned worldwide, and YoungArts is fortunate to be able to provide our alumni with the opportunity to be involved with such a fantastic cultural mainstay. I look forward to a long-lasting partnership,” said Christina DePaul, president and CEO of YoungArts.
As part of this new relationship, The Phillips Collection will feature YoungArts alumni in performances at the museum throughout 2010. The next YoungArts alumni performance is a Sunday Concert on April 4 by Ricardo Morales, 1989 Presidential Scholar in the Arts and principal clarinet for The Philadelphia Orchestra.
The Phillips Collection
1600 21st NW
Washington, DC 20009
Nationally recognized choreographer Lonnie J. Hightower III, 1999 YoungArts winner in dance and Presidential Scholar in the Arts, presents O’Keeffe and the Line of Dance on March 4 at The Phillips Collection. This dance interpretation of Georgia O’Keeffe’s radical abstract paintings launches the partnership between The Phillips Collection and YoungArts, the core program of the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts.
Hightower choreographed O’Keeffe and the Line of Dance in response to the Phillips’s current exhibition Georgia O’Keeffe: Abstraction. He was inspired by the dynamic relationship between Georgia O’Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz and its effect on O’Keeffe’s art. Hightower has invited Amanda Kay Vercamen, the 2010 YoungArts winner in dance to perform with him. The dancers will be accompanied by the acapella vocals of Ashlee “Luna” Searles, 1999 YoungArts winner in theater.
“I am absolutely delighted to be partnering with such an esteemed organization as The Phillips Collection. Their museum is renowned worldwide, and YoungArts is fortunate to be able to provide our alumni with the opportunity to be involved with such a fantastic cultural mainstay. I look forward to a long-lasting partnership,” said Christina DePaul, president and CEO of YoungArts.
As part of this new relationship, The Phillips Collection will feature YoungArts alumni in performances at the museum throughout 2010. The next YoungArts alumni performance is a Sunday Concert on April 4 by Ricardo Morales, 1989 Presidential Scholar in the Arts and principal clarinet for The Philadelphia Orchestra.
The Phillips Collection
1600 21st NW
Washington, DC 20009
Monday, February 01, 2010
Phillips after 5
Art and Romance at Phillips after 5
with special guest DC Agenda
Thursday, February 4
Kick off February with a cozy, art-filled evening at The Phillips Collection. Bring a Valentine or meet one during this special program that includes:
Czech Avant-Garde in Film at 6:30 pm
A series of early 20th-century short Czech films rarely seen in the US. Associate Curator Elsa Smithgall introduces the films.
DJ Adrian Loving, 5–8 pm
Poet Shani Jamila recites Georgia O’Keeffe’s letters to her husband Alfred Stieglitz, to the accompaniment of violinist Matthew Hemerlein and music spun by DJ Adrian Loving.
FoodArts Café Tasting, 5–8 pm
Chef Andrew Holden pairs Brazilian tapas with capirinhas.
Godiva chocolate liqueur tasting, champagne bar, and chocolate fondue, 5–8 pm
Intimacy and Art: The Story of Duncan and Marjorie Phillips at 6 and 7 pm
Duncan and Marjorie Phillips collaborated personally and professionally to further their goals for The Phillips Collection.
Video Diary Booth, 5-8 pm
The Phillips Collection
1600 Twenty-first Street, NW
Washington, DC 20009
with special guest DC Agenda
Thursday, February 4
Kick off February with a cozy, art-filled evening at The Phillips Collection. Bring a Valentine or meet one during this special program that includes:
Czech Avant-Garde in Film at 6:30 pm
A series of early 20th-century short Czech films rarely seen in the US. Associate Curator Elsa Smithgall introduces the films.
DJ Adrian Loving, 5–8 pm
Poet Shani Jamila recites Georgia O’Keeffe’s letters to her husband Alfred Stieglitz, to the accompaniment of violinist Matthew Hemerlein and music spun by DJ Adrian Loving.
FoodArts Café Tasting, 5–8 pm
Chef Andrew Holden pairs Brazilian tapas with capirinhas.
