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friday, february 21, 2020paintings and sculptures by the artist whose
work as a set designer for the avant-garde
theater company Mabou Mines influenced
her work. 1600 21st st. nw.
phillipscollection.org.
smiTHsoniAn AmeRiCAn ART museum
“Picturing the american Buffalo: George
Catlin and Modern native american artists,”
through april 12. an exhibition of works by
Catlin, an artist of european descent who
painted to document native cultures and
who demonstrated in his works the
prominence of the buffalo in the daily lives
of native americans. also including works by
contemporary native american artists Paul
flying eagle Goodbear, Beatien Yazz,
woodrow Crumbo and Julian Martinez.
eighth and f streets nw. americanart.si.edu.
smiTHsoniAn nATionAL museum oF
nATuRAL HisToRY “Beauty rich and
rare,” through July 5. an exhibition of
specimens from the first recorded
expedition from europe to the eastern
coastline of australia, lead by captain James
Cook and accompanied by British naturalist
Joseph Banks, botanists and illustrators, via
the hMB endeavour, which sailed from
england to australia 250 years ago. 10th
street and Constitution avenue nw.
naturalhistory.si.edu.
u.s. BoTAniC gARDen “u.s. Botanic
Garden at 200: deeply rooted, Branching
outward,” through oct. 15. an interactive
exhibition that looks at the history of the
200-year-old garden and its future.
100 Maryland ave. sw. usbg.gov.
u.s. 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.
ViRginiA museum oF Fine ARTs
“working together: louis draper and the
Kamoinge workshop,” through June 14.
some 180 photographs by 15 african
american photographers from the
Kamoinge workshop, a group founded in
1963, are exhibited. 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. exhibit at hackerman
house (1 w. Mount Vernon Pl., Baltimore.)
Museum at 600 n. Charles st., Baltimore.
thewalters.org.anniversary of its completion. the exhibition
also focuses on the Chinese migrant
workers who built the western portion of the
railroad across the sierra nevada
Mountains. 14th street and Constitution
avenue nw. americanhistory.si.edu.
nATionAL museum oF AsiAn ART
“hokusai: Mad about Painting,” through
nov. 8. an exhibition of paintings, sketches
and drawings — including six-panel folding
screens, hanging scrolls and drawings for
woodblock prints — by the Japanese artist
commemorates the centennial of Charles
lang fr eer’s death in 1919 and the 2020
summer olympics in tokyo. “a ge old Cities:
a Virtual Journey from Palmyra to Mosul,”
through oct. 25. a virtual exhibition of large-
scale projections and digital reconstruction
that tours the cities of Palmyra and aleppo
in syria and Mosul in iraq — among the
oldest in the world, that have been ravaged
by war. 1050 independence ave. sw.
freersackler.si.edu.
nATionAL museum oF THe AmeRiCAn
inDiAn “nation to nation: tr eaties Between
the united states and american indian
nations,” through sept. 21, 2021. an
exhibition exploring the relationship
between native american nations and the
united states. “our universes: tr aditional
Knowledge shapes our world,” through
dec. 1, 2021. the exhibition focuses on
indigenous cosmologies, worldviews and
philosophies related to the creation and
order of the universe and the spiritual
relationship between humankind and the
natural world. fourth street and
independence avenue sw.
americanindian.si.edu.
nATionAL museum oF Women in THe
ARTs “delita Martin: Calling down the
spirits,” through april 19. seven large-scale,
layered prints by the artist are exhibited,
created with a combination of mediums,
including drawing, painting, sewing and
collage. 1250 new York ave. nw. nmwa.org.
nATionAL poRTRAiT gALLeRY “women of
Progress: early Camera Portraits,” through
May 31. an exhibition of ambrotypes and
daguerreotypes from the 1840s and 1850s
featuring portraits of iconic feminists lucy
stone and Margaret fuller, author harriet
Beecher stowe and abolitionist lucretia
Mott. “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.
pHiLLips CoLLeCTion “Moira dryer: Back
in Business,” through april 19. an exhibition
of some 30 modernist and abstractindependence avenue. airandspace.si.edu.
