News
Artists and Drug Policy Activists Protest FDA’s Role in Opioid Crisis
Nan Goldin was among the artist-activists who gathered in Washington, DC to demand the FDA address the "public health impact of the opioid crisis."
Washington DC
In Brief
A Rediscovered Portrait of Harriet Tubman Is Unveiled
The National Museum of African American History and Culture will display a new portrait of the legendary abolitionist that "adds significantly to what we know about this fierce abolitionist."
Art
Zilia Sánchez's Deeply Personal, Erotic Art
Sánchez's first museum retrospective marks an important step in acknowledging her legacy: not only as an isolated island but as a noteworthy member of a burgeoning canon of Latin American women artists.
Announcement
Study Art in the Heart of the Nation's Capital at GW's Corcoran School
The Corcoran School of the Arts and Design at the George Washington University is now accepting applications to its graduate programs through April 1.
Opinion
The Neoliberal Hypocrisies of Ivanka Trump Vacuuming
The fact that Ivanka Vacuuming has successfully annoyed America’s First Oligarchy is enough to forgive some of this disappointing symbolism.
Opinion
Museum of the Bible Has Jumped the Ark
Do we really have to explain to the CEO of the Museum of the Bible that archaeologists didn’t find the rock that killed Goliath?
Announcement
Apply for the Interaction Design MA at GW’s Corcoran School of the Arts & Design
The program prepares students to create social change through a systems and human-centered framework.
Announcement
Apply for the Exhibition Design MA at GW’s Corcoran School of the Arts & Design
Students develop dexterity through training in analog craft and digital fabrication, studies in history and theory, and exercises in real-world application.
In Brief
New Study Says Americans Twice as Likely to Vote for Candidates Who Support Arts Funding Than Not
The wide-ranging report from the nonprofit Americans for the Arts also affirms near-universal support for arts education and illustrates that 52% of Americans do, in fact, sing in the shower.
News
DC Commission Reverses Course After Attempt to Censor Artists
The mayor’s office rescinded the controversial amendment, and grantees have received a letter explaining it as an “over-correction” just moments after the censorship push made national headlines.
News
Artists Accuse DC Arts Commission of Censoring Free Speech for Grant Money
The Commission recently told its grantees that it could terminate any funding interpreted as "lewd, lascivious, vulgar, overtly political, and/or excessively violent." The ACLU may sue on First Amendment grounds if the language is not repealed.
Announcement
Japanese Artists Respond to Modernity in Two Smithsonian Freer|Sackler Exhibitions
Japan Modern: Photography from the Gloria Katz and Willard Huyck Collection and Japan Modern: Prints in the Age of Photography are on view at the Freer|Sackler through January 21.