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“Dear PoPville,
I bought this painting of a group of rowhouses at Miss Pixies about 17 years ago — back when the store was in Adams Morgan. Since then, I have wondered off and on about what street it shows. I assume it’s a DC street, (more…)
Thanks to Paul for sending the Jamal Khashoggi chalk art from Dupont. Did anyone happen to see it finished? Know the artist?
photo by Allison Archambault
Thanks to Allison (and Terry) for sharing from Mount Pleasant. Allison writes: “What an astonishingly beautiful October surprise. #chalkart candy spilled on the sidewalk this morning. Thanks for the treat, @ChalkAbout!”
We admired some earlier works by Chalk About in Mount Pleasant here and here.
explore the interactive map here
From Art All Night:
“DC’s free overnight arts festival is back in-person!
DC Art All Night will take place from 7:00 PM to 3:00 AM the following morning on two nights–September 24 and 25. The festival will take place in sixteen (16) neighborhoods with different activations on each night, bringing visual and performing arts, including painting, photography, sculpture, crafts, fashion, music, dance, theater, film, and poetry, to indoor and outdoor public and private spaces, including local businesses and restaurants.” (more…)
Yinka Shonibare sculpture “Material (SG) I” courtesy Whitman-Walker Health
Ed. Note: Whitman-Walker Health are targeting “12-18 month stays for these rotating sculptures.”
“Dear PoPville,
I wanted to reach out regarding the piece on the removal the Yinka Shonibare sculpture outside of the LIZ building – and directly outside of The Corner at Whitman-Walker (Whitman-Walker’s cultural center).
Art Outside of LIZ, The Corner at Whitman-Walker: (more…)
From Dupont Underground:
Art All Night ft. Dupont’s Basement
Saturday, September 25, 2021 7:00 PM
Sunday, September 26, 2021 12:00 AM
Reserve Free Tickets
Dupont Underground 19 Dupont Circle, NW
Have you ever noticed how you find things you never would’ve imagined in your relative’s basement? Dupont Underground is hosting a Dupont’s Basement night market, featuring fancily strange and unique visual and musical artists. Called a “funky flea market”; Dupont’s Basement features an eclectic array of local artists and entrepreneurs creating unique items from jewelry to art, vintage clothes, and prints to sweets!
For your listening pleasure there will be live performances “cult-fiction rock and roll band Ladygod followed by a DJ set by DJ Bri Mafia. (more…)
14th and R Street, NW
“Dear PoPville,
My 4 year old and I pass by this every day on our way to school and we’ve noticed it’s suddenly gone. We’re very curious as to what happened to it. If you or your readers have any idea, we’d love to know!”
A few weeks ago Steven wrote us: (more…)
photo (and query) by Katherine Zhao
Katherine asks: “DC folks: any art museums (broadly defined) in the DC area to add to this list? Found myself going to same few and wanted to check out some other places.”
The early replies: (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
Shot in the dark —
About 25 years ago I was living in NW DC (16th & U), working as a bartender at Julio’s. In my travels, I came upon an older Russian (or Eastern European) homeless man; very disheveled and with a big scraggly beard. I may have run into him in the Adams Morgan area. I had heard that he was an artist, so I struck up a conversation and in fact he was! I ended up buying a piece from him that has been with me ever since. I never saw him again. (more…)