nATionAL BonsAi AnD penJing
museum AT THe u.s. nATionAL
ARBoReTum “sakura orihon: diary of a
Cherry Blossom Journey,” through april 7. an
exhibition of orihon, or sketchbooks,
created by landscape architect ron
henderson, who sketched the blossoming
cherry trees in Japan, includes horticultural
practices such as pruning techniques, root
grafting and rope tenting. 3501 new York
ave. ne. bonsai-nbf.org.
nATionAL gALLeRY oF ART “tr ue to
nature: open-air Painting in europe, 17 80-
18 70,” through May 3. some 100 oil
sketches made “en plein-air,” or outdoors,
across europe are exhibited. the practice by
european avant-garde artists took them to
sites such as the swiss alps, the Baltic coast
and the streets of Paris.sixth street and
Constitution avenue nw. nga.gov.
nATionAL geogRApHiC museum
“Becoming Jane: the evolution of dr.
Goodall,” through sept. 7. a multimedia
exhibition celebrating the life and work of
Jane Goodall, including an exploration in
3-d of tanzania’s Gombe stream national
Park, where she did behavioral research on
chimps. “women: a Century of Change,”
through May 10. timed to celebrate the
100th anniversary of the u.s. constitutional
amendment allowing women to vote, this
exhibition includes photographs depicting
women from around the globe,
demonstrating what it means to be female.
1145 17 th st. nw. nationalgeographic.org.
nATionAL museum oF AFRiCAn
AmeRiCAn HisToRY AnD CuLTuRe “we
return fighting: the african american
experience in world war i,” through June 14.
an interpretation of life experiences of
african americans during the time of world
war i is exhibited, including military,
political, social, economic and cultural
experiences before, during and after the
war. 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
works by 28 female artists that demonstrate
a contemporary feminism, covering subjects
such as faith, racism, identity, community,
politics and the environment. 950
independence ave. sw. africa.si.edu.
nATionAL museum oF AmeRiCAn
HisToRY “forgotten workers: Chinese
Migrants and the Building of the
tr anscontinental railroad,” through May 1.
large, graphic maps adorn a floor where
visitors can trace the route of the
tr anscontinental railroad to mark the 150thexhibition of ceramic sculptures. the artist
spray-painted “fear eats the soul” on a
gallery wall for local artists to cover in
graffiti. “shirin neshat: turbulent (1998),”
through March 31. works of photography,
film and performance by the iranian-born
artist whose work focuses on contrasts such
as between feminine and masculine; islam
and the west, and on bridging the gaps
between. 12100 Glen rd., Potomac.
glenstone.org.
HiLLWooD esTATe, museum AnD
gARDens “natural Beauties: exquisite
works of Minerals and Gems,” through
June 7. furniture and objects made from
precious stones and minerals from Marjorie
Merriweather Post’s collections are
exhibited, including antique Chinese jades,
Cartier frames and a 1920s mosaic-style
table top made of 11 stones commissioned
for her fabergé boxes. 4155 linnean ave.
nw. hillwoodmuseum.org.
HiRsHHoRn museum AnD sCuLpTuRe
gARDen “Marcel duchamp: the Barbara
and aaron levine Collection,” through
oct. 15. timed to the 50th anniversary of
the artist’s death, more than 35 works are
exhibited, along with 15 portraits,
photographs and works on paper by his
contemporaries. “Manifesto: art x agency,”
through april 6. artist manifestos from the
20th century to the present are exhibited,
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
september. 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 tapestry of
light: intersections of illumination,” through
May 3. a tapestry using nanotechnology
created by irene Barberis that is a visual
interpretation of the story of John’s
apocalypse, inspired by the angers
apocalypse tapestry in fr ance. 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
openings
“DeLigHT in DisCoVeRY: THe gLoBAL
CoLLeCTions oF LLoYD CoTsen” an
exhibition of garments, textile fragments
and works of art the collector accumulated
over his lifetime. opening saturday. George
washington university Museum and the
te xtile Museum, 70 1 21st st. nw.
museum.gwu.edu.
