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Leo Villareal's Buckyball Is Coming to Crystal Bridges!

Don Bacigalupi | Posted 04.16.2013 | Arts
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Don Bacigalupi

Buckyball, which will be Crystal Bridges' first foray into a temporary outdoor presentation, consists of two enormous Fuller-inspired spheres, one inside the other. Each is made of LED-infused sections, which can glow with more than 16 million distinct colors.

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Art That's 'Too Jewish'

Bernard Starr | Posted 04.16.2013 | Arts
Read More: Anti-Semitism, John-Everett-Millais, Jews, Max Liebermann, Art, Queen Victoria, Royal Academy of Arts, Jesus, Christianity, Charles Dickens, National Gallery of Art, Painting, Art Exhibitions, Arts News
Bernard Starr

The distortions and falsification of biblical history not only led to the persecution of countless numbers of Jews but contributed to the great divide between Judaism and Christianity, which only now is on a path of reconciliation.

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'We Have Not Loved Life': Garry Winogrand at SFMOMA

Larissa Archer | Posted 04.02.2013 | San Francisco
Read More: Photography, San Francisco, Art, National Gallery of Art, Street Photography, Reviews, Sfmoma, Garry Winogrand, San Francisco News
Larissa Archer

They're not the sort of images that one blinks at for a while before concluding that art is incomprehensible and wandering off in a state of alienation.

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The National Gallery Of Art's New Celebrity Chef

The Huffington Post | Erin Ruberry | Posted 03.29.2013 | DC
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WASHINGTON -- Washingtonians mourning Citronelle's temporary closure will delight at the latest delicious dish from the National Gallery of Art. In...

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National Gallery Gets Major Upgrade

AP | BRETT ZONGKER | Posted 05.13.2013 | Arts
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WASHINGTON — The National Gallery of Art plans to close its modern art galleries for three years to complete a $68 million renovation, adding ne...

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'Faking It' Exhibit Shows Altered Images Before Photoshop

Agence France Presse | Robert MacPherson | Posted 04.23.2013 | Arts
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In this era of Photoshop software and Instagram filters, should people recoil at the notion of photo manipulation?Not at all, said the curator of a la...

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National Gallery Of Art Will Host Rare Display

AP | Posted 12.12.2012 | DC
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WASHINGTON -- Italy's foreign minister is opening a yearlong celebration of Italian culture in 30 U.S. cities with a rare display of Michelangelo's "D...

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Death, Manipulation and Shocking News in Museums

MutualArt | Posted 01.04.2013 | Arts
Read More: Art, National Gallery of Art, Met Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Death a Self Portrait, Met Art, Arts News
MutualArt

What does death look like? London's Wellcome Collection's current exhibition, Death: A Self-Portrait approaches the subject of death in a non-linear but thematic route, perhaps with the aim to give clues on how to cope with an issue that many find disturbing.

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DCWEEK, Crafty Bastards, FotoWeek DC: HuffPost DC Top 5 For November 9, 10, 11

The Huffington Post | Brandon Wetherbee | Posted 11.09.2012 | DC
Read More: Submerge, Crafty Bastards, Dcac, The Joy Formidable, Fort Fringe, National Gallery of Art, FotoWeek DC, Colony, A Liar's Autobiography, Video, Dcweek, Bike Sale, Union Market, Chicago, Dc Around Town, Paul Banks, Qualia Coffee, DC News

TOP 5 FOR FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9 1. DCWEEK Closing Party At Fashion One End the tech networking week with 2,999 others. Thirty artists, an open bar an...

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DC Week, Million Muppet March, DC Tweed Ride: HuffPost DC Top 5 For November 2, 3, 4

The Huffington Post | Brandon Wetherbee | Posted 11.02.2012 | DC
Read More: Nas, AFI Silver Spring, Chris Isaak, Nick Vatterott, Dc Tweed Ride, Dc Week, Hello Kitty for President, National Gallery of Art, Smashing Pumpkins, Lauryn Hill, Torpedo Factory, Video, Dethklok, Decoy, Haydees, JD McPherson, Million Muppet March, Dc Around Town, The Fridge, DC News

TOP 5 FOR FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2 1. DC Week At Various Locations This massive, week-long series of events had over 10,000 attendees last year. Due to ...

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'Shock Of The News': The Medium Is The Message

The Huffington Post | Katherine Brooks | Posted 09.27.2012 | Arts
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From Pablo Picasso to Robert Rauschenberg, the newspaper has long been a medium for fine art, working its way into some of the most well-known artwork...

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Dupont Underground Fundraiser, Mission Of Burma, DC's Top 5: HuffPost DC Top 5 For September 7, 8, 9

The Huffington Post | Brandon Wetherbee | Posted 09.07.2012 | DC
Read More: Boyz II Men, St Elizabeths East, Hysterics, National Geographic, Mission of Burma, Adams Morgan Day, National Gallery of Art, DC Shorts, Sondre Lerche, Dupont Underground, Millennium Stage, Dc Around Town, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Azure Ray, Arj Barker, DC News

TOP 5 FOR FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 1. Dupont Underground Fundraiser At Eastern Market Main Hall A party to raise money to get 75,000 square feet of an ...

