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May 23, 2013

Every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

Today at the Phillips

Spotlight Talks

15-minute spotlight tours, focused on different works of art, are offered every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday at noon.

Exhibitions

Feb 28 - Jun 02, 2013 / Exhibition

Intersections: Jeanne Silverthorne Vanitas!

Silverthorne's rubber sculptures, along with the modernist still lifes from the collection with which they are interspersed, are vanitas—meditations on the brevity of life.

Apr 13 - Jun 15, 2013 / Exhibition

Myth and Archaeology In the Work of Giorgio De Chirico

These early bronze sculptures and drawings demonstrate how De Chirico (1888–1978) uses figures from mythology, archaeological artifacts, and historical events to create images that suggest an alternate, mysterious reality. Part of the 2013 Year of Italian Culture in the United States.

May 19, 2012 - Aug 18, 2013 / Exhibition

Intersections: Sandra Cinto One Day, After the Rain

Composed of intricate ink and acrylic drawings on canvas that cover the café walls, One Day, After the Rain follows the movement of sunrise to nightfall, paying homage to Arthur Dove’s landscapes in The Phillips Collection.

Also on View

May 14 - Jun 23, 2013 / Exhibition

Young Artists Exhibitions Takoma Education Campus and Tyler Elementary Spring 2013 Semester

Art by pre-kindergarten and 1st–5th grade students in the Phillips’s partner schools in the Art Links to Learning: Museum-in-Residence program.

Feb 09 - Dec 31, 2013 / Exhibition

Duncan Phillips and New York Collections

Correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, and books illustrate Duncan Phillips’s involvement in the development of the modern art scene in New York.

Upcoming Exhibitions

Jun 08 - Sep 01, 2013 / Exhibition

Georges Braque and the Cubist Still Life, 1928–1945

This exhibition is the first in-depth study of still life in Georges Braque’s career after he pioneered cubism alongside Picasso.

Jun 22 - Sep 22, 2013 / Exhibition

Ellsworth Kelly Panel Paintings 2004–2009

On the occasion of his 90th birthday year, this exhibition presents seven large-scale works featuring a spectrum of colors and geometric forms that have dominated Kelly's prolific career.

Jun 27 - Sep 22, 2013 / Exhibition

Intersections: Bernhard Hildebrandt A Conjugation of Verb

Using images of El Greco’s The Repentant St. Peter (c. 1600–1605) from the collection, Baltimore-based artist Hildebrandt explores baroque themes of high drama, spectacle, and spatial movement.