THE WASHINGTON POST • FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2010
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Museums OPENINGS
“WHAT MAKES US SMILE?” A look at human joy through cartoons, costumes and other laugh-inducing items, opening Saturday at the American Visionary Art Museum, 800 Key Hwy., Baltimore. Open daily, except Mondays, 10 to 6. 410-244-1900.
www.avam.org. $12, $8 seniors and students, free for age 6 and younger.
“A TRUE NORTH BRITAIN: THE FURNITURE OF JOHN SHEARER, 1790-1820” Detailed furniture decorated with politically charged symbols show America’s early ties to Great Britain, indefinitely at the DAR Museum, 1776 D St. NW. Open Monday-Friday 9:30 to 4, Saturday 9 to 5. 202-879-3241.
www.dar.org/museum. Free.
“LOÏS MAILOU JONES: A LIFE IN VIBRANT COLOR” More than 70 paintings, textiles and sketches by Jones, an African American artist and professor who finds inspiration in social struggles, opening Saturday at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, 1250 New York Ave. NW. Open Monday-Saturday 10 to 5, Sunday noon to 5. 202-783-5000. www.
nmwa.org. $10, $8 seniors older than 65 and students, free for age 18 and younger.
“COBURN AND THE PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTFOLIO” In conjunction with “TruthBeauty,” which includes 16 photographs by Alvin Langdon Coburn, selections of Coburn’s book illustrations will be on display, opening Saturday at the Phillips Collection, 1600 21st St. NW. Open Sunday 11 to 6; Thursday 10 to 8:30; Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday 10 to 5. 202-387-2151. www.
phillipscollection.org. $12, $10 for seniors and students, free for age 18 and younger.
“TRUTHBEAUTY: PICTORIALISM AND THE PHOTOGRAPH AS ART, 1845-1945” More than 130 photographs that explore the evolution of pictorialism over 100 years, opening Saturday at the Phillips Collection, 1600 21st St. NW. Open Sunday 11 to 6; Thursday 10 to 8:30; Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday 10 to 5. 202-387-2151.
www.phillipscollection.org. $12, $10 for seniors and students, free for age 18 and younger.
“SOUTHERN IDENTITY: CONTEMPORARY ARGENTINE ART” A bilingual exhibition of artistic trends displayed in works by 22 Argentinian contemporary artists, opening Monday at the S. Dillon Ripley Center, 1100 Jefferson Dr. SW. Open daily 10 to 5:30. 202-633-1000.
www.si.edu/ripley. Free.
“ORCHIDS AND BONSAI” An exhibit of penjing and orchids by the National Capital Orchid Society, opening Tuesday at the U.S. National Arboretum, 3501 New York Ave. NE. Open daily 8 to 5. 202-245-2726.
www.usna.usda.gov. Free.
“FINE ARTS AND FLOWERS” More than 70 floral designs inspired by the museum’s collections will be on display, opening Wednesday at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 200 N. Boulevard, Richmond. Open Saturday-Wednesday 10 to 5, Thursday-Friday 10 to 9. 804-340-1400.
www.vmfa.museum. Free.
“AMERICAN QUILTS: SELECTIONS FROM THE WINTERTHUR COLLECTION” Quilts on loan from the Winterthur Museum in Delaware will be on display, opening Saturday at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 200 N. Boulevard, Richmond. Open Saturday-Wednesday 10 to 5, Thursday-Friday 10 to 9. 804-340-1400.
www.vmfa.museum.
EXHIBITIONS
AFRICAN ART MUSEUM“Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art,” through Nov. 28. It may seem like a pedestrian vessel, but the coiled basket’s history as a tool used for processing rice stretches back hundreds of years on multiple continents. In this traveling exhibition, explore the basket’s African origins through more than 200 objects from Africa and the United States. Open daily 10 to 5:30. 950 Independence Ave. SW. 202-633-4600.
africa.si.edu. Free.
AIR AND SPACE/DOWNTOWNOpen indefinitely: “America by Air.” “Apollo to the Moon.” “Legend, Memory and the Great War in the Air.” “Milestones of
BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART “Textiles Recycled/Reimagined,” through Sunday. A collection of items that are getting a second life. “Advancing Abstraction in Modern Sculpture,” through Feb. 20. Abstract sculptures by modern artists, including David Smith. Open Wednesday-Friday 10 to 5, Saturday-Sunday 11 to 6. 10 Art Museum Dr., Baltimore. 443-573-1700. www.
artbma.org. Free.
BELAIR MANSION A restored 1745 plantation home furnished with period antiques. Open Tuesday-Sunday noon to 4. 12207 Tulip Grove Dr., Bowie. 301-809-3089.
www.cityofbowie. org/museums/
museums.asp. Donations requested.
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Coming to the National Museum of Natural History: “Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef” includes this crochet sculpture.
COMINGS AND GOINGS
Last chance Closing Friday “Breakthrough! Twenty
Years After German Unification —Critical Perspectives of Berlin Artists” at Edison Place Gallery (202-872-3396). “Green Too: Installations
With the Earth in Mind” at Annmarie Garden (410-326-4640).
