Robert Delaunay, Eiffel Tower and Gardens, Champ de Mars, (La Tour Eiffel et Jardin du Champ de Mars) 1922. Courtesy of Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden By Sheila Wickouski No two visits to “Revolutions: Art from the Hirshhorn Collection, 1860–1960” at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden will be the […]
Stunning Retrospective Brings Simone Leigh Full Circle at the Hirshhorn
Simone Leigh, 2021. Photo by Shaniqwa Jarvis. Courtesy of the artist. By Sheila Wickouski A remarkable new exhibit at the Hirshhorn Museum, the first museum retrospective of the work of Simone Leigh, is akin to walking through a memoir of the renowned sculptor’s life. The exhibit, on view through March […]
ARTECHOUSE Exhibit Brings NASA’s Space Images to Life
Courtesy of Fredo Vasquez “Beyond the Light,” now on view at ARTECHOUSE in Southwest DC, integrates technology, cinematic visuals and an original music score to illuminate NASA’s remarkable discoveries. Developed in collaboration with NASA, the exhibit is a science-based artistic exploration of images from the Hubble Space Telescope and James […]
Multimedia Exhibit Illuminates Mythical Underwater World at Museum of African Art
By Southwester Staff Drexciya is a mythical aquatopia in the heart of the Atlantic Ocean populated by babies of enslaved African women who were thrown or jumped from slaving ships during the Middle Passage. From the Deep: In the Wake of Drexciya with Ayana V. Jackson at the Smithsonian National […]
Rubell Museum’s Inaugural Exhibition Showcases Powerful Artwork in Stunning Setting
By Sheila Wickouski The Rubell Museum DC, located on the site of the historic Randall School, opened its doors to the public in late October with an exhibit titled What’s Going On, a reference to the groundbreaking 1971 album by Randall School alumnus Marvin Gaye, who sang in the glee […]
Anacostia Community Museum Launches Augmented Reality Tour of Southwest
By Southwester Staff A new app-based walking tour from the Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum leads users through Southwest DC while telling the story of the neighborhood’s redevelopment. “Before the Bulldozers: Historic Southwest D.C. Exposed” uses location-based storytelling, augmented reality and immersive audio to examine larger issues of housing inequality through […]
Unity in Diversity Across New Exhibitions at National Museum of Asian Art
By Sheila Wickouski The Freer Gallery of the Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art will celebrate its 100th anniversary in May 2023. James McNeill Whistler’s “harmony in blue and gold,” the Peacock Room, had been on display since the gallery opened and is now accessible to the public again after […]