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Exhibits
Paul Reed has a rule of thumb for distinguishing the important painters of his day. At 92, he is the last of the Washington Color School, a band of painters who captured the art-world flag from New York for a period in the 1950s and '60s.
Art
Our critics look ahead to the warmer months and highlight what spring has in store on area stages, museum walls, concert halls and movie screens.
- Alexis Rockman: A Fable for Tomorrow
The artist explores environmental themes at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. - Colors of the Oasis: Central Asian Ikats
- Directions: Mario Garcia Torres and Cyprien Gaillard
- Lego Architecture: Towering Ambition
» Complete list of editors' picks
- National Gallery of Art
- Phillips Collection
- National Air and Space Museum
- International Spy Museum
- Corcoran Gallery of Art
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NGA acquires coveted Moran landscape
The National Gallery of Art has acquired a key landscape of the untamed American West, its third painting by the celebrated 19th century artist Thomas Moran.
Mummies at Penn Museum remain a mystery
The Beauty of Xiaohe, a mummy from the torrid deserts of western China, had a long but uneventful trip to Philadelphia.
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