Godiva chocolate liqueur tasting, champagne bar, and chocolate fondue, 5–8 pm
Intimacy and Art: The Story of Duncan and Marjorie Phillips at 6 and 7 pm
Duncan and Marjorie Phillips collaborated personally and professionally to further their goals for The Phillips Collection.
Video Diary Booth, 5-8 pm
The Phillips Collection
1600 Twenty-first Street, NW
Washington, DC 20009
Friday, October 09, 2009
Man Ray, African Art and the Modernist Lens / Phillips Collection
October 10, 2009 -January 10, 2010
Catalogue: Man Ray, African Art, and the Modernist Lens by Wendy A. Grossman IA&A
8.75”x 11.5” Soft Cover, 184 pages
Published: 2009
The Phillips Collection | 1600 21st Street, NW | Washington, DC 20009 | 202-387-2151
Man Ray translated the 20th-century modernist taste for African art into photographs that reached a popular audience. About 60 of his photographs, many never before exhibited, along with more than 40 photographs by his contemporaries, including Cecil Beaton, Walker Evans, and Alfred Stieglitz, will appear side-by-side with 20 of the African objects featured in the images. The exhibition explores the pivotal role of these photographs in shaping the perception of non-Western objects as fine art. Man Ray, African Art and the Modernist Lens is organized by International Arts and Artists.
Catalogue: Man Ray, African Art, and the Modernist Lens by Wendy A. Grossman IA&A
8.75”x 11.5” Soft Cover, 184 pages
Published: 2009
The Phillips Collection | 1600 21st Street, NW | Washington, DC 20009 | 202-387-2151
Thursday, October 01, 2009
EXPERIMENTAL MEDIA SERIES 2009
Juror: Kelly Gordon, Associate Curator, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Since 2006, the Experimental Media Series has showcased the talents of artists working in sound and video art.
This year’s selection of finalists’ works will present the leading edge in electronic media works. The most compelling entries, as selected by the juror Kelly Gordon, Associate Curator of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, and based on overall quality and innovation, will be awarded the Kraft Prize for New Media and the WPA Experimental Art Prize, two cash prizes of $750 each, to be presented on October 1 at The Phillips Collection.
VENUE SCHEDULE:
October 1, 2009, 6:30-8:15 pm
The Phillips Collection, 1600 21st Street, NW, Washington, DC, 20009
Admission is free or by suggested donation only
October 13 and 14, 2009, 7:00-9:00 pm
Maryland Institute College of Art, Falvey Hall, 1301 W. Mount Royal Ave, Baltimore, MD 21217
Admission is free and open to the public
October 15, 2009, 8:00-9:30 pm
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, 7th Street and Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20013
Admission is free and open to the public
PARTICIPATING ARTISTS
Stephen Ausherman (US)
Stephanie Barber (US)
Bret Battey (UK )
Patrick Bergeron (CA)
Manuella Blackburn (UK)
Aaron Bowles (US)
Lin Culbertson (US)
Robert Ladislas Derr (US)
Nhieu Do (US)
Brian Evans (US)
Harvey Goldman (US)
Lee Henderson (CA)
Janne Holtermann (DE)
Daniel Iglesia (US)
Ben McCormick (US)
Karl J. Mendonca (US)
Jonathan Monaghan (US)
Neil Ira Needleman (US)
Julia Oldham (US)
Kala Pierson (US)
Maria Pithara (US)
Gerard Freixes Ribera (ES)
Stefan Riebel (DE)
Alberto Roblest (US)
Jack Dingo Ryan (US)
Eldad Tsabary (CA) & Robert Voisey (US)
Jessica Westbrook (US)
Source: WPA
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
A Meditation on Morandi
Thursday, April 16, 6:30-8 pm
In the Phillips’s serene galleries, Jim Goodwin and Erin Wilhelm, longtime practitioners of guided meditation, discuss Giorgio Morandi's use of ordinary objects and the meditative elements in everyday life. $35, $25 members, free for Circle members and Patrons.
