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Inspired by Neo-Impressionism and the Dream of Realities, connect the dots at this Phillips after 5.

I was born in the horse and buggy days, and now experience the phenomenal changes of the 20th century machine and space age.—Alma Thomas Space travel fascinated Alma Thomas and became source material for some of her most famous paintings, many of which are featured in Alma W. Thomas: Everything Is Beautiful. Through television and radio, Thomas closely followed the Apollo 10, Apollo 11, and Mariner 9 missions and even listened to the recording “Sounds of the Space Age from Sputnik to Lunar Landing” while working. Learn more about this moment in history and Thomas’s painting approach from

Coinciding with the 250th anniversary of the United States, Out of Many: Reframing an American Art Collection is a celebration and examination of the beauty and complexity of this nation’s history. Presenting artists well-known and understudied from the permanent collection, Out of Many builds a dynamic story about how, from the early 20th century to the present, various artists have imagined and depicted the people, cultures, landscapes, and histories of the United States. To tell a more diverse constellation of stories, the exhibition includes artworks from the historic collections of

Throughout much of The Phillips Collection’s 100-year history, this museum and Black art spaces and artists in Washington, DC, were not in conversation with one another. In this lecture, Elizabeth Alexander will discuss the dynamism of DC’s Black art spaces and artists over the past 100 years, and how we might more deeply engage with the past, present, and future. Dr. Elizabeth Alexander—poet, educator, memoirist, scholar, and cultural advocate—is president of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the nation’s largest funder of arts, culture, and the humanities. She has held distinguished

Sugar-lift aquatint with carborundum relief and extensive hand-painting on five panels of 350 gsm Moulin du Gué handmade paper overall: 96 in x 240 in; 243.84 cm x 609.6 cm Gift of Luther W. Brady, Mr. and Mrs. C. Richard Belger, Marion Oates Charles, Dr. and Mrs. Brian D. Dailey, Mr. Léonard Gianadda, Linda Lichtenberg Kaplan, Mr. and Mrs. Marc E. Leland, Caroline Macomber, B. Thomas Mansbach, Dr. and Mrs. Ronald A. Paul, Gifford and Joann Phillips, and Trish and George Vradenburg in memory of Laughlin Phillips, 2010

It’s The Phillips Collection’s 100th birthday! On November 12, 1921, the Phillips Memorial Art Gallery, commemorating founder Duncan Phillips’s father and brother, opened as one room and a collection of 237 paintings. Now, 100 years later, the museum has expanded to include the Goh Annex and Sant Building, Center for Art and Knowledge, and Phillips@THEARC, and the growing collection features nearly 6,000 works of art from all around the world. We can’t wait to see what’s in store for our next 100 years! Join us for a birthday bash including: access to our incredible fall exhibitions featuring

Examining the complexity of American Art and national identity across the 20th and 21st centuries. WASHINGTON, DC—The Phillips Collection presents Out of Many: Reframing an American Art Collection , an exhibition rooted in the museum’s century-old collection. The exhibition embraces the concept of “many” as a fundamental value in understanding the diverse histories and narratives of art and culture in the United States. Bringing together approximately 75 works across painting, print, photography, sculpture, and mixed media spanning over a century, the exhibition celebrates and examines the

Miró and the United States explores the fertile artistic conversation between Spanish artist Joan Miró (1893–1983) and American artists during the period of the artist’s greatest transatlantic contacts from the 1940s to the 1960s. This exhibition will trace Miró’s relationships with American artists, collectors, and institutions, illustrating the ways this exchange spurred new inspiration and experimentation on both sides of the Atlantic. Featuring Alexander Calder, Louise Bourgeois, Lee Krasner, Romare Bearden, Jackson Pollock, Helen Frankenthaler, and Adolph Gottlieb, among others, this