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District Launches Annual Creativity Initiatives

By City News Editor September 7, 2017

Marina Pitofsky is a staff writer for The Hoya. Washington, D.C.’s government will sponsor over 100 art events throughout the city in a monthlong showcase of creativity across the District. Announced...

HIRSHHORN MUSEUM

Museum Exhibits Across the District

By Meena Raman May 19, 2017

“Wish Tree for Washington, D.C.” The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden is one of D.C.’s premier art galleries, attracting millions of visitors each year with its eye-catching exhibits. In...

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A Voyage Through JFK’s Legacy

By Naia Daniel May 16, 2017

The Smithsonian American Art Museum recently unveiled its newest exhibit, “American Visionary: John F. Kennedy’s Life and Times,” a fascinating photo gallery that explores and celebrates the...

Martin Scorsese on ‘Silence’

By Dani Guerrero April 25, 2017

Acclaimed director Martin Scorsese has become the first filmmaker to participate in Georgetown’s Faith and Culture Lecture Series. On April 11, Scorsese joined University President DeGioia and Berkeley...

THE PHILLIPS COLLECTION

Inside the Mind of George Condo

By William Leo April 22, 2017

George Condo is grotesque. In “The Way I Think,” an exhibit of drawings and sketches by the American contemporary visual artist are showing now at the Phillips Collection, vicious smiles leer from...

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Artists Take A Stand in 2016-17

By Meena Raman and Dani Guerrero April 21, 2017

Art, as a form of public speech, is inherently political and engages with existing thoughts and ideologies. After a remarkably eventful year in the political and social spheres, art and culture have naturally...

Women Through the Public Gaze

Women Through the Public Gaze

By Jose Villalobos April 7, 2017

In collaboration with the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, The Phillips Collection has assembled a special exhibition that brings together some of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec’s finest printed works. Running...

VIEWPOINT: Prioritize American Art and Soul

VIEWPOINT: Prioritize American Art and Soul

By Bruce McKaig March 28, 2017

In 1965, the U.S. Congress established the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities.  Besides funding arts and humanities projects, the agencies support art education,...

Crumbling Character: A Gentrified Georgetown

Crumbling Character: A Gentrified Georgetown

By Hannah Urtz February 17, 2017

  A quarter of a century ago, a stroll down M Street would reveal rows of highly specialized boutique shops, restaurants and vendors. Crowds lured in from across the city and the country filled...

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The Art of the Protest

By Marina Tian January 20, 2017

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Duality of Cultures Within Art

By Laila Brothers October 4, 2016

At first glance, the city of Amman is everything you would expect in the Middle East: military tanks at the airports, women in scarves, people staring at obvious foreigners and quickly hushed criticisms...

Summer Classes Abroad are the Worst...

Summer Classes Abroad are the Worst…

By Maddie Schwartz and Maddie Schwartz July 27, 2016

One of our very own 4E bloggers has jetted off to the land of love, lights and (most importantly) wine. Her experiences abroad have been challenging and tiresome, but she has managed to push through...

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