Woodblock Printmaking workshop at the Freer-Sackler
For those hoyas and D.C. art lovers in town for the summer, head over to the Freer-Sackler gallery this weekend for FREE woodblock printmaking workshops with contemporary artist Keiji Shinohara and Freer-Sackler curator Ann Yonemura. The workshops will be held Saturday and Sunday at 2pm. For more details and other upcoming events, check out their website.
Congrats to GUAA’s Fall 2012 Executive Board!!
President: Stephanie Jasson
Publicity Director: Michelle Stearn
Events Director: Emma Forster
Liaison to the Department of Art & Art History: Michelle Yaw
Partnerships Director + GUAA in the Community: Masha Goncharova
Liaison to the DC Community: Charlotte Japp
Treasurer: Elisse Park
Blog Director: Amy Liu
So take that as a shining beacon of hope amidst finals misery! Good luck on exams and see you in the Fall!
Peace, love, art,
GUAA
Please note: To prepare for the annual gala, the permanent collection will be closed this Friday, May 4. The Snapshotexhibition will be open free of charge.
MAY HIGHLIGHTS
Phillips after 5: Going Dutch
May 3, 5–8:30 pm
In honor of the Snapshot exhibition’s Dutch artists, the Phillips celebrates all things Dutch with gallery talks, a double dutch jump roping performance by the DC Retro Jumpers, a selection of Dutch beers at the cash bar, and more.
Reservations are strongly advised for this popular event. $12;
In honor of the Snapshot exhibition’s Dutch artists, the Phillips celebrates all things Dutch with gallery talks, a double dutch jump roping performance by the DC Retro Jumpers, a selection of Dutch beers at the cash bar, and more.
Reservations are strongly advised for this popular event. $12;
$10 for visitors 62 and over and students. Members always admitted free, no reservation needed.
Leading European Composers: Michel van der Aa
May 10, 6 pm
A successful film and stage director, Michel van der Aa is also one of Europe’s most sought-after composers. Van der Aa has selected musicians from the International Contemporary Ensemble to perform his works for this concert. $20, $8 for members. Reservations recommended. Reserve
On May 9 at 6 pm, join us for an intimate talk with the composer
revolving around his music theater works. By donation. Reservations recommended. Reserve
Duncan Phillips Lecture: Gary Tinterow
May 17, 6 pm
Tinterow discusses his experience as chairman of the Met’s department of 19th-century, modern, and contemporary art, and the collectors and acquisitions that shaped the history of the museum. After nearly three decades at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Tinterow is now director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
$20; $8 for members; free for students. Registration required
ON VIEW THIS MONTH
Special exhibitions are free for members. Join us!
Sandra Cinto: One Day, After the Rain
May 19, 2012–Dec. 30, 2013
Lee Boroson: Lunar Bowerthrough May 6
Alyson Shotz: Ecliptic
through May 27
Reading Room: Duncan Phillips and Washington Collections in the 1920s
through Dec. 30
Reading Room: Duncan Phillips and Washington Collections in the 1920s
through Dec. 30
AAMD Art Museum Day: May 18, 2012
The Phillips Collection is proud to participate in the Association of Art Museum Directors’ Art Museum Day 2012. When you visit the museum on May 18, enjoy:
- Free admission
- 20%-off Individual ($48, usually $60), Dual/Family ($80, usually $100), and Friend ($200, usually $250) membership levels
- Personal Response Tour at noon: Phillips educators lead participants as they explore the museum through the lens of their own perceptions and experiences, engaging in activities in the galleries to answer the overarching question, “What is the importance of this work to me?”
Delacroix’s Liberty
Happy 214th birthday Delacroix!
Eugène Delacroix, Study for Liberty Leading the People, 1830, graphite, lightly heightened with white chalk on wove paper. Musée du Louvre, Paris
Eugène Delacroix, Liberty Leading the People, 1830, oil on canvas. Musée du Louvre, Paris
GUAA goes undercover…
In case you missed the Art Aficionado Thieves’ Top Secret raid at Lau, don’t forget our meeting with Hot Art’s Josh Knelman tommorrow at 6:30pm in White Gravenor 201B!! See you there…
‘Steal this art’ painting stolen from Williamsburg gallery
…Interested? Read more about it here and be sure to catch Josh Knelman, author of Hot Art this Thursday, April 26th at 6:30 in White Gravenor 201B. Hot Art traces Joshua Knelman’s five-year immersion in the shadowy world of art theft, where he uncovers a devious game that takes him from Egypt to Los Angeles, New York to London, and back again, through a web of deceit, violence, and corruption.
The Art World’s Black Market with Joshua Knelman, author of Hot Art: Chasing Thieves and Detectives
Who: Joshua Knelman, Author of Hot Art
When: Thursday April 26th, 6:30 pm
Where: White Gravenor 201B
Please join Lecture Fund and the Georgetown University Art Aficionados for a talk with Joshua Knelman, award-winning arts and investigative journalist and editor. As a founding member of The Walrus magazine, Knelman’s writing has been featured in The National Post, CBCarts.ca, Saturday Night among many.
Hot Art traces Joshua Knelman’s five-year immersion in the shadowy world of art theft, where he uncovers a devious game that takes him from Egypt to Los Angeles, New York to London, and back again, through a web of deceit, violence, and corruption. With a cool, knowing eye, Knelman delves into the lives of professionals such as Paul, a brilliant working-class kid who charmed his way into a thriving career organizing art thefts, and LAPD detective Donald Hrycyk, one of the few special investigators worldwide who struggle to keep pace with the evolving industry of stolen art. As he becomes more and more immersed in this world, Knelman learns that art theft has evolved into one of the largest black markets in the world, which even Interpol and the FBI admit they cannot contain. Sweeping and fast-paced, Hot Art takes readers into a criminal underworld like no other.
There will be a lecture, followed by Q & A session and book signing.
This event was co-sponsored by the Georgetown Art Aficionados and the Art and Art History Department.