Closing Saturday “Escapes: Oils and Pastels
of Italy and Ireland” at Foxhall (202-966-7144). “Reck Room” at Flashpoint (202-315-1305).
Closing Sunday “Checkmate! Medieval
People at Play” and “Great Illustrations: Drawings and Books From the Walters’ Collection” at Baltimore’s Walters Art Museum (410-547-9000). “Elements: The State of
Matter” at the D.C. Arts Center (202-462-7833). “Man Ray, African Art, and the Modernist Lens” at the University of Virginia Art Museum
(434-924-3592). “Potty-Trained at Gunpoint”
at the Fridge DC (202-664-4151). “Scattered Evidence:
Excavating
Antioch-on-the-Orontes” at Dumbarton Oaks Museum (202-339-6401). “Textiles
Recycled/Reimagined” at the Baltimore Museum of Art (443-573-1700).
Closing Monday “Rare: Photographs by Joel
Sartore” at National Geographic ( 202-857-7588).
Upcoming exhibits
“The Kinsey Collection: Shared Treasures of Bernard and Shirley Kinsey — Where Art and History Intersect,” opening Oct. 15 at the National Museum of American History, looks at African American history through rare books, sculptures, paintings, manuscripts and photographs (202-633-1000; TDD: 202-633-5285). “Colors of the Oasis: Central Asian Ikats,” opening Oct. 16 at the Textile Museum, focuses on the bold designs and dazzling
colors of 19th-century textiles from Central Asia (202-667-0441). “Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef,” opening Oct. 16 at the National Museum of Natural History, features a crocheted sculpture — made of both yarn and found materials — inspired by the form of actual coral reefs. (202-633-1000; TDD: 202-633-5285). “Andy Warhol: The Last Decade,” opening Oct. 17 at the Baltimore Museum of Art, is the first museum exhibition in the United States to explore the late works of the American pop artist (443-573-1700). “The Glory of Ukraine: Sacred Images From the 11th to the 19th Centuries,” opening Oct. 20 at Meridian International Center, includes ancient icons and other liturgical objects (202-939-5568). “Guillermo Kuitca: Everything — Paintings and Works on Paper, 1980-2008,” opening Oct. 21 at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, takes a retrospective look at the work of the contemporary Argentine artist (202-633-1000; TDD: 202-633-5285).
CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER “E Pluribus Unum — Out of Many, One.” Artifacts, video and architectural models illustrate the history of Congress and the Capitol. Open Monday-Saturday 8:30 to 4:30. First and East Capitol streets NE. 202-226-8000.
www.visitthecapitol.gov. Free.
CORCORAN “Spencer Finch: My Business, With the Cloud,” through Jan. 23. The local artist examines clouds in this exhibit, which is presented as part of the “NOW at the Corcoran” series. Open indefinitely: “Nature as Nation: 19th Century American Landscapes From the Collection.” Open Wednesday-Sunday 10 to 5. 500 17th St. NW. 202-639-1700.
www.corcoran.org. $10, $8 students and seniors, free for children younger than 12.
DAR Ceramics, glass and silver, period rooms and children’s section. Open Monday-Friday 9:30 to 4, Saturday 9 to 5. 1776 D St. NW. 202-879-3241. www.dar. org/museum. Free.
DECATUR HOUSE Federalist furnishings and architecture in an 1818 Federal-style townhouse. Open Sunday noon to 4, Monday-Saturday 10 to 5. 1610 H St. NW. 202-842-0920. www.
decaturhouse.org.
DUMBARTON HOUSEThe
circa-1800 headquarters of the National Society of Colonial Dames of America houses a collection of 18th- and 19th-century English and American furniture, ceramics, silver, textiles and paintings. Open Saturday and Sunday 11 to 3, Tuesday-Friday 10 to 4. 2715 Q St. NW. 202-337-2288. www.
dumbartonhouse.org. $5, free for students.
DUMBARTON OAKS MUSEUM “Scattered Evidence: Excavating Antioch-on-the-Orontes,” through Sunday. The objects, on display together for the first time, are a cross section of the discoveries made at Antioch (modern Antakya, Turkey) during the 1930s. Open indefinitely: Byzantine and pre-Columbian art. Open Tuesday-Sunday 2 to 5. 1703 32nd St. NW. 202-339-6401.
www.doaks. org. Free.
FOLGER SHAKESPEARE LIBRARY “Vivat Rex!,” through Dec. 30. Documents examining the life of Henry VIII. Open daily, except Sunday, 10 to 5. 201 East Capitol St. SE. 202-544-4600.
www.folger. edu. Free.
Flight.” “Space Race.” Open daily 10 to 5:30. Sixth Street and Independence Avenue SW. Free.
AIR AND SPACE/DULLES Open indefinitely: “Commercial Aviation.” “Human Spaceflight.” “Rockets and Missiles.” “Vertical Flight.” “World War II Aviation.” Open daily 10 to 5:30. Udvar-Hazy Center, 14390 Air and Space Museum Pkwy., Chantilly. 202-633-1000.
www.nasm.si. edu/UdvarHazy. Free.
