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Paint the Town: The Art of Collecting

Paint the Town: The Art of Collecting

Transformer offers up-close look at Washingtonians' art collections.

Young & The Guest List: Hot Spots

Young & The Guest List: Hot Spots

The 40-and-under set speak out on the best of Washington.

Paint the Town: Color Your Fall

Paint the Town: Color Your Fall

Top picks to catch great art around town.

Paint the Town: Arts Agenda

Paint the Town: Arts Agenda

Soak up some culture with upcoming artistic offerings around town.

Paint the Town: Collector’s View

Paint the Town: Collector’s View

Transformer presents annual look into the homes of top collectors.

Paint The Town: Shutterbugs Expose DC

Paint The Town: Shutterbugs Expose DC

Sixth annual DCist Exposed Photography Show captures the diversity of our city.


Paint the Town: Transformer Collector’s View Kick Off

Paint the Town: Transformer Collector’s View Kick Off

24 March 2010

Mirella and Dani Levinas opened their home for Transformer Gallery's first Collector's View of 2010.

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Paint the Town: Persona Grata at Gallery Plan B

Paint the Town: Persona Grata at Gallery Plan B

19 March 2010

Gallery plan b latest exhibit, Persona Grata, is a showcase of figurative works in painting, photography and sculpture by both local and non-local artists.

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Paint the Town: An ARTrageous Gala

Paint the Town: An ARTrageous Gala

02 March 2010

The Smithsonian American Art Museum's annual gala drew the city's young and old art enthusiasts in large number.

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Paint the Town: Finland’s Green & Arty Night

Paint the Town: Finland’s Green & Arty Night

26 February 2010

Green was the color of the night at the Embassy of Finland's celebration of their LEED Gold certification status as the first green embassy in the U.S.

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Paint the Town: Redefining the Art of Collecting

Paint the Town: Redefining the Art of Collecting

19 February 2010

The Art Registry Gallery at Todd Christofaro proves that art collecting isn't just a pastime for the wealthy elite, but an exciting and educational endeavor available to all.

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Paint the Town: Phillips After 5

Paint the Town: Phillips After 5

11 February 2010

The Phillips Collection dips into the nightlife scene, with their monthly happy hour that celebrates art, music, food and wine.

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Paint the Town: Impressionism and Beyond at Corcoran

Paint the Town: Impressionism and Beyond at Corcoran

01 February 2010

Members of the Corcoran Gallery gathered for a preview celebration of Turner to Cezanne: Masterpieces from the Davies Collection, National Museum Wales.

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Paint the Town: Washington Goes to Art Basel Miami

Paint the Town: Washington Goes to Art Basel Miami

07 January 2010

Tracking Washington's contribution to the world's preeminent art fair. Has the art world recovered?

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Paint the Town: Govinda Gallery Turns 34

Paint the Town: Govinda Gallery Turns 34

16 December 2009

Govinda Gallery becomes the longest-established art gallery in one location in Washington's history.

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Paint the Town: Virtual DC Mural Tour

09 December 2009

DC Commission on Arts and the Humanities made this great video showcasing murals around Washington D.C.

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Paint the Town: Corcoran Ready for Art Basel

Paint the Town: Corcoran Ready for Art Basel

03 December 2009

The Corcoran Gallery of Art and College of Art + Design partners with the New Art Dealers Alliance on the swanky Corcoran Lounge during the NADA Art Fair.

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Paint the Town: Q&A With Philip Trager

Paint the Town: Q&A With Philip Trager

22 November 2009

Active in his field for over 40 years, photographer Philip Trager is renowned for his intimate pictures of buildings and expressionistic images of dancers.

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Paint the Town: Longview goes Lyrical

Paint the Town: Longview goes Lyrical

19 November 2009

Longview Gallery host some graphic poetry at this months Art Salon

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Paint the Town: Art Whino and DMC Old Skool

Paint the Town: Art Whino and DMC Old Skool

17 November 2009

Art Whino, Darryl “DMC” McDaniels and W.H.A.L.E.R.’s Creation join together to try and make life less tricky for foster children.

