Art events in the DMV
Art across the DMV: gallery openings, art festivals, exhibitions, public art and maker markets. DC, Maryland, Northern Virginia.
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118216316418517619718Hirshhorn Sculpture Garden Reopening12pARTINA 2026: Ripples of Ten Years12pA Community of Handweavers: Bridging Tradition and Innovation12pIntersections | Realism & Abstraction at Gallery B10aEl Marsam: Modern and Contemporary Art from Egypt1pExploring Color Fearlessly by Noreene Janus10aOutlaw Printmakers MMXXVI at Pyramid Atlantic
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Outlaw Printmakers MMXXVI at Pyramid Atlantic10am to 6pm, day 6 of 6, Nov 10 to 154318 Gallatin Street, Hyattsville, MD 20781Exhibition by the Outlaw Printmakers collective, opening during Print-O-Rama weekend (reception Friday, October 16, 7 to 9 pm). Print work on view in Pyramid Atlantic's Helen C. Frederick Gallery in Hyattsville. Gallery open Wednesdays and Thursdays 10 to 8, Fridays through Sundays 10 to 6.
Handwork: Contemporary Craft at the Renwick Gallery10am to 5:30pm, day 3 of 42, Nov 13 to Dec 24FreePennsylvania Avenue at 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20006The Renwick's new contemporary craft exhibition, celebrating the handmade across media. The Smithsonian American Art Museum's craft-focused branch presents work that foregrounds process, material, and the maker's hand, opening with a free open house on November 13 from 11am to 2pm.
Yoshitomo Nara: Sentinels of Stillness10am to 5:30pm, day 16 of 55, Oct 31 to Dec 24FreeIndependence Ave SW and 7th St SW, Washington, DC 20560Three monumental new sculptures by Japanese artist Yoshitomo Nara take over the Hirshhorn's West Lawn in an outdoor installation timed to the sculpture garden's reopening. Sentinels of Stillness places Nara's unmistakable large-headed figures in dialogue with the museum's modern sculpture collection.
Carlotta Corpron: Light Is a Plastic Medium10am to 5:30pm, day 31 of 70, Oct 16 to Dec 24FreeIndependence Ave SW and 7th St SW, Washington, DC 20560A long-overdue survey of American abstract photographer Carlotta Corpron (1901-1988), whose experiments with light, form, and photographic technology helped establish photography as fine art. The show traces six bodies of work made in Texas from the late 1930s to the early 1950s, from nature studies to light drawings, anchored by 48 recent gifts from collector Herbert Lust.
DowntownDC Holiday Market11am to 8pm, day 3 of 13, Nov 13 to 25FreeF Street NW between 7th and 9th Streets NW, Washington, DCThe DowntownDC Holiday Market returns for its 22nd season with an extended 40-day run. More than 115 local makers, artisans, and entrepreneurs fill F Street NW with handcrafted gifts, art, apparel, and decor, plus 15 food and drink vendors. Free and open to the public; closed Thanksgiving Day. Steps from Gallery Place-Chinatown Metro.
Photographic Memory: Fifty Years of Collecting11:30am to 7pm, day 2 of 41, Nov 14 to Dec 24Free8th and G Streets NW, Washington, DC 20004More than 120 photographic portraits marking fifty years of photography collecting at the National Portrait Gallery. The show spans the medium's history through the gallery's holdings, from early processes to contemporary work, in the Penn Quarter museum the NPG shares with the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
A Community of Handweavers: Bridging Tradition and Innovation12 to 4pm, day 1 of 2, Nov 15 to 1617901 Bentley Road, Sandy Spring, MD 20860Exhibition by the Weavers Guild of Greater Baltimore tracing weaving's role in American life, from early domestic craft to contemporary art. Historical coverlets and overshot patterns meet modern fibers and experimental techniques, timed to the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. At Sandy Spring Museum.
Intersections | Realism & Abstraction at Gallery B12 to 5pm, day 3 of 3, Nov 13 to 157700 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite E, Bethesda, MD 20814Group show putting four artists in dialogue across the line between realism and abstraction. Realistic figures dissolve into abstract grounds while bold brushwork and texture carry feeling rather than literal detail. Presented in downtown Bethesda by the Bethesda Urban Partnership. Opening reception Friday, November 6, 6 to 9 pm; gallery open Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, 12 to 5 pm.
