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Radical Paper with Lynn Sures and Michelle Samour

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Staged Reading
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Impressionism

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Special Exhibition
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Timeless Mucha: The Magic of Line

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Join Us for Our New Series of Intimate Conversations

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Phillips Music Returns

Join us for the 2024-25 Season of Phillips Music

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Reexamining Our Permanent Collection

Seeing U.S. Research Project

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Spotlight Talks

Daily 15-min talks at 1 and 1:30 pm

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Arts and culture on demand

Bloomberg Connects

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On the Experiment Station

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Education & Community Engagement
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A Mural for the Community

Exhibitions & Events
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“Well, that was fun!”

Exhibitions & Events, From the Archives
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Where do Art, the Archives, and Digital Experience meet at The Phillips Collection?

People & Community
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Fellow Spotlight: Chelsea Chhem

People & Community
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Fellow Spotlight: Liz Chung

Education & Community Engagement, Exhibitions & Events
Three Lines opening reception

Weaving Together Histories and Futures

Director's Desk
Jonathan Binstock in the Phillips's new Welcome Gallery

A Welcoming Space for Discovery, Learning, and Joy

Phillips Music
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Meet Our New Director of Music: Jenny Lin

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Introducing Our New Welcome Gallery

In the News

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Photo of woman smiling and pointing at a painting with text overlay that reads "Legends Talk at The Phillips Collection, Ari Post, The Georgetowner"
Black and white pencil caricature drawing with text overlay that reads 'William Gropper: Artist of the People, Margot Yale, The Brooklyn Rail.'
Photo of multicolored drapes hanging by a staircase. Text overlay reads 'The Phillips Collection's 'Breaking It Down: Conversations from the Vault' Features Early Classics and Contemporary Art, Brenda C. Siler, The Washington Informer'
Sketch drawing with text overlay that reads 'An Artist's Outrage at the Injustices of World War-II Era America, Mark Jenkins, The Washington Post'
Three people standing and holding string instruments. Text overlay reads 'Your Guide to the Phillips Collection's Fall Concert Calendar, Michael McCarthy, DC Modern Luxury'
Photography of a blue sky and white clouds. A blue sea with three small boats. Text overlay reads "A Window into Joel Meyerowitz | The Phillips Collection, Fiona Perkocha, Musee Magazine'
An art gallery with multicolored collage hang on the wall. Text overlay reads "A Major Survey of Black Collage Art Proves That Print Isn't Dead, Alex Greenberger, ARTNEWS"
Photo of a woman holding and pointing at a picture to a group of children. Text overlay reads 'Meet the Docents: How to Introduce 5th Graders to Complex Topics in Fine Art, Elliot Williams, WAMU'
Painting of a nude woman reclining on a bed, next to a window overlooking a river. Text overlay reads 'Everything Changed for Matisse After He Painted This Nude, Sebastian Smee, The Washington Post."
Person cleans a landscape painting with a cotton swab. Text overlay reads, 'Up Close with Paul Cezanne Review: News Perspectives on a Provencal Master, Mary Tompkins Lewis, The Wall Street Journal'
Installation image of Bonnard's Worlds. Text overlay reads, 'Pierre Bonnard's Dazzling World of Color at the Phillips Collection | Around Town Best Bets, Philippa Hughes, WETA PBS'
Installation image of drawings hung against a cream colored wall. Text overlay reads Bernardí Roig: el artista que decapitó a Goya, Borja Hermoso, El País
Drawing of a woman playing in the water with text overlay. Caption reads "'Interior Lives' at Phillips@THEARC Explores The Black Femme Experience During Women's Month" Andrew S. Jacobson The Washington Informer
Painting showing green trees and blue pool and sky with text overlaid reading: The Repetitive Power of Jennifer Bartlett, Master of the '80s Art World Kriston Capps The Washington Post
Renoir's Luncheon of the Boating Party, Capturing the Height of the Summer Leisure / Hesper Cane / Widewalls
Young artists head to The White House to learn about renowned migration series Jay Korff ABC7
Text in front of black and white collage reads, "The Phillips Collection Showcases "African Modernism in America, 1947-67" Peter Winant WETA
Alone in a Room with Rothko. Adam Rathe. Town & Country
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‘Pour, Tear, Carve’ connects Phillips Collection to present and past
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Centennial Commissions

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Victor Ekpuk

Nekisha Durrett

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