Registration required: groups[at]phillipscollection[dot]org or 202-387-2151 x247
For more details, visit: http://www.phillipscollection.org/calendar/events.aspx?t=tour
The Phillips Collection | 1600 Twenty-first Street, NW | Washington | DC 20009 |
In the Phillips’s serene galleries, Jim Goodwin and Erin Wilhelm, longtime practitioners of guided meditation, discuss Giorgio Morandi's use of ordinary objects and the meditative elements in everyday life. $35, $25 members, free for Circle members and Patrons.
Registration required: groups[at]phillipscollection[dot]org or 202-387-2151 x247
For more details, visit: http://www.phillipscollection.org/calendar/events.aspx?t=tour
The Phillips Collection | 1600 Twenty-first Street, NW | Washington | DC 20009 |
Saturday, April 11, 2009
Conversations with Artists: Jorge Pardo
April 15 at 5:30 pm
Jorge Pardo blurs the boundaries between art, architecture and design, in site-specific projects that consider the environment, the relationship of object to site, and the relationships among art objects, architecture, and design.
Free; registration required: 202.387.2151 x286 or CSMAprograms[at]phillipscollection[dot]org. Preferred seating available for Circle members and Patrons.
The Phillips Collection
1600 21st Street, NW
Washington, DC 20009
202-387-2151
Jorge Pardo blurs the boundaries between art, architecture and design, in site-specific projects that consider the environment, the relationship of object to site, and the relationships among art objects, architecture, and design.
Free; registration required: 202.387.2151 x286 or CSMAprograms[at]phillipscollection[dot]org. Preferred seating available for Circle members and Patrons.
The Phillips Collection
1600 21st Street, NW
Washington, DC 20009
202-387-2151
Saturday, March 28, 2009
The Phillips Collection Lectures
Anne Wagner: Everyday People
Monday, March 30, 5:30 pm
Everyday People demonstrates that much of what seems valuable in recent art takes as its subject the question of what globalization means for our lives as social beings, our experiences as bodies and selves. Professor Wagner shows how artists today offer their own distinctive responses, not least through their reinvention of the linked categories of portraiture and the everyday. Anne Wagner is Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art at the University of California, Berkeley.
Free; registration required: CSMAprograms[at]phillipscollection[dot]org or 202.387.2151 x 286.
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Conversations with Artists: Joel Ross
Wednesday, April 1, 5:30 pm
Joel Ross portrays the American cultural and political landscape in sculptures, drawings, photographs, and videos. The road and its mythic presence in the country’s psyche have been at the heart of his work for many years. His current project is a series of outdoor sculptures that take the form of roadside signs, which are photographed and then left at their installation sites.
Free; registration required: CSMAprograms[at]phillipscollection[dot]org or 202.387.2151 x 286
Center programs are supported by a generous grant from
The Brown Foundation, Inc., of Houston
The Phillips Collection
1600 21st NW
Washington, DC 20009
Monday, March 30, 5:30 pm
Everyday People demonstrates that much of what seems valuable in recent art takes as its subject the question of what globalization means for our lives as social beings, our experiences as bodies and selves. Professor Wagner shows how artists today offer their own distinctive responses, not least through their reinvention of the linked categories of portraiture and the everyday. Anne Wagner is Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art at the University of California, Berkeley.
Free; registration required: CSMAprograms[at]phillipscollection[dot]org or 202.387.2151 x 286.
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Conversations with Artists: Joel Ross
Wednesday, April 1, 5:30 pm
Joel Ross portrays the American cultural and political landscape in sculptures, drawings, photographs, and videos. The road and its mythic presence in the country’s psyche have been at the heart of his work for many years. His current project is a series of outdoor sculptures that take the form of roadside signs, which are photographed and then left at their installation sites.
Free; registration required: CSMAprograms[at]phillipscollection[dot]org or 202.387.2151 x 286
Center programs are supported by a generous grant from
The Brown Foundation, Inc., of Houston
The Phillips Collection
1600 21st NW
Washington, DC 20009
Friday, February 20, 2009
Morandi: Master of Modern Still Life
February 21-May 24, 2009
Selected as a top pick in the Washington Post's 2009 Spring Arts Preview, Morandi: Master of Modern Still Life opens to the public on Saturday, February 21.