“HeARTs oF ouR peopLe: nATiVe
Women ARTisTs” an exhibition that
demonstrates the artistic achievements and
collaborations of native american women,
including 81 works in varied media, such as
sculpture, textiles, beadwork and
photography. opening fr iday. renwick
Gallery, 17th street and Pennsylvania
avenue nw. americanart.si.edu.
ongoing
AmeRiCAn uniVeRsiTY museum AT THe
KATZen ARTs CenTeR “landscape in an
eroded field: Carol Barsha, heather
theresa Clark, artemis herber,” through
March 15. works in the pictorial landscape
tradition by the artists are exhibited.
herber’s architectonic reliefs and Barsha’s
landscapes are accompanied by Clark’s
soundscape. “Good form, decorum, and in
the Manner: Portraits fr om the Collections
of washington Print Club Members,”
through March 15. Portraits of people,
events, memories, animals and places are
exhibited, created in a variety of media,
including photography, collage, intaglio
prints, woodblock and wood engravings,
mezzotints, monoprints and found
objects.an exhibition of portraits that
memorialize four filipino national heroes.
4400 Massachusetts ave. nw.
american.edu.
AmeRiCAn VisionARY ART museum
“the secret life of earth: alive! awake! (and
Possibly really angry!),” through sept. 6. to
coincide with the 50th anniversary of earth
day, this exhibition includes little-known
facts about nature, information on how what
we eat and other individual behaviors
influence our environment, the difference
between weather and climate, the health
and environmental price of using pesticides,
the effects of a capitalist economy on the
environment, positive solutions to many
environmental problems, and even humor.
800 Key hwy., Baltimore. avam.org.
AnACosTiA CommuniTY museum “a
right to the City,” through april 20. an
exhibition that explores the history of the
changing neighborhoods in washington, of
how citizens helped change their
neighborhoods through bettering public
education and the greening of communities,
and by rallying for more equitable transit
and development. 1901 fort Pl. se.
anacostia.si.edu.
ART museum oF THe AmeRiCAs “Visual
Memory: home and Place,” through
March 8. the exhibition looks at the artistic
philosophies and practices of new York-
based artists scherezade and iliana emilia
García, engaging with constructed notions
of history, human geography, global
migration and settlement. 201 18th st. nw.
museum.oas.org.
BALTimoRe museum oF ART“free form:
20th-Century studio Craft,” through June 7.
works of embroidery, jewelry and ceramics
created by artists who transitioned from
craft to avant-garde work are exhibited.
“ellen lesperance: Velvet fist,” through
June 28. an exhibition of seven works from
the artist’s series, “Greenham Common
women’s Peace Camp,” inspired by the
garments created and worn by feminists in
protest of united states’ nuclear weapons
storage in Berkshire, england, in the 1980s
and ’90s. 10 art Museum dr., Baltimore.
artbma.org.
CoRCoRAn sCHooL oF THe ARTs AnD
Design “intersectionality: diaspora in the
Creole City,” through March 20. works with
themes of Creole City life, including myth,
religion, politics and culture, are presented.
Most are artists affiliated with Miami.
500 17 th st. nw. corcoran.gwu.edu.
geoRge WAsHingTon uniVeRsiTY
museum AnD THe TeXTiLe museum
“George washington and his world,”
through July 26. this exhibition of prints,
letters and artifacts includes a letter
washington wrote to the u.s. Congress
dated december 17 91, a shingle from
Mount Vernon and a portrait of him with his
family painted in 1864. 70 1 21st st. nw.
museum.gwu.edu.
gLensTone “rirkrit tiravanija: fear eats
the soul (2011),” through March 31. the
mixed-media installation includes t-shirt
silk-screening, a soup kitchen and an
on exhibit
museumslee stalsworth/Julian rosefeldt
The film “Manifesto” by German artist Julian Rosefeldt is part of the “Manifesto: Art x Agency” exhibit at the Hirshhorn Museum and
Sculpture Garden through April 6. More than 4 00 pieces from the museum’s permanent collection are on display.UPLOADED BY "What's News" vk.com/wsnws TELEGRAM: t.me/whatsnws