Exploring Color Fearlessly by Noreene Janus1 to 6pm, day 4 of 4, Nov 12 to 154600 East West Highway, #102, Bethesda, MD 20814Solo show by Noreene Janus built on a saturated palette of red, yellow, orange and blue. The paintings urge viewers to live life to the fullest through fearless color. Reception Friday, October 30, at the member-run Waverly Street Gallery in downtown Bethesda. Gallery open Thursday through Sunday, 1 to 6 pm.
IT HAPPENED HERE: REMEMBERING THREE LYNCHINGSAll day, day 13 of 28, Nov 3 to 3012901 Town Commons Drive, Germantown, MD 20874Photo exhibition from the Montgomery County Lynching Memorial Project documenting the nearly erased history of three lynchings in Montgomery County (1880, 1880 and 1896). The show also traces the community process of engagement, reconciliation and healing. At BlackRock Center for the Arts in Germantown, November 3 through 30.
Remember Me: Picturing African Americans in Early PhotographyAll day, day 9 of 48, Nov 7 to Dec 24Free6th and Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20565Some 70 early photographs of and by Black Americans, drawn from the 19th and early 20th centuries, chart how portrait photography became a tool of identity, resilience, and self-representation. The exhibition traces the evolving understanding of the medium among African Americans across a century of change.
GASP: Great Art Small Prices at Artists in MiddleburgAll day, day 2 of 51, Nov 14 to Jan 3102 W Washington St, Middleburg, VA 20117Annual small-works holiday exhibition at The Artists in Middleburg with affordable pieces by regional artists. Opening reception on November 14.
Dean Kessmann: if not obviously, then potentiallyAll day, day 20 of 55, Oct 27 to Dec 2012901 Town Commons Drive, Germantown, MD 20874Solo photography exhibition by Washington, DC artist Dean Kessmann, exploring the tension between abstraction and representation, objects and digital information. The series captures quotidian DC-area moments that feel untethered from reality. Artist reception December 5 (time not published) at BlackRock Center for the Arts in Germantown.
Out of BoundsAll day, day 32 of 78, Oct 15 to Dec 31Free2401 Foxhall Road NW, Washington, DC 20007Seven Hamiltonian Artists alumni show painting, photography, sculpture, video, and installation at the Kreeger Museum, alongside boundary-pushing works from the museum's permanent collection by Sam Gilliam, Frank Stella, Simmie Knox, and William Christenberry. Curated by Anisa Olufemi and presented under The Collaborative, the Kreeger's program supporting Washington-area artists.
Avery, Gottlieb & Rothko: By the SeaAll day, day 23 of 93, Oct 24 to Jan 241600 21st Street NW, Washington, DC 20009The first exhibition to examine how friendship and shared summers on Cape Ann, Massachusetts, shaped Milton Avery, Adolph Gottlieb, and Mark Rothko. About 90 paintings, watercolors, drawings, and sketches from the 1920s to the mid-1960s trace four decades of artistic exchange; many works have never been on public view. Organized with the Cape Ann Museum.
Routed West: Twentieth-Century African American Quilts in CaliforniaAll day, day 46 of 109, Oct 1 to Jan 171250 New York Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20005The East Coast debut of a touring exhibition of twentieth-century African American quilts made in California, tracing how migration west shaped a distinct quilting tradition. An NMWA presentation that opened September 18 and runs into the new year.
Assembly 2026: Dusk in the Dawnland at MoCA ArlingtonAll day, day 44 of 114, Oct 3 to Jan 243550 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22201Five artists with deep ties to Maine's Penobscot Bay coast work across sculpture, textiles, video, and photography. The show traces environmental change and creative resourcefulness along the rugged shoreline. Part of MoCA Arlington's Assembly 2026 biennial.
Assembly 2026: New South, Ground Truth at MoCA ArlingtonAll day, day 44 of 114, Oct 3 to Jan 243550 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22201Four Atlanta-based artists (Sheila Pree Bright, Michi Meko, Paul Stephen Benjamin, Shanequa Gay) examine the Southern landscape as a site of memory, power, and unresolved history. Part of MoCA Arlington's Assembly 2026 biennial marking the nation's 250th anniversary.
Janet Echelman: Radical Softness at Tephra ICAAll day, day 46 of 123, Oct 1 to Jan 31Free12001 Market St #103, Reston, VA 20190Mid-career retrospective of sculptor Janet Echelman spanning four decades, from early drawings and maquettes to full-scale net sculptures. The show presents softness as both material and philosophy, with works shaped by wind, light, and engineered fiber. Free admission.
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