The Phillips Collection
1600 21st Street, NW • Washington DC
www.phillipscollection.org • 202-387-2151
Selected as a top pick in the Washington Post's 2009 Spring Arts Preview, Morandi: Master of Modern Still Life opens to the public on Saturday, February 21.
The Phillips Collection
1600 21st Street, NW • Washington DC
www.phillipscollection.org • 202-387-2151
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Experimental Media Series
Washington Project for the Arts and The Phillips Collection Present:
WHEN ABSENCE BECOMES PRESENCE
SCREENING AND CURATOR'S TALK THIS THURSDAY
DECEMBER 11, 6-8pm
curated by Sonja Simonyi + Niels Van Tomme @The Phillips Collection
1600 21st Street NW, Washington, DC 20009
Washington Project for the Arts announces the launch of the fourth annual Experimental Media Series: "When Absence Becomes Presence," an exhibition and screening program that explores the play between two separate, but linked conditions of absence and presence, and which reflects upon the very nature of time based media. Curators Sonja Simonyi + Niels Van Tomme have selected a staggering variety of experimental artworks that include sound art, music, literary readings, video art, as well as a mysterious sound recording. In addition to the screening of selected works from the exhibition, winners of the Kraft Prize for New Media and the WPA Experimental Media Prize will also be announced.
Artworks from the exhibition include: Herman Asselberghs, The Conet Project, Paul Chan, Martin Creed, Andrea Geyer, Ibro Hasanovic, Damir Niksic, and Douglas Ross
During the screening, the Kraft Prize for New Media and the WPA Experimental Media Prize will be presented to two winning artists from the When Absence Become Presence Call for Entries competition. The finalists are:
Brass Art
Richard Chartier
Mark Cooley
Martijn Hendriks
Minou Norouzi
Sonja Simonyi is a film researcher, currently pursuing a PhD in Cinema Studies at NYU. Previously, she has worked at the National Gallery of Art’s film department where she organized the film series Modernity and Tradition: Film in Interwar Central Europe, which traveled to the Guggenheim Museum in New York, among other venues.
Niels Van Tomme is a curator and researcher. His exhibitions and screenings are shown internationally and investigate the sociopolitical aspects of contemporary audio-visual culture. Since fall 2007, he is the Curator and Director of Arts and Media at Provisions Library in Washington, DC.
All events are free and open to the public.
Washington Project for the Arts
2023 Massachusetts Ave NW
Washington, DC 20036
WHEN ABSENCE BECOMES PRESENCE
SCREENING AND CURATOR'S TALK THIS THURSDAY
DECEMBER 11, 6-8pm
curated by Sonja Simonyi + Niels Van Tomme @The Phillips Collection
1600 21st Street NW, Washington, DC 20009
Washington Project for the Arts announces the launch of the fourth annual Experimental Media Series: "When Absence Becomes Presence," an exhibition and screening program that explores the play between two separate, but linked conditions of absence and presence, and which reflects upon the very nature of time based media. Curators Sonja Simonyi + Niels Van Tomme have selected a staggering variety of experimental artworks that include sound art, music, literary readings, video art, as well as a mysterious sound recording. In addition to the screening of selected works from the exhibition, winners of the Kraft Prize for New Media and the WPA Experimental Media Prize will also be announced.
Artworks from the exhibition include: Herman Asselberghs, The Conet Project, Paul Chan, Martin Creed, Andrea Geyer, Ibro Hasanovic, Damir Niksic, and Douglas Ross
During the screening, the Kraft Prize for New Media and the WPA Experimental Media Prize will be presented to two winning artists from the When Absence Become Presence Call for Entries competition. The finalists are:
Brass Art
Richard Chartier
Mark Cooley
Martijn Hendriks
Minou Norouzi
Sonja Simonyi is a film researcher, currently pursuing a PhD in Cinema Studies at NYU. Previously, she has worked at the National Gallery of Art’s film department where she organized the film series Modernity and Tradition: Film in Interwar Central Europe, which traveled to the Guggenheim Museum in New York, among other venues.
