Interview
Photographer Frank Stewart Gets His First Museum Retrospective
Ahead of the exhibition, Hyperallergic spoke to the artist about his images of jazz musicians and everyday Black individuals in moments of closeness and stillness.
The Phillips Collection
Art
The Phillips Collection Celebrates a Century by Centering Black Abstraction
With two stellar retrospectives, one time-based installation, and several commissions by local artists, the Phillips Collection has dedicated its galleries to highlighting abstract work by Black artists.
Art
A Photographer Retraces the Underground Railroad's Secret Routes
Midwestern artist Jeanine Michna-Bales’ latest photo series, Through Darkness to Light, is the result of 14 years of research and 1,400 miles of travel along former routes of the Underground Railroad.
Art
Enrique Martínez Celaya's "The First Kierkegaard"
Kierkegaard has been a constant source of inspiration for the Cuban-born painter Enrique Martínez Celaya, one of a number of philosophers and writers whose work he has studied, absorbed, and responded to.
Art
Mining Portraits of the Past for Stories of Our Shared Humanity
Whitfield Lovell reinterprets found imagery and references evocative cultural touchstones to add further layers and textures to his drawings and mixed media installations.
News
Phillips Collection Finds Unknown Portrait Beneath a Picasso Painting
The Phillips Collection has discovered an earlier painting by Picasso underneath a 1901 work by the artist, BBC News reported.
Art
Visual Treats at DC's Phillips Collection
Washington, DC is a great museum town. During my dozen or so trips over the years I have yet to see all the Smithsonian institutions so I didn't feel the need to ventured far from The Mall for my art fix. This time I avoided the Smithsonian all together and headed for one situated in the Dupont Circ