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community, politics and the environment.
950 Independence Ave. SW. africa.si.edu.
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN
HISTORY “Everyday Luxury: Silk Quilts from
the National Collection,” through January. A
selection of parlor throws, or quilts that
were designed for viewing only, from the
museum’s collection of late 19th century
silk quilts is exhibited. 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue NW.
americanhistory.si.edu.
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN
INDIAN “Section 14: The Other Palm
Springs, California,” through Jan. 31. An
exhibition concerning a land battle from
the 1940s to 1960s, over a square-mile
tract in downtown Palm Springs, Calif., that
forms the center of the Agua Caliente
Indian Reservation. Fourth Street and
Independence Avenue SW.
americanindian.si.edu.
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WOMEN IN THE
ARTS “More is More: Multiples,” through
Sept. 22. Artists offer cultural and social
commentary through works known as
multiples — series of identical artworks —
in various mediums, including ceramics,
textiles, toys and clothing. 1250 New York
Ave. NW. nmwa.org.
NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY “One Life:
Marian Anderson,” through May 17. An
exhibition of archival materials,
photographs, paintings and personal items
that show how the civil rights activist/
singer made an impact on segregationist
policies. Eighth and F streets NW.
npg.si.edu.
NEWSEUM “Rise Up: Stonewall and the
LGBTQ Rights Movement,” through Dec. 31.
An exhibition marking the 50th anniversary
of the June 1969 police raid of the
Stonewall Inn in New York’s Greenwich
Village, a protest of which is credited with
launching the LGBTQ civil rights movement
in the United States. 555 Pennsylvania Ave.
NW. newseum.org.
PHILLIPS COLLECTION “The Warmth of
Other Suns: Stories of Global
Displacement,” through Sept. 22. A look at
perceptions and experiences of migration,
the global refugee crisis and changing
cultural landscapes through contemporary
and historical works by 75 artists from
around the globe. 1600 21st St. NW.
phillipscollection.org.
RENWICK GALLERY “Ginny Ruffner:
Reforestation of the Imagination,” through
Jan. 5. An exhibition of glass sculptures of
tree stumps that visitors view via
augmented-reality technology that digitally
superimposes two distinct landscapes over
the sculptures: one that is barren and
empty, the other in which plants grow from
the stumps. 17th Street and Pennsylvania
Avenue NW. americanart.si.edu.
SMITHSONIAN AMERICAN ART MUSEUM
“A merican Myth and Memory: David
Levinthal Photographs,” through Oct. 14.
An exhibition of works by the photographer
that includes iconic and mythic imagery,
such as baseball players, toy cowboys and
Barbie dolls, that influenced postwar
American society. Eighth and F streets NW.
americanart.si.edu.
SMITHSONIAN NATIONAL MUSEUM OF
NATURAL HISTORY “David H. Koch Hall of
Fossils: Deep Time,” indefinitely. The new
31,000-square-foot fossil hall features 700
fossil specimens, including early reptiles,
mammals and insects, an Alaskan palm
tree, a woolly mammoth, a diplodocus and
a Ty rannosaurus rex. 10th Street and
Constitution Avenue NW.
naturalhistory.si.edu.
UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL
MUSEUM “One Thousand and Seventy-
Eight Blue Skies,” through April 25. An
exhibition of images of the sky above every
known Nazi concentration camp across
Europe taken by photographer Anton
Kusters between 2012 and 2017. Each
photograph is stamped with the camp’s
GPS coordinates and the number of victims
at the camp. 100 Raoul Wallenberg Pl. SW.
ushmm.org.
U.S. BOTANIC GARDEN “Gardens Across
America,” through Oct. 1. An exhibition of
the stories and collections of 21 gardens
across the United States that show
diversity of both plants and communities.
100 Maryland Ave. SW. usbg.gov.
VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS
“Cosmologies from the Tr ee of Life: Art from
the African American South,” through
Nov. 17. An exhibition of multimedia works
of American modernism with African
aesthetic legacies, including paintings,
sculptures and quilts. 200 N. Boulevard,
Richmond. vmfa.museum.
WALTERS ART MUSEUM “Time and
Place,” through March 1. An exhibition of
photographic works by artists Antonio
McAfee and Jay Gould that examine labor
and class issues. 600 N. Charles St.,
Baltimore. thewalters.org.should everyone have access to green
spaces regardless of who they are and
where they live?” 4 01 F St. NW. nbm.org.
NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART, EAST
BUILDING “Oliver Lee Jackson: Recent
Paintings,” through Sept. 15. An exhibition
of 25 paintings by the artist, created over
the past 15 years, that demonstrate the
influence of his study of American jazz and
African cultures, the Renaissance and
modernism. Fourth Street and Constitution
Avenue NW. nga.gov.
NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART, WEST
BUILDING “By the Light of the Silvery
Moon: A Century of Lunar Photographs to
Apollo 11,” through Jan. 5. To mark the
50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission,
about 50 works are exhibited, including
photographs from the unmanned Lunar
Orbiter, Ranger and Surveyor
missions, glass stereographs taken on the
moon by Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong
that show close-ups of the lunar surface.
Seventh Street and Constitution Avenue
NW. nga.gov.
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MUSEUM
“Queens of Egypt,” through Sept. 15. An
exhibition of some 300 objects, including
jewelry, statuary and sarcophagi, and a 3-D
tour of a tomb in the Valley of the Queens.
1145 17 th St. NW. nationalgeographic.org.
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN
AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE
Ongoing exhibitions focusing on diverse
historical subjects including the
transatlantic slave trade, the civil rights
movement, the history of African American
music and other cultural expressions,
visual arts, theater, sports and military
history. 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue NW. nmaahc.si.edu.
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN ART “I
Am... Contemporary Women Artists of
Africa,” through July 5. An exhibition of a
selection of works by 28 female artists from
the museum’s collection that demonstrate
a contemporary feminism, covering
subjects such as faith, racism, identity,including a film by German artist Julian
Rosefeldt and more than 400 works from
the museum’s permanent collection that
together show how manifestos were
employed to tie the principles of artistic
groups to political and social issues, and
how they aided artistic movements in
shaping history. Seventh Street and
Independence Avenue SW. hirshhorn.si.edu.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS “Shall Not Be
Denied: Women Fight for the Vote,” through
Sept. 30, 2020. A look at women’s suffrage
— the longest reform movement in
American history — through images,
documents, audio and video recordings.
10 First St. SE. loc.gov.
MUSEUM OF THE BIBLE “The Picture
Books of the Past: Reading an Old Master
Painting,” through Sept. 30. An exhibition
that uses master works from the collection
of the Museum and Gallery of Bob Jones
University to demonstrate to viewers how to
better know a work’s meaning and purpose
through identifying narrative, personalities
in the work based on their attributes,
historical references and symbology.
400 Fourth St. SW. museumofthebible.org.
NATIONAL AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM “Neil
Armstrong Spacesuit,” through Jan. 1,- The spacesuit Neil Armstrong wore
when he took the first steps on the moon is
exhibited in connection with the
anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission. Sixth
Street and Independence Avenue.
airandspace.si.edu.
NATIONAL BONSAI AND PENJING
MUSEUM AT THE U.S. NATIONAL
ARBORETUM “Viewing Stone Exhibit: Spirit
of Literati,” through Sept. 29. Te a utensils,
desk objects and suiseki — stones
appreciated for their special shape, color
and texture — are exhibited. 3501 New
York Ave. NE. bonsai-nbf.org.
NATIONAL BUILDING MUSEUM
“Investigating Where We Live 2019,”
through Jan. 10. An exhibition that shows
teens’ responses to two questions: “What
makes a great public space?”and “Why
Capitol St. SE. folger.edu.
FREER GALLERY OF ART “Whistler in
Watercolor,” through Oct. 6. An exhibition
of more than 50 examples of watercolors
by the artist, including landscapes,
nocturnes, figures and interiors. “The Way
of the Kami,” through Nov. 11. A text is
exhibited that demonstrates the Japanese
religious practice of Shinto, or “the way of
the deities.” 1050 Independence Ave. SW.
freersackler.si.edu.
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
MUSEUM AND THE TEXTILE MUSEUM
“Best Laid Plans: Designs for a Capital
City,” through Dec. 22. Historical paintings
and prints of structures around
Washington, including unused plans for the
Memorial Bridge and the Washington
Monument. 70 1 21st St. NW.
museum.gwu.edu.
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY'S
CORCORAN SCHOOL OF THE ARTS AND
DESIGN “6.13.89: The Cancelling of the
Mapplethorpe Exhibition,” through Oct. 6. A
look at the cancellation due to political
pressure of the “Robert Mapplethorpe: The
Perfect Moment” exhibition on June 13,
1989, at the Corcoran Gallery of Art.
500 17 th St. NW. corcoran.gwu.edu.
GLENSTONE “Kerry James Marshall,”
indefinitely. An installation of three works
by the artist known for his large-scale,
figurative paintings, often made with ivory,
carbon and black paint. 12100 Glen Rd.,
Potomac. glenstone.org.
HILLWOOD ESTATE, MUSEUM AND
GARDENS “Mid-Century Master: The
Photography of Alfred Eisenstaedt,”
through Jan. 12. An exhibition of over 50
photographs by Eisenstaedt, who
photographed Marjorie Merriweather Post
in an 18-page spread for the Nov. 5, 1965,
issue of Life magazine. 4155 Linnean Ave.
