When you think of Abstract Expressionism of the 1940s and 1950s, a New York-centered, male-dominated movement comes to mind.
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Jackie Sibblies Drury’s Fairview, which won the 2019 Pulitzer is an exercise in setting up expectations, subverting those expectations, and then completely throwing them out the window.
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At a time when only bad news headlines our nation’s immigrant story, it’s good to hear something positive.
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When you start reading Maryland native Rion Amilcar Scott’s new short story collection, The World Doesn’t Require You, you realize, almost from the first page, that this is something special.
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This is what Massumeh Farhad, Chief Curator and Curator of Islamic Art at the Freer | Sackler Gallery commented when asked about the American media’s portrayal of the exhibit, My Iran: Six Women Photographers, currently on view at the gallery.
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As a child, New Orlean’s born artist, Anne Marchand was enchanted by what lies between the earth and sky.
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Still vocally vibrant and pushing artistic boundaries, Meredith Monk and her vocal ensemble performed her piece Cellular Songs at the Rasmusen Theater located in the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington DC.
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The 2019 Capital Fringe Festival is one of those DC events where you read the schedule and you want to see it all.a
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Thai artist, Rirkrit Tiravanija’s first ever exhibition at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Who’s Afraid of Red, Yellow, and Green, brings people together amid political images of violence and protest.
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I spent the Sunday before Mother’s Day (May 5) at the third annual Mother’s Day Climate Rally, which I helped organize and was co-sponsored by 21 different local groups.
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Get with the program. The National Gallery of Art 2019 Spring Film Program (April-June) features cinema from Cuba, new films from Romania, Roberto Rossellini classics, Washington premieres, and presentation by filmmakers.
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All hail the QUEENS! International Women’s History Month revs up in DC this month with two Queen-centric openings.
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QUEENS OF EGYPT reign currently at an exhibit at the National Geographic Museum in Washington, DC.
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SUPERFINE!! the fair opened to crowds of art aficionados and new collectors at Union Market / Dock 5 in DC on Halloween night. New to the District, the fair got its start in New York and Miami.
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Turn Me Loose, the story of Dick Gregory, the first Black comedian-activist to radically explore racial comedy premiered in Washington, DC at Arena Stage to enthusiastic crowds, last week.
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Concepts of human migration are explored in a group of sculptures by Mexico-city based sculptor, Betsabee Romero.
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Beloved British graphic artist, Ralph Steadman, sat quietly enough on stage at the American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center until he decided to take off his shoe and share his new Picasso socks with the audience.
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Politics & Art, now in its fourth year, is an annual event presented by Washington Performing Arts’ Mars Urban Arts Initiative and Councilmember David Grosso.
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Inshallah. The Arabic word means “God willing,” and reflects surrender to what we cannot control and what divine fate ordains. We hear it often working with refugees seeking sanctuary in Greece.
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Pop-Up Magazine is what happens when a diverse group of artists decides to create a live magazine.
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