ALEXANDRIA BLACK HISTORY MUSEUM“Style and Identity: Black Alexandria in the 1970s, Portraits by Horace Day.” A look at the city through portraits. Open Tuesday-Saturday 10 to 4. 902 Wythe St., Alexandria. 703-746-4356.
www.alexblackhistory.org. $2.
AMERICAN HISTORY Open indefinitely: “Abraham Lincoln: An Extraordinary Life.” More than 60 historical treasures associated with Lincoln’s life. “First Ladies at the Smithsonian.” A look at the country’s influential first ladies. “The First Ladies at the Smithsonian: A First Lady’s Debut.” An addition to the museum’s collection of first ladies’ gowns, focusing on dresses from contemporary first ladies, beginning with Mamie Eisenhower. Open daily 10 to 5:30. 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202-633-1000. www.
americanhistory.si.edu. Free.
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY “Norse Soul: The Legacy of Edvard Munch, Social Democracy, Old Myths, Anarchy, and Death Longings,” through Oct. 17. Norwegian contemporary art from the 1930s through today by Arne Ekeland, Marianne Heske, Bjarne Melgaard and Marthe Thorshaug. “Alan Binstock,” through Oct. 24. The local sculptor’s new works of steel and glass will be on display in the Sylvia Berlin Katzen Sculpture Garden. “BG Muhn: Love Affair of the Empress,” through Oct. 17. An installation work including a series of portraits of mythical Chinese empresses that shows the dark side of human nature. “Luciano Penay: Time, News, Paintings and Natural Forms,” through Oct. 17. Large-scale collages by the American University professor emeritus. “Re-Vision: American University Alumni,” through Oct. 24. A group exhibition by American University graduates. Open Tuesday-Sunday 11 to 4. Katzen Arts Center, 4400Massachusetts Ave. NW. 202-885-1300.
www.american.edu/katzen.
ANACOSTIA COMMUNITY MUSEUM“Word, Shout, Song: Lorenzo Dow Turner Connecting Communities Through Language,” through March 27. An exhibit highlighting the 1930s discovery that the Gullah people of Georgia and South Carolina still possessed parts of the language and
culture of their enslaved African ancestors. Open indefinitely: “Separate and Unequaled: Black Baseball in the District of Columbia.” An examination of the popularity of the national pastime when played by African Americans. Open daily 10 to 5. 1901 Fort Pl. SE. 202-633-4820.
www.anacostia.si.edu. Free.
ANNAPOLIS MARITIME MUSEUM “Water. Land. Sky: The Chesapeake and her Tributaries,” through Oct. 30. Local paintings exhibit their work as a fundraiser for the museum. Open Thursday-Sunday noon to 4. 723 Second St., Annapolis. 410-295-0104. www.
amaritime.org. Free.
ART MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAS “Emilia Gutiérrez: Drawings and Paintings,” through Nov. 14. Paintings of lonely figures in various settings by the Argentinian artist. Open daily, except Monday, 10 to 5. 201 18th St. NW. 202-458-6016.
www.museum.oas.org. Free.
ARTHUR M. SACKLER GALLERY “Gods of Angkor: Bronzes From the National Museum of Cambodia,” through Jan. 23. A collection of Cambodian sculptures. “Fiona Tan: Rise and Fall,” through Jan. 16. A collection of stills and video by the Indonesian artist. Open daily 10 to 5:30. 1050 Independence Ave. SW. 202-633-1000. Free.
FORT WARD Open indefinitely: Displays about the Civil War defense of Washington. “Drawings of William Lydston Jr.” Open Sunday noon to 5, Tuesday-Saturday 10 to 5. 4301 W. Braddock Rd., Alexandria. 703-746-4848.
www.fortward.org. Free.
FREER GALLERY “Cornucopia: Ceramics From Southern Japan,” through Jan. 9. A variety of glazed and decorated objects crafted over a period of 300 years beginning in the 17th century. Open indefinitely: “Black and White: Chinese Ceramics From the 10th-14th Centuries.” “Chinamania: Whistler and the Victorian Craze for Blue and White.” The 23 pieces in this small exhibit include
blue-and-white Chinese ceramic dishes, as well as drawings, paintings and etchings by James McNeill Whistler, the American expatriate who helped popularize Chinese porcelain in Victorian England. Open daily 10 to 5:30. Jefferson Drive and 12th Street SW. 202-633-1000.
www.asia.si.edu. Free.
GEORGE WASHINGTON MASONIC NATIONAL MEMORIAL Collection of George Washington memorabilia. Open daily 9 to 4. 101 Callahan Dr., Alexandria. 703-683-2007.
www.gwmemorial.org. First and second floors free; tower exhibits and observation deck $5, free for age 12 and younger.
HEURICH HOUSE MUSEUMThis late-Victorian-era home of a prominent German immigrant and Washington brewer features original 1890s interiors and furnishings. Tours are Thursday and
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