NEW MUSEUM SHOWS
“Ellen Harvey: The Alien’s Guide to the Ruins of
Washington DC” is now on display,
imagining Washington from an outsider’s perspective long after
mankind has passed
on. Read our review of the
show.
Through October 6.
“Intersections: Bernard Hildebrandt, A Conjugation of Verb” is a video installation
riffing on El Greco’s “The Repentant St. Peter.” Through September 22.
“A World of Bonds: Frederick Sommer’s Photography and Friendships” continues at the
National Gallery, showcasing work by Sommer as well as Man Ray, Edward Weston, and
others. Through August 4.
Indian artist Rina Banerjee presents a new site-specific installation at the Sackler—the
first in the museum’s new contemporary art series. “A World Lost” is inspired by Asian
waterways and incorporates items such as glass bottles, shells, and plastic. July
13 through June, 2014.
Three exhibits open simultaneously: “High Art,” which showcases 50 works about flight
acquired by the museum during the past decade; “Searching for Goldilocks,” a three-dimensional
glass sculpture engraved with images from the Kepler space laboratory’s telescope;
and “Suited for Space,” photography capturing the apparatus of space travel. July
26 through January 14.
NEW GALLERY SHOWS
Summer Splash II is at
Neptune Fine Art & Robert Brown Gallery through July 27.
Artist-Citizen continues through July 27 at
Hemphill Fine Arts.
“Sam Scharf: Nothing Is the Same” continues at
Flashpoint through July 27.
Sam Scharf also presents two pieces at the
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library through July 27.
“Green Acres: Artists Farming Fields, Greenhouses, and Abandoned Lots” is at
Arlington Arts Center through October 13.
“Hothouse: The Confidence Booster” is presented by
Washington Project for the Arts at the Capitol Skyline Hotel, July 1 through 21.
“Geometrics: Photographs by Pete McCutchen” is at
Touchstone Gallery July 3 through 28.
Foundry Gallery presents new paintings by
Maruka Carvajal, July 3 through 28.
“Fantasy of the Real: Oil Paintings by Jennifer Brewer Stone” is at the
Art League July 5 through August 5.
“Ruth Gowell: Optical Studies” is at the
Torpedo Factory’s Target Gallery July 6 through 28.
“The Marvelous Real: Colombia Through the Vision of Its Artists” is at the
IDB Cultural Center July 8 through September 27.
“Mynd Up: BK ADAMS*I AM ART” and
“Chocolate City Rest in Peace: Steven Cummings” are at
Honfleur Gallery July 12 through August 30.
“The Talking Walls of Buenos Aires” is at the
Fridge July 13 through 28.
ART EVENTS
The
Corcoran hosts a free day of programs and workshops themed around its exhibit “War/Photography:
Images of Armed Conflict and its Aftermath” July 6.
The
National Portrait Gallery hosts a Dance Jam Family Day July 6.
Sam Scharf (see above) discusses his work at the
American Art Museum’s Luce Center July 7.
BYT and the
Phillips co-host UnStill Life, a Bastille Day party loosely based around Georges Braque, July
11.
Lumen8 continues east of the river with a food festival July 8 through 13, a film festival
July 15 through 20, and a fashion festival July 22 through 27.
Artist
Jennifer Levonian, who recently won the Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition, hosts a studio session
focused on animation July 13.
The
(e)merge art fair holds a summer party at ConnerSmith July 13.
The Smithsonian hosts its first 21-and-up after hours event, “Yuri’s Night,” at the
S. Dillon Ripley Center July 25.
