Eight Artsy Event Recs From RIYL’s Brandon Wetherbee
Singing, dancing, crafting, face painting, very old cinema, and British people cracking wise about Americans are some of the best ways to spend autumn in D.C. In a very political town at the most political time of year, here are eight picks that have nothing to do with politics. Willow Pill at the Howard Theatre…
Louis Jacobson’s Must-See Fall Photography Exhibits
The National Gallery of Art is usually a reliable source for first-rate photography exhibitions. In recent years, it has mounted thoughtful retrospectives on Dorothea Lange, Robert Adams, and Sally Mann, as well as British photography from the 1970s and ’80s. But as I look ahead to the fall exhibition season in D.C. photography, its lineup…
Watch This: DC/DOX’s Co-founder Sky Sitney has Film Fest Recs and More
If you have any interest in documentary cinema, you probably know Sky Sitney. She is the festival director of DC/DOX, the city’s new-ish documentary film festival that ran for the second time earlier this summer. A cinema professor at Georgetown University, Sitney attracts luminaries in the nonfiction film world, and sometimes even the subjects of…
Feast Your Eyes: WCP Art Critic Stephanie Rudig Can’t Wait for These Art Exhibits
Ralph Steadman: And Another Thing at American University Museum opened Sept. 7 It’s somewhat rare for “commercial” artists and designers to get the gallery treatment, but the AU Museum is featuring illustrator Ralph Steadman for a second time after showing a retrospective of his work in 2018. The artist is 88 years old and still…
What a Laugh: Cartoonist Adam Griffiths Has Comic Events on the Mind
Cartoonist Adam Griffiths has spent the past couple years carving every nook and cranny of his Silver Spring home into a space for making or appreciating art. What was once a furniture staging area for the realtor who previously lived in the house has become a gallery that’s shown 13 exhibits to date. Out back…
Emma Copley Eisenberg, John Early, and William Gropper Top Our Arts Writers’ Fall Must-See Calendars
City Paper’s contributors have their fingers on the pulse of what’s happening in and around the city. These arts events, however, could be overlooked if you aren’t paying attention. Lucky for you, we are. Below you’ll find some comedy, a folk fest and craft show, and two book talks—Emma Copley Eisenberg discusses Housemates and Bob Boilen…
What To Look At: Soomin Ham Is Visiting Three Exhibits This Fall
Soomin Ham has been a leading photographer in the D.C. area since her 2016 exhibit, Sound of Butterfly, at the now-defunct Flashpoint Gallery. In that exhibit, Ham channeled heartache over the death of a parent by sifting through her late mother’s possessions and photographing them, often transforming the images through the use of water, snow,…
The 2024 Fall Arts Guide Is Here: New Look, Same Great Recs
Welcome to City Paper’s 2024 Fall Arts Guide. This year’s roundup of recommended events began the usual way, but it ended up very different. As we grow more accustomed to being an online-only publication, we’ve learned to do away with (some) print traditions. We no longer put out a weekly issue, so why contain an…
Caitlin Berry Named the Inaugural Director of the Irene and Richard Frary Gallery
When the Irene and Richard Frary Gallery opens at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center in October, it will have a local arts heavyweight at the helm. Caitlin Berry, a respected curator and gallerist with deep roots in the D.C. art scene, has been appointed the inaugural director of the gallery. The Johns Hopkins University…
Washington Post Kills Column on Local Artists and Gallery Exhibits
In another move toward shedding allegiance to local news coverage, the Washington Post has killed its only column that highlighted local artists and galleries. The Aug. 25 print edition of the “In the Galleries” column by Mark Jenkins, which ran for 13 years, was the last. (Jenkins formerly wrote for City Paper and worked as…
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