October 9, 2014, 5:30 pm
Surrounded by the landscapes of Georges Seurat, Paul Signac, and Theo van Rysselberghe in the Neo-Impressionism and the Dream of Realities exhibition, The Phillips Camerata performs César Franck’s String Quartet in D Major.
Author: Foster, Carter E. Publication: New York : Whitney Museum of American Art ; New Haven : Yale University Press (distributor), c2013. Description: 247 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 33 cm. Notes: Hopper
June 4, 2021
WASHINGTON, DC—As part of its centennial celebration, The Phillips Collection is proud to announce the speakers for its Duncan Phillips Lectures. The Duncan Phillips Lectures are given by distinguished artists, historians, and critics, and the Phillips is delighted to present Arlene Dávila, Lonnie Bunch III, and Elizabeth Alexander to discuss urgent issues of our time and the transformation of museums and cultural institutions. The lecture series was started in 1987 by Laughlin Phillips (director of the museum from 1972 to 1992) in honor of his father, Duncan Phillips, the founder of The
October 19, 2014, 4 PM
Best known as one half of the Assad Brothers duo, classical guitarist Odair Assad makes his Washington, DC debut at the Phillips.
December 21, 2021
November 12, 2021, 11 am-8 pm
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
January 27, 2022, 6:30 pm
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
May 1, 2018
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
August 5, 2016
