Posts Tagged ‘Phillips Collection’
Phillips Collection celebrates 90th Birthday this weekend
‘Phillips Collection Music Room’courtesy of ‘Kevin H.’
The Phillips Collection in Dupont Circle, when it opened in 1921, became the country’s first museum to focus on modern art, beating New York’s MOMA by 8 years. Founded by the scion of steel baron Duncan Clinch Philips, the museum has been a central hub of the modern art [...]
Side by Side Opens at Phillips
‘Man Experiencing Art’
courtesy of ‘Kevin H.’
Side by Side: Oberlin’s Masterworks at The Phillips Collection opened yesterday and will be on exhibit through January 16th. Twenty-five significant works, 24 paintings and one sculpture, from the collection of the Allen Memorial Art Museum at Oberlin are presented in conjunction with selections from the Phillip’s permanent collection. Many [...]
Phillips Collection Opens After Fire
‘The Phillips Collection’
courtesy of ‘CathyLovesDC’
The Phillips Collection has re-opened their doors today following the renovation-related fire on September 2nd. Also, regular admission has been waived for the entire month of September.
The Phillips House will remain closed for repairs until further notice, but all other galleries will be open, including special exhibitions such as Pousette-Dart: Predominantly White [...]
Beer, Music & Art
‘The Phillips Collection’
courtesy of ‘Kevin H.’
Phillips After 5 tonight will feature ChurchKey’s Greg Engert, who will be pouring up some delicious white beers, and DJ Danny Harris, likely to be spinning tunes from the Beatles’ White Album. And of course, you can enjoy all of this while also taking in The Phillips Collection’s incredible exhibits.
If you have never been [...]
Jason Wu Inspired Phillips After 5
‘Shannon 06′
courtesy of ‘yospyn’
How awesome is this?
Fashion Designer Jason Wu cites Robert Ryman’s paintings as the muse for his fall 2010 TSE cashmere collection.
Phillips after 5 for August 12th will be entirely dedicated to the coveted fashion designer and this very exciting collaboration. For one evening, models will act as living works of art in the [...]
Win 2 Tickets to Phillips After 5!
‘The Phillips Collection 2523′
courtesy of ‘yospyn’
Looks like the Phillips Collection took my light criticism to heart last Friday because they have decided to hold a contest to see who can come up with the best alternative name for the Pousette-Dart exhibit – which is currently titled, Predominantly White Paintings.
All you have to do is go to [...]
We Love Arts: Pousette-Dart
Richard Pousette-Dart, Cosmos, 1950-51. Oil and graphite on board, 36 x 48 in. Courtesy of Knoedler Gallery. © 2010 Estate of Richard Pousette-Dart / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
“I strive to express the spiritual nature of the universe. Painting for me is a dynamic balance and wholeness of life; it is mysterious and transcending, [...]
Georgia O’Keeffe, Extended Hours
‘Phillips Collection Staircase’
courtesy of ‘Kevin H.’
The Phillips Collection just announced that the museum will be extending its hours for the final two-weeks of the Georgia O’Keeffe: Abstraction exhibition. I had the chance to check out the exhibit a few months ago and it definitely was a real treat.
Now you really don’t have an excuse for [...]
Being Green at Phillips
‘Mural’
courtesy of ‘kimberlyfaye’
In honor of Earth Day, coming up right around the corner (I just love April), the Phillips Collection Food Arts is hosting “Green Hours at the Phillips” now through April 22nd. Every Thursday, the museum café will offer organic wines and local beers, with one dollar from each drink going towards Earth Day Network.
Furthermore, [...]
De-Frost Fridays
‘58.365 – History in the making.’
courtesy of ‘josh.liba’
The Phillips Collection is hosting a new event called De-Frost Fridays. When you purchase admission to see Georgia O’Keeffe Abstraction on a Friday this winter, you will also get free cup of spicy southwestern hot chocolate by FoodArts in the Phillips Cafe. De-Frost Fridays will continue now through [...]
Phillips After Five, Tonight
Theater meets art tonight at The Phillips Collection’s monthly Phillips After Five event, featuring preview scenes from Round House Theatre’s production of Permanent Collection.
In a timely intersection with the Phillips’ current Man Ray exhibit featuring his photographs of African artifacts (closing this wekend!), the play is about a museum director’s “racially charged battle” over an [...]
We Love Arts: Intersections
There’s something about the approach of the winter season that always makes me want to drift away in a museum, quieting my mind by reflecting on art. A recent sojourn to the Phillips Collection to see the Intersections series did just that, and I encourage you to check it out.
Too often art collections can become [...]
We Love Arts: Man Ray
I love Man Ray. There’s something still so – cool – about his photographs, even today in our digital informal age. Hauntingly evocative of my favorite era, I usually rather narrowly think of him in context of 20’s fashion. There’s no better representation of the iconic beauty of that time than his Noire et Blanche, [...]
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