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Paint the Town: Viva Transformer!

Paint the Town: Viva Transformer!

17 November 2009

Local artists get a Mexican make-over at the 6th Transformer Gallery Auction and Benefit

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Focus on FotoWeek!

Focus on FotoWeek!

12 November 2009

Dust off your SLR and get ready to see some amazing photography at FotoWeek DC ’09.

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The Creative List: Visual Arts

The Creative List: Visual Arts

10 November 2009

All with an eye for the unusual: introducing a cadre of influential metro area visual artists.

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My Washington: Sam Gilliam

My Washington: Sam Gilliam

05 November 2009

Abstract artist Sam Gilliam names his favorite D.C. spots. Listen up, he knows what he's talking about.

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After Hours Powers

After Hours Powers

30 October 2009

Contemporary art, hula hoops, a dancing pig and brass band, oh, it's just another Hirshhorn After Hours. Is it the best art event in D.C.?

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WL Insider: One Night Art Stand

WL Insider: One Night Art Stand

28 October 2009

Hickok Cole is known for its architecture, but its annual Art Night is helping build the local arts community.

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Engaging in Sculpture

Engaging in Sculpture

22 October 2009

Washington Sculptors Group joins with the Art Museum of the Americas to get us ‘engaging bilaterally’

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Brain Storming at the Phillips

Brain Storming at the Phillips

21 October 2009

The Phillips Collections ‘Intersection’ exhibition series goes down a storm with contemporary artist Jennifer Wen Ma

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Modern Masterpieces

Modern Masterpieces

19 October 2009

Transformer's Victoria Reis on the art of collecting.

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Yes, We Can!

Yes, We Can!

14 October 2009

Red Bull lets artists loose to create aluminum masterpieces from their iconic beverage container – welcome to “Pop-top” art

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Oil Slick

Oil Slick

12 October 2009

The Corcoran Gallery of Art opens the doors to, ‘Edward Burtynsky: Oil’, an exhibition that goes deeper than the surface.

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Art + Music = Life Essentials

Art + Music = Life Essentials

03 October 2009

Art Whino and the International Lifeline Fund host an art show, concert and fundraiser at DC’s Portals Theater.

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Fine Art, New Location

Fine Art, New Location

01 October 2009

G Fine Art presents the works of Jefferson Pinder and José Ruiz in “El Museo del Ghetto.”

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A Light Abstract Conversation

A Light Abstract Conversation

01 September 2009

Connor Contemporary gathers area’s top abstract artists

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WL Insider: Paint It Art Basel

WL Insider: Paint It Art Basel

12 February 2009

Politics might be our calling card, but Washingtonians have a strong art community, and it showed this year in Miami.

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Manifesting Hope Through Art

Manifesting Hope Through Art

17 January 2009

Deputy Editor Karin Tanabe gives an exclusive look into the Manifest Hope DC private preview event.

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Habatat Galleries and Fendi Casa Party

Habatat Galleries and Fendi Casa Party

01 September 2008

Fendi Casa, The Design Center Photos by Tony Powell THE EVENT: Habatat Galleries owners Lindsey and Jay Scott brought some of their most beautiful works (paintings and glass) to Fendi Casa’s showroom at the Design Center where interior designer Dominique Alexander was the guest speaker and Famoso café provided the hors d’oeuvres and Couture Cupcakes [...]

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Getting into Art’s Head Space

Getting into Art’s Head Space

01 June 2008

Nontraditional art spaces lend themselves to thought-provoking installations

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Paint It…Green

Paint It…Green

01 April 2008

Coloring our world, artists use an increasingly natural palette

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D.C’s New School is in Session

D.C’s New School is in Session

01 February 2008

The red vinyl of New York City is blue serge in Washington; regimes in artistic expression change more subtly and quietly here By Beth Farnstorm It’s a new year. Out with the old, sure; but let’s not throw out the baby with the bathwater in 2008 (Wasn’that a performance art piece at Decatur Blue back [...]

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