19th and Monroe St, NW photo and art by chalk_about
If you’re walking through Mount P. be sure to check out Chalk_About’s latest:
“Pool time! Hope everyone’s staying cool out there.”
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Thanks to David for sending from 14th and P Street, NW.
I can’t quite make out the @ in the lower right hand corner – anyone know who this is?
Thanks to Carnegie Earth & Planets Laboratory for sending from Jocelyn Street, NW in Chevy Chase:
“Last week we gathered with friends and neighbors to celebrate Vera Rubin, the “Mother of Dark Matter”, with a beautiful community art installation.”
Thanks to Margaret for sending: “Found Art from our roof in Kalorama. Someone in our building is pretty amazing!” (more…)
“Paul Cézanne, Mont Sainte-Victoire, 1886-1987, Oil on canvas, 23.5 x 28.5 in. (59.6 x 72.3), Acquired 1925, The Phillips Collection”
From a press release:
“The Phillips Collection has been awarded Bank of America’s 2023 Art Conservation Project Grant for the conservation of two paintings by the influential French artist Paul Cézanne (1839-1906). Seminal to the permanent collection of America’s first museum of modern art, Cézanne’s Mont Sainte-Victoire (1886-1887) and Self-Portrait (1878-1880)—which are in constant demand for exhibitions and loans—are receiving extensive treatment for the first time in forty-five years. Their conservation will transform the appearance of the two compositions, revealing their strength currently obscured by deteriorated varnishes, while also affording scholars the opportunity to examine the artist’s process in the process. (more…)
1285b 4th Street, NE across from La Cosecha. Photo courtesy The Art Room
From an email:
“The Art Room is a pottery painting studio, art gallery, and creative space. Growing up, I loved making art with my mom. We designated a little space in our basement “the art room,” so this space is my attempt to elevate and share her love and vision for creativity. It’s for people who love art; people who like to make art; people who like to make art but don’t have time to “make art”; people who are interested in breaking their daily routine; people looking to reconnect with their friends, family, loved ones; people looking to build new relationships. (more…)
From an email:
“On Wednesday, June 21, the exhibition “Imagining the Future – Leonardo da Vinci: In the Mind of an Italian Genius” will open at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library. Visitors will be able to view 12 original da Vinci sketches and notes, never before seen in the United States. (more…)
From an email:
“The reception will be held on Sunday, June 25th, 2023, 2-4pm at New Heights restaurant. 2317 Calvert Street NW. The event is free and open to the public. (more…)
19th and Monroe St, NW photo and art by chalk_about
If you’re walking through Mount P. be sure to check out Chalk_About’s latest:
“The Mount Riboudet in Rouen at Spring- Monet 1872. A little Impressionism to celebrate our awesome weather here in DC.”
From Artsviewer via Sotheby’s:
“Le Mont Riboudet à Rouen au printemps belongs to an important group of works dating from 1872 that would come to typify Monet’s approach to landscape painting over the following years. (more…)
From an email:
“Made With Love is a new wellness and art shop in Brookland. Our grand opening party will have free face painting and art activities such as making candles, sun catchers, origami, and communal coloring. We’ll also have pop-up food and drink vendors and shopping of our partner businesses’ handmade goods. It will be Saturday, 4/29, 12-5pm. We’re at 3419 18th St NE. (more…)