If they are to be believed, the Canadian duo Nicholas and Sheila Pye have packed a ton of interrelated themes into their new six-image series at Curator’s Office—“the death of a relationship, vulnerability, denial, acceptance and release, with an ambiguous undercurrent of hopeful transformation and resurrection.” Maybe, maybe not, but the large color photographs mounted [...]
When you think of photographers who document their families, Sally Mann immediately leaps to mind. Wisely, “Close to Home” chooses to spotlight a half-dozen other photographers, most of whom are less widely known. Virginia Beahan’s photographs of her elderly mother are grippingly intense, several of them with her eyes closed seemingly almost to the point [...]
The three artists currently showing at the Studio Gallery all use photography to one degree or another, but their finished works couldn’t be more different from each other. Iwan Bagus’s work is intensely personal, reflecting his experience as an immigrant from Indonesia—self-portraits in which he dresses as figures in Indonesian proverbs; an image of him [...]
Former Modern Lovers frontman and career oddball troubadour Jonathan Richman brought his songs and quirky dance moves to a packed and adoring 9:30 Club on Friday with long-time drummer Tommy Larkins. "When the new feeling I always get from playing music becomes an old feeling, you'll know that will be my last tour," he said. [...]
For visual artist Juan Tejedor, real-world topography is a starting point, but not a destination. In a small but wide-ranging exhibit at Flashpoint, the Washington-based Tejedor offers intricate paintings and mixed-media works with inspirations that range from satellite images to transportation maps to the stars. In “Pangea as It Exists Today,” Tejedor pieces Africa and [...]
The National Geographic Society has some nerve. Like a grinning overachiever, Nat Geo dazzles us with gorgeous, seemingly effortlessly made photographs from far-flung locales, all but dripping with gravitas and insight. Then what does the society do? It mounts an exhibition of the outtakes from those photographic journeys—and they’re still jaw-droppingly good. The exhibit is [...]
The idea of Hemphill Fine Arts’ exhibition “Viewing Rm” is to present a cross-section of the works that pass through the gallery’s back room, ordinarily to be viewed by collectors and staff rather than members of the public who attend its single-artist, group- and thematic shows. The exhibit is variegated, but like any good combine [...]
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Bohemian Caverns, December 20
On Monday, Arena Stage moved into its new, $125 million Mead Center for American Theater, which contains three performance spaces, educational facilities, various shops and studios, and a cafe that will be run by chef Jose Andres' company. Arena invited reporters in to watch as the first of its staff began to move into the [...]
