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It’s a race Wile E. Coyote or Rube Goldberg would probably enter –the tenth annual Kinetic Sculpture Race at Baltimore’s Inner Harbor. And it’s one of the wackiest races in America.
Nicknamed the “Triathlon of the Art World“, and put on by the American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore, the race requires contestants to […]
One of the current exhibits at the The Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, DC, The Cinema Effect: Illusion, Reality, and the Moving Image - Part I: Dreams, is a very unique collection of moving-image and cinematic artworks.
Ranging from somewhat predictable Andy Warhol-like black & white still-life movies with not much happening, to some very […]
In 1912, a gift of 3,000 cherry trees from the city of Tokyo was presented to the people of Washington, DC. Since then, the annual cherry blossom festival has been a reminder of the bond with Japan.
For two weeks at the Kennedy Center, you can enjoy Japan Culture + Hypreculture as it explodes with over […]
One of the biggest draws to the National Museum of Natural History is the Hope Diamond, along with the other colorful and stunning pieces of spectacular jewelry, displayed in all their opulent glory in the Harry Winston jewelry gallery (2nd floor). But just next door is the minerals section, which is about eight times larger […]
The Edward Hopper exhibit at the National Gallery of Art, which features his most famous painting, the classic Nighthawks, along with 82 of his other pieces is ending this weekend.
It’s the most comprehensive Hopper exhibit to ever visit Washington, DC.
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“The world must be made safe for democracy.”
Is that the latest presidential campaign slogan from Barack Obama or John McCain? Actually no. Although it could be. It’s actually a statement made in 1917 by President Woodrow Wilson.
After attempting to keep the U.S. out of the First World War for three years, he felt […]
Katherine Hepburn is an American screen legend. She holds the record for the most (four) Best Actress Oscar wins, with twelve nominations. That more than one nomination for every four films she stared in.
From comedy to drama, romance to action, she could do it all and did it successfully for over 6 decades. […]
I’m a huge fan of nature and animal photography and DC is a great place for attending exhibits of award-winning natural photography.
The latest example is the 2007 Nature’s Best Photography International Awards and the National Wildlife Photography Awards competitions now showing at the National Museum of Natural History.
The top 60 award-winning photos are on […]
My first experience with “feminist art” was in 1980 when I attended the Judy Chicago exhibit of her piece The Dinner Party, in Chicago. The piece is a triangle table of 39 place settings representing mythical and historical famous women throughout history. The place setting for each woman represented was a ceramic plate that all depicted a flower-like sculpture, […]
While it may seem strange with the mild Fall weather we’ve been having, sometime during the middle of this month (hopefully the 17th)…weather permitting applies, the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden will be transformed from this…
To this…
The ice skating rink at the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden opens for it’s 9th […]
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