Niels Van Tomme is a curator and researcher. His exhibitions and screenings are shown internationally and investigate the sociopolitical aspects of contemporary audio-visual culture. Since fall 2007, he is the Curator and Director of Arts and Media at Provisions Library in Washington, DC.
All events are free and open to the public.
Washington Project for the Arts
2023 Massachusetts Ave NW
Washington, DC 20036
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Upcoming Events at the Phillips
Gallery Talk
Free Flow: Capital Ideas in Christo and Jeanne-Claude's
Over the River, Project for the Arkansas River
Thursday, November 13, at 6:30 pm
Molly Donovan, curator at the National Gallery of Art, will discuss the art of Christo and Jeanne-Claude as a clearinghouse for ideas, information, locations, and commerce. Donovan has traveled with the artists to the Arkansas River site. Included in museum admission.
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Roundtable
Photography as Global Language: The World through an Iranian Lens
Sunday, November 16, 2-3:30 pm
Six Iranian photographers join artist William Christenberry in a discussion of the role of art in Iran, the influence of photography on their global perspective, and how art transcends language and geographic boundaries. Co-sponsored by ArtBridge, a program of International Arts & Artists. Free with museum admission.
The roundtable is part of FotoWeek DC, November 15-22, a celebration of photography at museums, universities, and galleries across the area.
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Conversation with Artist Lecture
Andrea Fraser
Wednesday, November 19, at 5:30 pm
In her videos and performances, Andrea Fraser questions the meaning of artistic authenticity and the implications of collecting, and skewers the foibles of the art world and its institutions. Among her best-known pieces is Museum Highlights (1989), in which she poses as a tour guide at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Free; registration required.
Center programs are made possible by a generous grant from
The Brown Foundation, Inc., of Houston
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Book Signing
Working From Memory by William Christenberry
Thursday, November 20, at 6 pm
Working from Memory is a collection of stories by renowned photographer, painter, and sculptor William Christenberry. Included in museum admission.
THE PHILLIPS COLLECTION
1600 Twenty-first Street, NW
Washington, DC 20009
202-387-2151 x 286
www.phillipscollection.org
Free Flow: Capital Ideas in Christo and Jeanne-Claude's
Over the River, Project for the Arkansas River
Thursday, November 13, at 6:30 pm
Molly Donovan, curator at the National Gallery of Art, will discuss the art of Christo and Jeanne-Claude as a clearinghouse for ideas, information, locations, and commerce. Donovan has traveled with the artists to the Arkansas River site. Included in museum admission.
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Roundtable
Photography as Global Language: The World through an Iranian Lens
Sunday, November 16, 2-3:30 pm
Six Iranian photographers join artist William Christenberry in a discussion of the role of art in Iran, the influence of photography on their global perspective, and how art transcends language and geographic boundaries. Co-sponsored by ArtBridge, a program of International Arts & Artists. Free with museum admission.
The roundtable is part of FotoWeek DC, November 15-22, a celebration of photography at museums, universities, and galleries across the area.
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Conversation with Artist Lecture
Andrea Fraser
Wednesday, November 19, at 5:30 pm
In her videos and performances, Andrea Fraser questions the meaning of artistic authenticity and the implications of collecting, and skewers the foibles of the art world and its institutions. Among her best-known pieces is Museum Highlights (1989), in which she poses as a tour guide at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Free; registration required.
Center programs are made possible by a generous grant from
The Brown Foundation, Inc., of Houston
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Book Signing
Working From Memory by William Christenberry
Thursday, November 20, at 6 pm
Working from Memory is a collection of stories by renowned photographer, painter, and sculptor William Christenberry. Included in museum admission.
