
STABLE x The Phillips Collection (Part III)
May 11, 2020
December 18, 2024
The Phillips Collection Will Be the First Stop for a Major North American Retrospective of Czech Artist and Key Figure of the Art Nouveau Movement, Alphonse Mucha The Phillips Collection, in collaboration with The Mucha Foundation, announces the North American tour of Timeless Mucha: The Magic of Line , a groundbreaking exhibition that reappraises the work and influence of Czech artist Alphonse Mucha (1860–1939). Organized by the Mucha Foundation, this major exhibition will premiere at The Phillips Collection in Washington, DC, on February 22, 2025, and will be on view through May 18, 2025
May 10, 2015, 4 PM
An active performer and music curator, Korean-American violinist Kristin Lee makes her Phillips debut with works by Webern, Ravel, and Beethoven, and Copland. She is joined by pianist Michael Mizrahi.
April 5, 2023
Award-winning photographer’s first museum retrospective features over 100 photographs spanning a six-decade career WASHINGTON, DC — The Phillips Collection presents Frank Stewart’s Nexus: An American Photographer’s Journey, 1960s to the Present . This dynamic retrospective of Stewart’s photography centers on his sensitive and spontaneous approach to portraying world cultures and Black life in many forms—including music, art, travel, food, and dance. His work over the years captured intimate and empathetic images of lives experienced and observed across subjects, cities, and countries. The
May 6, 2018, 4 PM
David Shifrin and the Miró Quartet will make their DC ensemble debut with works by Kevin Puts, W. A. Mozart, and Johannes Brahms.
October 10, 7-8:30 pm
Gus, a gay white man, is an accomplished artist who desperately wants his paintings included in the upcoming exhibition The New America at the Parnell Museum. But the curator, while admiring Gus’s work, excludes it, in order to display art by Black and women artists. Gus then hires Vanessa, a Black female actor, to masquerade as the creator of his work. Vanessa takes her impersonation to the extreme, and Gus is left to deal with the consequences. “White,” written in 2015, was awarded the Terrence McNally New Play Award. Art by Keyon Monté James Ijames James Ijames won the 2022 Pulitzer Prize
June 8, 2013 - September 1, 2013
It is not enough to make people see the object you paint. You must also make them touch it.—Georges Braque (1882–1963) In the early 20th century, when Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso pioneered the new pictorial language of cubism, they profoundly affected the course of modern art. Georges Braque and the Cubist Still Life, 1928–1945 is the first in-depth look at the years leading up to and through World War II, a period in Braque’s career when he used the theme of still life to synthesize cubist discoveries and hone his individual style. Forty-four sumptuous canvases, along with related
February 20, 2025, 6:30-8 pm
For Katharine Keenan, 49 and the owner of a small New York art gallery, life is impressionism. It is realism for her assistant, former world travelling photojournalist Thomas Buckle, 50. They have been buffeted by fraught relationships and life’s challenges, making both wary. Will Katharine and Thomas be able to find common ground, while still moving in their own directions? This funny and touching play by Michael Jacobs explores how they discover the art of repairing broken lives. IMAGE: Childe Hassam, Washington Arch, Spring , ca. 1893, Oil on canvas, 26 1/8 x 21 5/8 in., The Phillips
May 11, 2020