January 2011
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WaPo Review: Get McCracken! →
Generous review of artist J.J. McCracken’s modern clay artifacts from her “Mold” series, part of the Climate Control exhibit at Civilian Art Projects (on view through Feb. 19th).
Jan 31st
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Glorious Orchids Opening Today! →
Saturday, January 29th at National Museum of Natural History - Orchids: A View from the East (part of the 16th annual orchid exhibition, through April 24th). More than 300 plants representing 50 varieties of orchids. Did you know that orchids are found on every continent in the world except Antarctica? View it in conjunction with The Orchid in Chinese Painting exhibit at the Sackler Gallery.
Jan 29th
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Jan 28th
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Jan 28th
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Engineering as Art: Where's the Origami?
Lego Architecture: Towering Ambition at the National Building Museum (through Sept. 5th) Adam Reed Tucker re-creates architectural landmarks like the Empire State Building using LEGOS! Paper Engineering: Fold, Pull, Pop and Turn at the National Museum of American History (through Oct. 10). From educating to entertaining, these POP-UP BOOKS from 1570 to today show us that folding paper isn’t just...
Jan 26th
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The Katzen is on Fire!
Metaphorically speaking of course…I mean, what would be the chances of both the Katzen and the Phillips catching fire in one year? Anyway, check out the Katzen’s line-up for this week where six women take over the entire museum! Attica! Attica! Tuesday, January 25th First Floor - The Dark and Humorous Mind of Heather Wilcoxon (all is not as it seems) and Dafna Kaffeman’s What Could Be Sweeter Than...
Jan 24th
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Jan 23rd
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Jan 22nd
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Why I like Brandon Morse (Under and Not Under the... →
His website has some great examples of older work, but please do yourself a favor and go check out his new video installations at Conner Contemporary. Dreamy-Apocalypto.
Jan 21st
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Jan 20th
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Jan 20th
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WatchWatch
Last Chance for My Business with The Cloud: Spencer Finch’s exhibit at the Corcoran closes this Sunday, January 23rd. 
Jan 19th
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New Openings: Symmetries and Bound
Thursday the 20th at Long View (6:30-8:30pm) – Symmetries by Ernesto Santalla (through February 13th). Snow psychedelia—-Santalla frames, fractures and crystallizes the city. Saturday, January 22nd at Hamiltonian (7-9pm) – Bound featuring Katherine Mann and Selin Baci (through March 5th). Mann’s junkdrawers on paper (aka baroque abstract) + Baci’s decompositions of life intra and extra lab...
Jan 18th
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“Almost always, the creative dedicated minority has made the world better.”
– Martin Luther King, Jr.
Jan 17th
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Jan 16th
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Jan 15th
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Free Weekend! Happy 90th Phillips Collection!
The Phillips celebrates its 90th anniversary by giving us the gift of free admission and cake. Open this weekend, Saturday from 10am-5pm and Sunday from 11am-6pm. Did I mention free cake?
Jan 15th
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Abstract Expressionism Part II: More in DC
Three weeks ago I posted Part I of this series, which discussed the Abstract Expressionism show at MoMA New York, and some very special AbEx paintings here in DC that are part of the Corcoran’s contemporary collection. As promised, this post will discuss other AbEx paintings in DC, this time looking at the Hirshhorn’s collection. The Hirshhorn has an EXTENSIVE collection of AbEx...
Jan 14th
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Saturday: Open and Close
OPEN - DEBT: Simon Gouverneur and Andy Moon Wilson at Curator’s Office - Opening Reception on Saturday, January 15, 2011, 6:30-8pm - Adverb and Pantonesque soliloquies on the linear and global bound to ensue. Go ahead and step through the door. CLOSE - NEW AMERICAN DESIGN by Jonah Takagi at Civilian Art Projects  - Closing Reception on Saturday, January 15, 2011, 4pm - simple mechanics and...
Jan 13th
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Jan 12th
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Artforum: The Year in Television →
See my Letter to the Editor below responding to this feature from the December 2010 print issue of Artforum: The Year in Television was spot-on in its chronicle of the way we watch television today and John Kelsey is correct when he asserts “[t]hese days it’s impossible to ‘miss’ a show.’” However, it is also worth considering how the diffuseness of the medium affects what we don’t watch. Perhaps...
Jan 11th
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Jan 7th
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First Venice, then Las Vegas, now DC →
The gondola is coming, the gondola is coming! Starting tomorrow at the National Gallery of Art.
Jan 6th