THE PHILLIPS COLLECTION
1600 Twenty-first Street, NW
Washington, DC 20009
202-387-2151 x 286
www.phillipscollection.org
Sunday, November 02, 2008
Christo and Jean Claude; Over the River
October 11, 2008-January 25, 2009
and Christo and Jeanne-Claude were interviewed on WAMU radio’s The Kojo Nnamdi Show. Hear the interview.
at The Phillips Collection
and Christo and Jeanne-Claude were interviewed on WAMU radio’s The Kojo Nnamdi Show. Hear the interview.
at The Phillips Collection
Tuesday, October 07, 2008
Christo and Jeanne-Claude: Over the River
October 11, 2008-January 25, 2009
Christo and Jeanne-Claude: Over The River, a Work in Progress, an exhibition of more than 150 photographs, collages, drawings, and maps, will chronicle the artists’ process as they prepare to assemble and suspend massive silvery fabric panels horizontally over the Arkansas River in Colorado. Highlighting The Phillips Collection’s longstanding commitment to representing important developments in modern and contemporary art, the exhibition at The Phillips will be followed by a national tour.
The Phillips’s exhibition will trace the development of this ambitious project over the past 16 years by displaying the process and materials that will be used to accomplish the artistic and engineering feat. It will be accompanied by a catalogue, and the museum will also screen documentary films on the projects of Christo and Jeanne-Claude.
The exhibition is organized by The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.
Generously sponsored by Edgar H. and Janet M. Brenner
The Phillips Collection
1600 21st Street NW
Washington, DC 20009
(202) 387-2151
Christo and Jeanne-Claude: Over The River, a Work in Progress, an exhibition of more than 150 photographs, collages, drawings, and maps, will chronicle the artists’ process as they prepare to assemble and suspend massive silvery fabric panels horizontally over the Arkansas River in Colorado. Highlighting The Phillips Collection’s longstanding commitment to representing important developments in modern and contemporary art, the exhibition at The Phillips will be followed by a national tour.
The Phillips’s exhibition will trace the development of this ambitious project over the past 16 years by displaying the process and materials that will be used to accomplish the artistic and engineering feat. It will be accompanied by a catalogue, and the museum will also screen documentary films on the projects of Christo and Jeanne-Claude.
The exhibition is organized by The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.
Generously sponsored by Edgar H. and Janet M. Brenner
The Phillips Collection
1600 21st Street NW
Washington, DC 20009
(202) 387-2151
Thursday, May 01, 2008
The Great American Epic: Jacob Lawrence’s Migration Series
May 3-October 26, 2008
The complete 60-panel series, rarely seen in its entirely, will be on view Oct. 26, 2008 exclusively at the Phillips. Told through vivid patterns and colors, this masterpiece of narrative painting is the first ever produced on the great 20th-century exodus of African Americans from the rural South to the urban North. The exhibition will take an in-depth look at Lawrence’s powerful interpretation of this significant moment in American history and examine how the story still resonates today.
The Phillips Collection
1600 21st Street, NW
Washington, DC 20009
The complete 60-panel series, rarely seen in its entirely, will be on view Oct. 26, 2008 exclusively at the Phillips. Told through vivid patterns and colors, this masterpiece of narrative painting is the first ever produced on the great 20th-century exodus of African Americans from the rural South to the urban North. The exhibition will take an in-depth look at Lawrence’s powerful interpretation of this significant moment in American history and examine how the story still resonates today.
The Phillips Collection
1600 21st Street, NW
Washington, DC 20009
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Conversations with Artists Lecture
at The Phillips Collection
Elizabeth Diller/Diller Scofidio and Renfro
Wednesday, February 27, 5:30 pm
The work of New York architectural firm Diller Scofidio and Renfro encompasses architecture, urban design, and visual and performing arts. Among the firm's best-known projects is the dramatic Blur Building, a media pavilion on Lake Neuchâtel, with a cloud canopy of lake water hovering above it (2002). Recent projects include the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston (2006); and Facsimile, a permanent media installation at the new Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco (2004). Elizabeth Diller and Ricardo Scofidio, who founded the firm in 1979, were the first architects to receive the MacArthur Foundation "genius award" (1999). Charles Renfro became a partner in 2004.
Lecture takes place at the Center for the Study of Modern Art, located in the Carriage House behind the museum.
