Paint the Town: The Art of Collecting
02 May 2013
Transformer offers up-close look at Washingtonians' art collections.
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Young & The Guest List: Hot Spots
14 March 2013
The 40-and-under set speak out on the best of Washington.
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Paint the Town: Arts Agenda
18 May 2012
Soak up some culture with upcoming artistic offerings around town.
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Paint the Town: Collector’s View
04 April 2012
Transformer presents annual look into the homes of top collectors.
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Paint The Town: Shutterbugs Expose DC
23 March 2012
Sixth annual DCist Exposed Photography Show captures the diversity of our city.
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Paint the Town: Shooting With Design Army
21 March 2012
Jake and Pum Lefebure of Design Army give a behind the scenes look at their Washington Life cover shoot.
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Paint The Town: Public Art Blossoms
20 March 2012
Cherry blossom "5×5" project to exhibit 25 ground-breaking public art installations commissioned by artists from around the world.
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Paint the Town: The Salon is On!
16 March 2012
Artist and interior design whiz Maggie O'Neill gets creative for fundraiser, benefiting Research Down Syndrome.
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Paint The Town: Best Loved Art
15 March 2012
Prominent collectors unveil two moving & inspiring pieces from their own collections.
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Paint the Town: Kahlo Behind the Lens
23 February 2012
Celebrated artist’s life revealed through personal photographs on display at Artisphere.
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Paint the Town: Annie Leibovitz’s Pilgrimage
13 February 2012
Renowned photographer graces Washington with exhibition that showcases American monuments (not celebs).
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Paint The Town: Caught on Art Crimes
01 February 2012
Dunes Art Gallery hosts a series of monthly exhibits featuring the work of prominent artists, free of charge.
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Paint The Town: The Aura Of Ora
31 January 2012
What makes someone leave the cozy confines of law to start a hybrid live music, art, and all around multi-creative venue? The Dunes LLC founder Ora Nwabueze explains.
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Paint The Town: Generation Next
30 January 2012
Top American artists select their favorite up-and-comers for Contemporary Wing's latest exhibit.
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Paint The Town: Transformational
06 December 2011
Transformer Gallery hosts 9th annual D.C. Artist Solo Exhibition.
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Paint the Town: Arts@1830 Opens
11 November 2011
Artist Regina Miele stands behind the newest gallery added to Washington's art scene.
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Paint The Town: Art Night
04 November 2011
For its 12th consecutive year, Art Night raked in talented up and coming artists for a night of paint, fun, and charity.
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Paint the Town: Moby Destroyed
27 October 2011
Irvine Contemporary Gallery hosts photo exhibition of DJ Moby's images from life on tour.
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Paint the Town: Art Transformed
26 October 2011
Transformer's upcoming Silent Auction and Benefit will celebrate its mission to support emerging artists.
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Paint the Town: Contemporary Winging It
24 October 2011
Lauren Gentile is focused on making Washington D.C. a hub for emerging and contemporary art.
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FYIDC: Fabu Film Fest
14 October 2011
Beginning October 13, the 20th annual LGBT film festival will be showing 85 fabulous films to make us laugh, cry, and laugh some more.
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Paint The Town: Blurring Sound and Sight
13 October 2011
Thanks to 5 stateside and international artists, 21st century sound art has arrived at Artisphere Gallery.
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Visual Arts: Discovering Discovery Channel
05 October 2011
Caught between N. 14th and 16th Streets, The Dunes gallery opens with a photo exhibition capturing everyone's favorite small-screen sights.
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Paint the Town: En Pointe Exhibition
29 September 2011
Degas’ dancers have returned to grace D.C. with their presence at The Phillips Collection.
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Paint the Town: Young Artists, Big Goals
22 September 2011
For newcomers to the art world, (e)merge is an invaluable opportunity to break into the business.
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Paint the Town: Universal Inspiration
22 September 2011
The Hemphill Gallery welcomes a new small-scale exhibition with large-scale inspiration.
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Paint the Town: Submerged in Art
21 September 2011
With four evenings of fashion, music, art, and food, Submerge seeks to delight all your senses.
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Paint the Town: China’s Global Art Reaches DC
14 September 2011
The ancient craft of China’s porcelain painting has modernized and is now on display at Meridian Center
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Paint the Town: Arty Alexandria
19 August 2011
Bright, bold and even whimsical, it's time to check out the Annual Alexandria Festival of the Arts.
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FYIDC: Corcoran Free Summer Saturdays
27 May 2011
Looking for a fun family friendly weekend activity? The Corcoran Gallery of Art + Design brings back Free Summer Saturdays.
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Paint The Town: ArtJamz Top Artista
05 May 2011
ArtJamz Top Artista took a spin on its original idea by picking seven fashion bloggers to paint for a good cause.
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Paint the Town: Capital Portrait Treasures
19 April 2011
The National Portraits Gallery's exhibition of treasures from Washington private collections features very personal works loaned by more than 50 of the city's most prominent residents. Washington Life visited with a few of them before the show's April 8th opening.
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Paint The Town: Chris Martin Painting Big
12 April 2011
Emerging artist Chris Martin partners with the Corcoran Gallery of Art and Corcoran College of Art + Design to showcase his latest exhibitions entitled Painting Big.
