Each "artini" is inspired by a work of art in the Corcoran Gallery of Art’s collection, and each will be on view during the 1869 Society’s ARTINI benefit on Saturday, April 2, where the winning artini will be announced.
Check out the full list of Feature Nights and visit the participating venues listed below to sample the artinis, and visit the Corcoran's website to view the artwork that inspired each artini. Vote for your favorite at washingtonian.com/artini by 5 p.m. on Friday, April 1.
Brent Davis
Againn
1099 New York Avenue NW
Daniel Chester French, The Sons of God Saw the Daughters of Man That They Were Fair, 1923
marble
98 x 40 x 32 inches
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Museum Purchase
24.1
Ronald Flores
Art and Soul
415 New Jersey Avenue NW
William Christenberry, Coleman's Cafe (I), 1982
mixed media, painted wood and clay soil
18 3/8 x 25 3/4 x 36 1/2 inches
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Gift of Mr. Robert Lehrman
1986.40
Owen Thomson
Café Atlántico
405 Eighth Street NW
Frederic Remington, Off the Range (Coming Through the Rye), modeled 1902; cast 1903
bronze with green patina
28 1/2 x 30 x 19 inches
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Museum Purchase
05.7
Josh Berner
Church & State
1236 H Street NE, Second Floor
Kiki Smith, Breast Jar, 1990
blown glass
9 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Museum Purchase, with funds provided by Deane and Paul Shatz
1990.21a-b
© Kiki Smith, courtesy The Pace Gallery
Jon Arroyo
Farmers & Fishers
3000 K Street NW
Eugène Delacroix, Tiger and Snake, 1862
oil on canvas
13 x 16-1/4 inches
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
William A. Clark Collection
26.76
Jonathan Harris
The Gibson
2009 Fourteenth Street NW
Albert Bierstadt, The Last of the Buffalo, c. 1888
oil on canvas
71 1/8 x 118 3/4 inches
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Gift of Mary (Mrs. Albert) Bierstadt
09.12
Rob Tinney
Mie N Yu
3125 M Street NW
Richard Gordon, Fifth Avenue, N.Y.C., 1973-1978
gelatin silver print
10 15/16 x 14 inches
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Gift of Mr. Isidore and Mrs. Dorothy (Steinberg) Kavka and Museum Purchase 1996.59.gg
© Richard Gordon 1978/1994
Joe Ambrose
P.O.V. at the W Hotel
515 Fifteenth Street NW
Joan Mitchell, Salut Tom, 1979
oil on canvas
111 x 316 inches
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Gift of the Women's Committee of the Corcoran Gallery of Art with the aid of funds from the National Endowment for the Arts
1979.18a-d
© Estate of Joan Mitchell
Gina Chersevani
PS 7’s Restaurant
777 I Street NW
Gene Davis, Black Popcorn, 1965
oil on canvas
114 x 114 inches
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Purchase and Exchange
67.7
© Estate of Gene Davis, Smithsonian American Art Museum
The Wilder Bros
Potenza
1430 H Street NW
James Hyde, Ratchet, 1995
oil paint, glass and silicone
90 x 36 x 9 inches
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Gift of the Women's Committee of the Corcoran Gallery of Art
1996.2.2
© James Hyde
Arris Noble
Sei Restaurant & Lounge
444 Seventh Street NW
John Singer Sargent, En Route pour la pêche (Setting Out to Fish), 1878
oil on canvas
31 1/8 x 48 1/2 inches
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Museum Purchase, Gallery Fund
17.2
Chantal Tseng
Tabard Inn
1739 N Street NW
Edward Hopper, Ground Swell, 1939
oil on canvas
36 3/16 x 50 1/16 inches
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Museum Purchase, William A. Clark Fund
43.6
Once you’ve sampled each artini, vote for your favorite here. Then, celebrate at ARTINI April 2, where the winning artini will be revealed. Get party details at the Corcoran's Web site.
