Moonlit Mood
Lee Boroson. Sketch for Lunar Bower, 2011. In honor of tonight’s full moon, a preview of the next Intersections project, opening May 26. Lee Boroson’s Lunar Bower responds to moonscapes in the...
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Arthur G. Dove, Morning Sun, 1935. Oil on canvas, 20 x 28 in. The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C. Acquired 1935.
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Arthur G. Dove, Sun Drawing Water, 1933. Oil on canvas, 24 3/8 x 33 5/8 in. The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C. Acquired 1933.
View ArticleDiscovering the World of Art Outside the Dome: Congressional Interns Respond...
Last month, former foster youth who have spent the summer interning for Congress through the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute and the Sara Start Fund came to the Phillips for lunch and a...
View ArticleA New Artist in The Phillips Collection
Tobi Kahn, Lyie, 1991. Acrylic on board, 32 x 12 x 1-3/4 in. The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C. Gift of Victoria Schonfeld in memory of her parents, Hilde and Sydney Schonfeld. Photo: Klaus...
View ArticleA Way to Look at Things
"A Way to Look at Things", a poem by Arthur G. Dove published in Alfred Stieglitz's catalog for his exhibition, "Seven Americans", 1925. From the Phillips Collection Library, Gift of the Robert and...
View ArticleThe heat may be getting to us.
Arthur Dove‘s influence on 20th century animation? (left) Arthur Dove, Coal Carrier, 1929 or 1930. Oil on canvas, Oil on canvas, 20 x 26 in. The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C. Acquired 1930....
View ArticlePutting Their Own Spin on the Classics
Last week preschool and kindergarten students from Tyler Elementary School took cues from the masters. In the art workshop, preschoolers experimented with different tools to make abstract expressionist...
View ArticleAmerican Acrostics: Arthur G. Dove
Arthur G. Dove, Lake Afternoon, 1935, Wax emulsion on canvas 25 x 35 in.; 63.5 x 88.9 cm.. Acquired 1947. The Phillips Collection, DC. To celebrate the last month of Made in the USA, we’ve asked...
View ArticlePhillips Natitude
Phillips employees Sandy Lee and Lydia O’Connor showing their Natitude with jerseys, caps, bobbleheads, and baseball artwork. To celebrate the Washington Nationals’s clinching the NL East with a win in...
View ArticleSize Matters
Arthur G. Dove, Waterfall, 1925. Oil on hardboard, 10 x 8 in. The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC, Acquired 1926 Would Renoir’s Luncheon of the Boating Party have the same effect on its viewers if...
View Article3 Sunny Moments from the Collection
Karl Knaths, The Sun, 1950. Oil on canvas, 36 x 42 in. The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC, Acquired 1950 Arthur Dove, Red Sun, 1935. Oil on canvas, 20 1/4 x 28 in. The Phillips Collection,...
View ArticleDear Dove, Dear Phillips, Dear Stieglitz: The Early Years
[Arthur] Dove’s relationship with my father [Duncan Phillips]—launched, controlled, and sometimes distorted by the redoubtable Alfred Stieglitz—must stand as one of the most interesting and productive...
View ArticleDear Dove, Dear Phillips, Dear Stieglitz: The Geneva Years
Through correspondence in the Phillips archives, photographs, and more, the Reading Room exhibition Dear Dove, Dear Phillips, Dear Stieglitz explores the relationship between artist, patron, and...
View ArticleDear Dove, Dear Phillips, Dear Stieglitz: The Centerport Years
Through correspondence in the Phillips archives, photographs, and more, the Reading Room exhibition Dear Dove, Dear Phillips, Dear Stieglitz explores the relationship between artist, patron, and...
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