Center for Art & Knowledge
The Center for Art and Knowledge is the museum’s nexus for academic work, scholarly exchange, and innovative interdisciplinary collaborations.
The Center is located in the informal setting of the Phillips family’s former Carriage House, in Hillyer Court behind the main building of The Phillips Collection.
Programs
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Conversations with Artists
The lively Conversations with Artists series provides an opportunity to hear from and speak with leading contemporary artists in an informal setting.
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Artists of Conscience Forum
Since 2009, the Phillips’s Artists of Conscience symposium has brought together leading art collectors and committed philanthropists from around the world to engage with artists, art professionals, and diplomatic, Congressional, and Administration leaders to explore topics in modern and contemporary art in a global context.
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Duncan Phillips Lectures
The Duncan Phillips Lectures are given by distinguished artists, historians, and critics, whose presentations cover a broad range of aesthetic concerns.
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Creative Voices DC
Inaugurated in 2011, Creative Voices DC brings together the local creative community of Washington, DC, through panel discussions that include artists, collectors, curators, writers, and performers.
The lively Conversations with Artists series provides an opportunity to hear from and speak with leading contemporary artists in an informal setting.
Leonardo Drew with his work Number 192 (2016) in the Phillips galleries before his Conversations with Artists event
Since 2009, the Phillips’s Artists of Conscience symposium has brought together leading art collectors and committed philanthropists from around the world to engage with artists, art professionals, and diplomatic, Congressional, and Administration leaders to explore topics in modern and contemporary art in a global context.
Curlee Holton, Executive Director, David C. Driskell Center, UMD, and artist Sanford Biggers at the 2017 Artists of Conscience Forum
The Duncan Phillips Lectures are given by distinguished artists, historians, and critics, whose presentations cover a broad range of aesthetic concerns.
Artist Hiroshi Sugimoto giving the 2015 Duncan Phillips Lecture
Inaugurated in 2011, Creative Voices DC brings together the local creative community of Washington, DC, through panel discussions that include artists, collectors, curators, writers, and performers.
Creative Voices DC event discussing Riley Temple’s book about August Wilson
Academic Partnerships
The Phillips Collection partners with universities across the country to transform scholarship and innovation in the arts.