NW. hillwoodmuseum.org.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE
GARDEN “Manifesto: Art x Agency,”
through Jan. 5. Artist manifestos from the
20th century to the present are exhibited,OPENINGS
“GRACE HARTIGAN AND HELENE
HERZBRUN: REFRAMING ABSTRACT
EXPRESSIONISM” An exhibition of some
25 large-scale works by the second
generation, abstract-expressionist painters
from the Baltimore/Washington area.
Opening Tuesday. American University
Museum at the Katzen Arts Center, 4400
Massachusetts Ave. NW. american.edu.
“MOVES LIKE WALTER: NEW CURATORS
OPEN THE CORCORAN LEGACY
COLLECTION” An exhibition inspired by the
short-time director Walter Hopps; graduate
students in studio art, art management
and art history curated the 9,000 gifted
works from the Corcoran. Opening Tuesday.
American University Museum at the Katzen
Arts Center, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW.
american.edu.
“OUR WORLD ABOVE: MONOPRINTS AND
GLASS BY ANNETTE LERNER” An
exhibition of monoprints of clouds, sunsets
and the moon inspired by the Southern
California desert sky and images taken
through the Hubble Te lescope. Opening
Tuesday. American University Museum at
the Katzen Arts Center, 4400
Massachusetts Ave. NW. american.edu.
“PRINTS AND ARTISTS: WD
PRINTMAKING WORKSHOP 19 70-
PRESENT” An exhibition that shows the
history of the D.C.-based WD Printmaking
workshop, which started 50 years ago in
Percy and Alice Martin’s home in Adams
Morgan. Opening Tuesday. American
University Museum at the Katzen Arts
Center, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW.
american.edu.
“TOPOGRAPHIES OF LIFE: PAM ROGERS,
LYNN SURES, MEL WATKIN” An exhibition
of drawings by the three artists that depict
human connections to various natural
landscapes, including the Potomac
watershed, the deserts of Kenya and the
forests of the Midwest. Opening Tuesday.
American University Museum at the Katzen
Arts Center, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW.
american.edu.
“WOVEN INTERIORS: FURNISHING
EARLY MEDIEVAL EGYPT” An exhibition of
works from the 4th to 12th centuries that
demonstrates the use of textiles in
Egyptian interiors. Opening Saturday.
George Washington University Museum
and the Te xtile Museum, 70 1 21st St. NW.
museum.gwu.edu.ONGOING
AMERICAN VISIONARY ART MUSEUM
“Esther and the Dream of One Loving
Human Family,” through March 3, 2024. An
exhibition that features the story of Esther
Krinitz’s survival of the Holocaust, told
through 36 works of embroidery.
“Parenting: an Art Without a Manual,”
through Sunday. An exhibition of works by
36 artists that convey the experience of
parenting and being parented. 800 Key
Hwy., Baltimore. avam.org.
ARTHUR M. SACKLER GALLERY “My Iran:
Six Women Photographers,” through Feb. 9.
An exploration through photographs of life
within and without the photographers’
home country, including personal photo
albums, photos of street protests and
studies of Iranians displaced to London.
1050 Independence Ave. SW.
freersackler.si.edu.
ART MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAS “Carlos
Páez Vilaró: Roots of Peace,” through
Sept. 8. An exhibition of art objects,
archival materials and historic information
about the Roots of Peace, the longest
mural in Washington. It was painted in
1960, restored in 2001-2002 and again in
2019 by the Uruguayan abstract artist who
is known for his sculptures, paintings,
murals, compositions and architecture.
201 18th St. NW. museum.oas.org.
BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART “Subverting
Beauty: African Anti-Aesthetics,” through
Nov. 17. An exhibition that features
approximately two dozen works from sub-
Saharan Africa’s colonial period (about
1880-1960) that violate conceptions of
beauty and symmetry. Artists working
during this unstable period turned against
beauty to better express truths in daily life.
10 Art Museum Dr., Baltimore. artbma.org.
FOLGER SHAKESPEARE LIBRARY “A
Monument to Shakespeare: The
Architecture of the Folger Shakespeare
Library,” through Jan. 5. An exhibition of
telegrams, letters, drawings and ledger
sheets that tell the story of how architect
Paul Philipe Cret, Henry Clay Folger and
Emily Folger created a home for the world’s
largest Shakespeare collection. 201 EastOn Exhibit
MUSEUMSMontgomery Art Association and the Town of Kensington are holding the annual Kensington Labor Day Weekend
Paint the Town Art Show and Plein Air Event at the Kensington Town Center. Area artists will be displaying their
original art works through Labor Day weekend. 37 10 Mitchell St., Kensington, montgomeryart.org. The show will be
open Saturday and Sunday, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Monday from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. A reception will be held
Saturday from 6 to 8 p.m. Fr ee.Paint the Town Art Show and Plein Air Event
JENNIFER BEAUDET
“Kensington Station” by Jennifer Beaudet won a grand prize at the Paint the Town Art Show and Plein
Air Event in 2018. The annual event is coming to Kensington Town Center during Labor Day weekend.