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5th Annual Potomac Wildlife Art & Decoy Show
04 February 2011
The Community Foundation of Charles County’s 5th Annual Potomac Wildlife Art & Decoy Show is an art and decoy exhibit celebrating the Potomac’s natural beauty through the eyes of some of the most acclaimed decoy carvers and wildlife artists in the region. The show directly benefits the community: proceeds from the show will support both [...]
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2011 Collector’s Showcase Exhibition
14 January 2011
Featuring original artworks donated by Workhouse artists on display in Gallery W-16, First Floor from February 2-19. To own these fabulous pieces of art, purchase a ticket to the 2011 Collector’s Showcase Gala on Saturday, February 19! Date: 2/2/2011-2/19/2011 Time: 11:00am-5:00pm Location: Workhouse Arts Center, 9601 Ox Road, Lorton, Virginia 22079 Ticket/Pricing Information: Free
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Paint the Town: Free Weekend as Phillips Turns 90
15 December 2010
A grand reopening and weekend of free festivities kick off 2011 to mark the milestone.
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Paint the Town: Let Them Paint Cakes
29 November 2010
The capital's best chefs are baking works of art to celebrate the Phillips Collection's 90th anniversary.
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Paint the Town: Celebrating a Decade of Collecting
29 November 2010
The Smithsonian National Museum of African Art debuted its latest collection of works featuring famed Senegalese artist, Ousame Sow.
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Paint the Town: African Art Mosaic
15 November 2010
New collection preview at the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art celebrates diverse scope of African art.
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Paint the Town: Transformative Collectors
09 November 2010
Transformer's supporters get an inside view of artworks selected by Washington's top collectors.
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Paint the Town: The Loree Grand Opens Its Doors
22 October 2010
Art, music and fashion collide at the launch of the Loree Grand at Union Place.
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Paint the Town: Spencer Finch at the Corcoran
17 September 2010
Spencer Finch presents My Business, with the Cloud – part of NOW at the Corcoran.
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Paint the Town: Chuck Close at the Corcoran
30 August 2010
The Corcoran extends Chuck Close Prints: Process and Collaboration through Sep 26.
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Paint the Town: Munch Side-by-Side
25 August 2010
Exploring life, death, passion and despair, Edvard Munch: Master Prints is on display at the National Gallery of Art.
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Paint the Town: Mod Madness at Textile Museum
24 August 2010
The Textile Museum hosted Mod Madness – an after-hours event filled with music, art and activities.
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Paint the Town: Fashion Follows Art at the Phillips
24 August 2010
Phillips After 5 explores Jason Wu’s fall collection, inspired by Robert Ryman’s art.
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Paint the Town: Meet Irvine’s Lauren Gentile
23 July 2010
As director of the Irvine Contemporary gallery, Lauren Gentile is truly in tune with the DC art scene. From rare books to asian antiquities, and now emerging contemporary artists, she's done it all, and learned a lot from it.
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Paint the Town: Art + Fashion at Nussbaum Opening
20 July 2010
Artist Drew Nussbaum premiered his latest work for an exclusive group of guests in the Newseum's Knight Conference Center. A multisensory experience, the event combined great art with great food, music, and fashion.
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Paint the Town: Informed Design at Long View
14 July 2010
We went to the opening reception for the "Informed Design" exhibit at Long View Gallery and got exclusive interviews with some of the designers!
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Paint the Town: ArtJamz at Gallery 31
29 June 2010
D.C.'s artistically inclined flock to the Corcoran Museum of Art for a blank canvas, paint, wine, food, music and a whole lot of creativity.
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Paint the Town: Final Collector’s View at the Podesta’s
18 June 2010
Transformer Gallery looked to Tony and Heather Podesta to host the final Collector's View of the season.
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Paint the Town: Collector’s View Showcases D.C. Artists
07 June 2010
Judy Penski and Robin Rose host the third Collector’s View of the 2010 season for the Transformer Gallery.
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Paint the Town: The Phillips’ Female Forces
18 May 2010
In recognition of its Georgia O'Keeffe: Abstraction exhibition, The Phillips Collection is honoring six women for their leadership in advancing the arts. Read about them here along with the museum's director, Dorothy Kosinski.
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Paint the Town: Color and Movement at the Textile Museum
17 May 2010
The Textile Museum showcases gorgeous colors and innovative designs in Art by the Yard: Women Design Mid-Century Britain.
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Paint the Town: The Art of John Lennon Comes to DC
05 May 2010
Since her husband John Lennon's death thirty years ago, Yoko Ono has been vigilant with another passion that keeps her close to her soulmate: John's art.
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Paint The Town: An Art Theft Mystery
21 April 2010
Masterworks stolen from Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum 20 years ago have never been recovered. Because of a continuing lack of security in the nation's museums, a similar theft could occur again.
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Paint the Town: Art Registry’s Provocation on Display
21 April 2010
NY photographer Gene Fischer's solo show is on display at the Art Registry in Georgetown.
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Paint the Town: Muybridge Has His Day
17 April 2010
The Corcoran presents the first ever retrospective of photographer and inventor Eadweard Muybridge.
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Paint the Town: A Fashionable Phillips After 5
07 April 2010
An evening where it's more than cocktails that keep visitors entertained.
