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The Glory of “A Soldier’s Journey”

MemorialsSeptember 30, 2024450Views 0Likes 0Comments

The bronze sculpture installed and unveiled this month in DC is glorious. Here are three reasons why. Photo courtesy of the National Park Service A Testament to the Human Experience This large sculpture is located at the National World War I Memorial, just across the street from the White House. The narrative bronze art captures the…

See the Birth of Impressionism at NGA’s New Exhibition

ExhibitSeptember 7, 20241KViews 0Likes 0Comments

See Monet's “Impression, Sunrise” in this once-in-a-lifetime Impressionist exhibition. This exhibition, opening Sunday, shows the moment of birth of the Impressionist movement. Highlighting it is Claude Monet's painting, which has never visited the United States before. “Paris 1874: The Impressionist Movement” reunites paintings from the first Société Anonyme show 150 years ago. The Société, created…

Imago Dei: Gordon Parks at NGA

ExhibitJuly 27, 2024344Views 0Likes 0Comments

This newly opened exhibition at the National Gallery of Art reveals the image of God reflected in the faces of men. Gordon Parks combined documentary photography and studio portrait styles to create a unique blend of authenticity and story. He showed all his subjects the same, whether they were a legendary boxer or simple suburban…

An Unexpected Gift to You: How One Man’s Gift Blessed the Nation

MuseumsMarch 16, 2024742Views 0Likes 0Comments

On Christmas Day, 1937, an unexpected letter dropped on President Franklin Roosevelt's desk. A written offer to give the country an immense art collection. But not just that… it also offered to build the huge gallery needed to display it. And the plans to accomplish it. Less than 5 years later, the National Gallery of…

Seeing People at NGA

ExhibitJanuary 31, 2024457Views 0Likes 0Comments

Dorothea Lange: Seeing People takes a black-and-white look at people in tough circumstances. Viewing weathered faces, primarily from the United States, reveals the images of God in the diverse faces of humanity. Many of her most famous works are government propaganda, revealed or concealed as the government saw fit for a time. Even her most…

A Republic or An Empire? The Portrait Gallery’s Latest Exhibition

ExhibitMay 1, 2023467Views 0Likes 0Comments

Last week, the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery opened a new exhibition- “1898: US Imperial Visions and Revisions”. Entry into Guanica Bay by the Smithsonian This exhibition explores the United States move from Republic to Empire through many people throughout the pivotal year of 1998. From Feb 15th, 1898, with the explosion of the USS Maine in…

This Was America's Most Popular Museum Last Year

This Was America’s Most Popular Art Museum Last Year

MuseumsApril 22, 2023473Views 0Likes 0Comments

The National Gallery of Art was America's most popular art museum last year. It beat its main competitor, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC, for the first time since 2008. The National Gallery surpassed the Met with 3.3 million visits compared to 3.2 million visits at the Met's main building. Photo by Alvesgaspar These statistics…

Philip Guston Now

ExhibitMarch 4, 2023385Views 0Likes 0Comments

"Philip Guston Now" at the National Gallery of Art explores the works of this modern artist. It's not an exhibition I recommend for families. But I would recommend it for fathers. Philip lost his father to suicide when he was 10. Guston's artworks reference this tragedy repeatedly for over 40 years. His father's absence is…

Vittore Carpaccio: The Master Storyteller of Renaissance Venice

ExhibitFebruary 9, 2023484Views 0Likes 0Comments

You have one last chance to see this huge retrospective art show at the National Gallery of Art. My first impression of this exhibition was surprise and delight at the vibrant, attention-grabbing colors. The series of paintings telling a complete story draw me in, my eye going from one scene to another. Virgin Reading (c.…

Watergate at the National Portrait Gallery

ExhibitMarch 25, 2022874Views 0Likes 1Comment

This new exhibition "Watergate: Portraiture and Intrigue" reminds us that it's always the cover-up that gets you. A political crime was committed at the Watergate. The President's aides tried to cover it up. It brought down the President of the United States of America. Fifty years later, the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery opens this show…