Free; registration required: CSMA programs@phillipscollection.org or 202-387-2151 x286
The Phillips Collection
1600 21st Street, NW
Washington, DC 20009
Elizabeth Diller/Diller Scofidio and Renfro
Wednesday, February 27, 5:30 pm
The work of New York architectural firm Diller Scofidio and Renfro encompasses architecture, urban design, and visual and performing arts. Among the firm's best-known projects is the dramatic Blur Building, a media pavilion on Lake Neuchâtel, with a cloud canopy of lake water hovering above it (2002). Recent projects include the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston (2006); and Facsimile, a permanent media installation at the new Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco (2004). Elizabeth Diller and Ricardo Scofidio, who founded the firm in 1979, were the first architects to receive the MacArthur Foundation "genius award" (1999). Charles Renfro became a partner in 2004.
Lecture takes place at the Center for the Study of Modern Art, located in the Carriage House behind the museum.
Free; registration required: CSMA programs@phillipscollection.org or 202-387-2151 x286
The Phillips Collection
1600 21st Street, NW
Washington, DC 20009
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Director's Perspective
Degas to Diebenkorn: The Phillips Collects
February 21 at 6 pm and 7 pm
Enjoy a rare glimpse into museum collecting practices with The Phillips Collection's director Jay Gates. Gates discusses the importance to the collection of recent gifts and purchases, showing how these strengthen the collection and allow it to develop in new directions. Works by artists such as Edgar Degas, Paul Klee, and Elizabeth Murray are highlighted.
Free to members. Included in museum admission for non-members.
The Phillips Collection
1600 21st Street, NW
Washington, DC 20009
February 21 at 6 pm and 7 pm
Enjoy a rare glimpse into museum collecting practices with The Phillips Collection's director Jay Gates. Gates discusses the importance to the collection of recent gifts and purchases, showing how these strengthen the collection and allow it to develop in new directions. Works by artists such as Edgar Degas, Paul Klee, and Elizabeth Murray are highlighted.
Free to members. Included in museum admission for non-members.
The Phillips Collection
1600 21st Street, NW
Washington, DC 20009
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Conversations with Artists
Ilya and Emilia Kabakov
Wednesday, November 14, 5:30 pm
The Phillips Collection Center for the Study of Modern Art's 2007-2008 Conversations with Artists series focuses on artistic partnerships, featuring artists who work together in collaborative practice. Ilya and Emilia Kabakov are Russian installation artists based in New York. Ilya, a leader of the Russian art movement known as Moscow Conceptualism, has been making installation art since 1984 and is one of the medium's most important practitioners and theoreticians. In 1989, he and Emilia began working together, with Emilia acting as translator, organizer, and originator of critical ideas.
Center for the Study of Modern Art, Carriage House
No fee; registration required: kstilwill@phillipscollection.org or 202-387-2151 x286
Center programs are supported by a generous grant from The Brown Foundation, Inc., of Houston.

*Special Artful Evening
Live Music, Wine Bar, and Curator's Perspective on Impressionists by the Sea
Thursday, November 15, 6-8:30 pm
A special edition of Artful Evenings, featuring two unique Curator's Perspective tours of Impressionists by the Sea with Chief Curator Eliza Rathbone at 6 and 7 pm. Live music and wine bar all evening long.
Included in museum admission
Wednesday, November 14, 5:30 pm
The Phillips Collection Center for the Study of Modern Art's 2007-2008 Conversations with Artists series focuses on artistic partnerships, featuring artists who work together in collaborative practice. Ilya and Emilia Kabakov are Russian installation artists based in New York. Ilya, a leader of the Russian art movement known as Moscow Conceptualism, has been making installation art since 1984 and is one of the medium's most important practitioners and theoreticians. In 1989, he and Emilia began working together, with Emilia acting as translator, organizer, and originator of critical ideas.
Center for the Study of Modern Art, Carriage House
No fee; registration required: kstilwill@phillipscollection.org or 202-387-2151 x286
Center programs are supported by a generous grant from The Brown Foundation, Inc., of Houston.

*Special Artful Evening
Live Music, Wine Bar, and Curator's Perspective on Impressionists by the Sea
Thursday, November 15, 6-8:30 pm
A special edition of Artful Evenings, featuring two unique Curator's Perspective tours of Impressionists by the Sea with Chief Curator Eliza Rathbone at 6 and 7 pm. Live music and wine bar all evening long.
