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.

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.

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 (18881978) 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.

Also on View


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.


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.