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FreeFest, Back To School, D'Angelo: HuffPost DC Top 5 For August 24, 25, 26

The Huffington Post | Brandon Wetherbee | Posted 08.24.2012 | DC
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TOP 5 FOR FRIDAY, AUGUST 24 1. VirginFest Tickets Go On Sale Hurry! Is it already sold out? Don't worry, you can still secure tickets to one of th...

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Solidarity Concert For Pussy Riot, Trillectro, Cheap Trick: HuffPost DC Top 5 For August 10, 11, 12

The Huffington Post | Brandon Wetherbee | Posted 08.10.2012 | DC
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TOP 5 FOR FRIDAY, AUGUST 10 1. Solidarity Concert For Pussy Riot Outside The Russian Embassy Let's try this again. 5 p.m., all ages, no cover 2...

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John Mulaney, End Of Summer Bummer, Michael Hall Yoga Class: HuffPost DC Top 5 For August 3, 4, 5

The Huffington Post | Brandon Wetherbee | Posted 08.03.2012 | DC
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TOP 5 FOR FRIDAY, AUGUST 3 1. John Mulaney At DC Improv "S.N.L.'s" funniest person may be behind the scenes. This writer has released two near per...

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Let's Do The Time Warp: Artist Goes From 2012 To 1844 In Minutes

Posted 07.24.2012 | Arts
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If you thought time travel doesn't exist, think again. Artist Maisie Broadhead is transforming a modern-day room into a 19th century photograph right ...

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Art Collector Herbert Vogel Dies At 89

AP | Posted 07.23.2012 | Arts
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WASHINGTON -- Herbert Vogel, an art collector who amassed over 5,000 works despite a modest income, has died at age 89. Pieces from Vogel's collectio...

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Atmospheric Front, Eat Local First, Sleigh Bells: HuffPost DC Top 5 For July 20, 21, 22

The Huffington Post | Brandon Wetherbee | Posted 07.20.2012 | DC
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TOP 5 FOR FRIDAY, JULY 20 1. Atmospheric Front At Flashpoint Gallery Hana and Shana Kim unveil their newest work at Flashpoint Gallery. 6 p.m., al...

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LOOK: George Washington's Five O'Clock Shadow Restored In Famous Painting

AP | BRETT ZONGKER | Posted 09.01.2012 | DC
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WASHINGTON -- Sixteen paintings by American artist Gilbert Stuart of some of the nation's founding fathers and other figures are showing their true co...

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Wright, Adomian, BBQ: HuffPost DC Top 5 For June 22, 23, 24

The Huffington Post | Brandon Wetherbee | Posted 06.22.2012 | DC
Read More: AFI Silver Spring, James Adomian, Family Portrait, Jason Nazary, Cheryl Haworth, Silverdocs, National Gallery of Art, Story League, The Source, Food Trucks, Artomatic, George Bellows, Video, Strong, Mr Smith Goes to Washington, Swamp Keepers, Steven Wright, Funnest Fed, Air Guitar Championships, Mississippi on the Mall, Safeway Barbecue Battle, DC News

TOP 5 FOR FRIDAY, JUNE 22 1. Steven Wright At Warner Theatre Wright is a national treasure. Without Wright there's no Mitch Hedbeg. See the origin...

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D.C.'s Best Free Film Screenings

The Huffington Post | Brandon Wetherbee | Posted 06.01.2012 | DC
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WASHINGTON -- Residents and tourists in the nation's capital know how to take advantage of a museum. The surplus of ways to spend a free afternoon mak...

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Not to Be Missed Japanese Paintings at the National Gallery of Art

Barbara Ernst Prey | Posted 06.27.2012 | Arts
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Barbara Ernst Prey

One of Japan's most celebrated cultural treasures, "Colorful Realm: Japanese Bird-and-Flower Paintings" by Itō Jakuchū (1716-1800) is on view at the National Gallery of Art in Washington through April 29.

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Street Photography And Surveillance, From '30s To Today

Posted 04.27.2012 | Arts
Read More: Photography, Bruce Davidson, Video, Street Photography, Beat Streuli, Walker Evans, Harry Callahan, Cosmopolitan, Washington DC, Slidewide, National Gallery of Art, Philip-Lorca Dicorcia, Voyeurism, Robert Frank, Arts News

Remember the game "I Spy," where kids look out the car window and look for specific objects which catch their little eyes? This notion of free play wi...

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NGA Displays Rare Japanese Paintings

AP | BRETT ZONGKER | Posted 05.26.2012 | DC
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WASHINGTON — A 30-scroll set of nature paintings from the 1700s that's owned by Japan's royal family and considered a cultural treasure is being...

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Philanthropist's Jewelry Auction Expected To Raise $20 Million For Charity

AP | Posted 03.21.2012 | Impact
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GENEVA -- Auction house Christie's says it expects to raise more than $20 million for charity selling the jewelry collection of philanthropist Lily Sa...

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