Included in museum admission
Monday, October 22, 2007
Special Event at La Maison Française
Magic Lantern Show
Tuesday, October 30 at 7 pm
Wednesday, October 31 at 7 pm
Thursday, November 1 at 7 pm
Experience the 19th-century precursor to cinema. Magic Lantern shows narrate stories through projected color imagery, live music, and boisterous audience participation.
A joint program of events held at La Maison Française and at The Phillips Collection, centered around the Impressionists by the Sea exhibition. For more information on programs at The Phillips Collection, please visit: www.phillipscollection.org.
Co-sponsored by The Phillips Collection, the French-American Cultural Foundation, and La Maison Française.
Admission: $20 and free for Phillips Patrons and Circle members. For more information and to register, contact www.la-maison-francaise.org .
La Maison Française
4101 Reservoir Road, NW
Washington, DC 20007

Tuesday, October 30 at 7 pm
Wednesday, October 31 at 7 pm
Thursday, November 1 at 7 pm
Experience the 19th-century precursor to cinema. Magic Lantern shows narrate stories through projected color imagery, live music, and boisterous audience participation.
A joint program of events held at La Maison Française and at The Phillips Collection, centered around the Impressionists by the Sea exhibition. For more information on programs at The Phillips Collection, please visit: www.phillipscollection.org.
Co-sponsored by The Phillips Collection, the French-American Cultural Foundation, and La Maison Française.
Admission: $20 and free for Phillips Patrons and Circle members. For more information and to register, contact www.la-maison-francaise.org .
La Maison Française
4101 Reservoir Road, NW
Washington, DC 20007

Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Splash, Stain and Spray—Process and Technique in Color Field
The Phillips Collection has their usual Thursday night Artful Evening at 6 & 7 p.m. free with admission.
Splash, Stain and Spray—Process and Technique in Color Field
Explore the innovative artistic techniques of painters such as Helen Frankenthaler and Sam Gilliam. Leaving the paintbrush aside, these artists stained, sprayed, splashed, and soaked paint onto their canvases, creating pure visual experiences of color.
Artful Evenings is the museum's Thursday night extended-hours program. A lively mix of gallery talks by guest lecturers and members of The Phillips Collection staff and other special programs. Free for members or with admission to the exhibition, except as noted. For more information on any of these events, call (202) 387-2151 x260 or e-mail: programs@phillipscollection.org.
The Phillips Collection
1600 21st Street, NW
Washington, DC 20009
Splash, Stain and Spray—Process and Technique in Color Field
Explore the innovative artistic techniques of painters such as Helen Frankenthaler and Sam Gilliam. Leaving the paintbrush aside, these artists stained, sprayed, splashed, and soaked paint onto their canvases, creating pure visual experiences of color.
Artful Evenings is the museum's Thursday night extended-hours program. A lively mix of gallery talks by guest lecturers and members of The Phillips Collection staff and other special programs. Free for members or with admission to the exhibition, except as noted. For more information on any of these events, call (202) 387-2151 x260 or e-mail: programs@phillipscollection.org.
The Phillips Collection
1600 21st Street, NW
Washington, DC 20009
Friday, May 11, 2007
Moving Pictures on CBS Sunday Morning's TV Show at 9AM
CBS Sunday Morning's Rita Braver interviewed Nancy Mowll Mathews (Prendergast Curator at Williams College Museum of Art), the organizing curator of Moving Pictures: American Art and Early Film, in The Phillips Collection galleries in March. That extensive interview with lots of film footage of the exhibition at The Phillips Collection will be shown on CBS Sunday Morning this Sunday, May 13th. The show begins at 9AM. (Programming subject to change.)
Moving Pictures: American Art and Early Film, is on view at The Phillips Collection through Sunday, May 20th.
The Phillips Collection
1600 21st Street, NW
Washington, DC 20009
Moving Pictures: American Art and Early Film, is on view at The Phillips Collection through Sunday, May 20th.
The Phillips Collection
1600 21st Street, NW
Washington, DC 20009
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