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Out of Many: Reframing an American Art Collection

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Out of Many: Reframing an American Art Collection

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2025 James McLaughlin Staff Show

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Winter Wellness

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Unfold with SONDER℠

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Spinning a Yarn

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15-min talks Thu-Sun, 1 & 1:30 pm

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Collection Highlights

Collection Highlights Images
Jeffrey Gibson's My heart beats for the one I love
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On the Experiment Station

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Shikeith, Visiting Hours, 2022

The Phillips Collects: Shikeith

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Supporting American Abstraction

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Jeffrey Gibson's My heart beats for the one I love

The Phillips Collects: Jeffrey Gibson

Collection, People & Community
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Kids Review Art!

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Examining and Treating Villon’s Gallic Cock

People & Community
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A Year of Bringing Impactful Programs to Life

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Rendering Memories in Color and Line 

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The Artist's Studio as Inspiration

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Views of Intimacy: Richard Learoyd Meets Redon and O’Keeffe

In the News

Vivian Browne, Bini Apron, 1973, Acrylic on canvas, 49 3/4 x 51 3/4 in., The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC, Gift of Adobe Krow Archives for Vivian Browne, Los Angeles. Image courtesy of RYAN LEE Gallery, New York, 2024. © Vivian Browne; text overlay reads "Vivian Browne's Lessons in Flipping the Script, Grace Byron, Frieze"
Lyle Ashton Harris, The Watering Hole III (detail), 1996, The Museum of Modern Art; text overlay reads "Essex Hemphill's Love Knew No Bounds, Michael Londres, Aperture"
Vivian Browne, For You, 1974, Oil on canvas, 46 3/4 x 50 3/4 in., Courtesy of Adobe Krow Archives, Los Angeles, and RYAN LEE Gallery, New York. © Vivian Browne; Text overlay reads 'She Didn't Want To Be Boxed In. So She Painted Out, Angelica Hankins, The Washington Post.'
A jambon-beurre sandwich on a baguette and a latte sit on a café table. Overlaid text reads: “The 5 Best Museum Cafés in D.C. – Tom Sietsema, The Washington Post.”
An image of Essex Hemphill speaking into a microphone on stage with text overlay that reads "A Living Archive: Curator Camille Brown and Photographer Clifford Prince King on Essex Hemphill's Legacy / Lia Latty / Black Is Magazine"
Installation image of an art gallery with text overlay that reads 'Essex Hemphill's poetic impact on the visual arts is celebrating in moving 'Take Care of Your Blessings' exhibition, Kyle Jackson, Queerty
Alphonse Mucha, “Zodiac,” 1896. Color lithograph. (Collection of the Mucha Trust) with text overlay that reads "The Turbulent Beauty of Art Nouveau is Still All Over Culture, Angelica Hankins, The Washington Post'
Man and woman looking at a red and orange painting with text overlay that reads 'Explore the Not-So-Hidden Gems from DC's The Phillips Collection, Robert Aubry Davis, WETA'
Black and white pencil caricature drawing with text overlay that reads 'William Gropper: Artist of the People, Margot Yale, The Brooklyn Rail.'
Photography of a blue sky and white clouds. A blue sea with three small boats. Text overlay reads "A Window into Joel Meyerowitz | The Phillips Collection, Fiona Perkocha, Musee Magazine'
An art gallery with multicolored collage hang on the wall. Text overlay reads "A Major Survey of Black Collage Art Proves That Print Isn't Dead, Alex Greenberger, ARTNEWS"
Photo of a woman holding and pointing at a picture to a group of children. Text overlay reads 'Meet the Docents: How to Introduce 5th Graders to Complex Topics in Fine Art, Elliot Williams, WAMU'
Painting of a nude woman reclining on a bed, next to a window overlooking a river. Text overlay reads 'Everything Changed for Matisse After He Painted This Nude, Sebastian Smee, The Washington Post."
Person cleans a landscape painting with a cotton swab. Text overlay reads, 'Up Close with Paul Cezanne Review: News Perspectives on a Provencal Master, Mary Tompkins Lewis, The Wall Street Journal'
Installation image of Bonnard's Worlds. Text overlay reads, 'Pierre Bonnard's Dazzling World of Color at the Phillips Collection | Around Town Best Bets, Philippa Hughes, WETA PBS'
Installation image of drawings hung against a cream colored wall. Text overlay reads Bernardí Roig: el artista que decapitó a Goya, Borja Hermoso, El País
Drawing of a woman playing in the water with text overlay. Caption reads "'Interior Lives' at Phillips@THEARC Explores The Black Femme Experience During Women's Month" Andrew S. Jacobson The Washington Informer
Renoir's Luncheon of the Boating Party, Capturing the Height of the Summer Leisure / Hesper Cane / Widewalls
Alone in a Room with Rothko. Adam Rathe. Town & Country
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Centennial Commissions

Wesley Clark

Victor Ekpuk

Nekisha Durrett

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