John Blee

Gauguin fills the National Gallery with some spectacular works that changed the form and focus of art. Gauguin's color greatly influenced the 20th century, and it was unlike anything in earlier European art. When he joined his talents to his quest for a paradise unfettered by modern civilization, his work broke into a powerful dreamscape.

Jackie Cantwell is a courageous young dynamo in the DC art world who has created Curating For A Cause, an ...

The thousand-year-old “Shahnama,” or Persian book of kings, is resplendently represented in a jewel of a show at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. “Shahnama,” written by the revered ninth century Persian poet Firdawsi, is “in its cultural significance and popularity on equal footing with the works of Shakespeare, Homer and the Mahabharata,” says Massumeh Farhad, chief curator and curator of Islamic art, and organizer of the exhibition.

Visiting New York right now should include MoMA. The Museum of Modern Art sits in the middle of mid-town Manhattan in an assortment of buildings starting with the first International Style building in America by Stone and Goodwin, to the recent add-on by Taniguchi. With all the adding, the subtraction of this process has been the alteration of the way the original building opened onto the sculpture garden. It was once a real jewel of an urban space. I remember watching Natalie Wood way back in 1966 in MoMA’s garden, during the filming of “Penelope,” blowing bubble-gum.

Inscape that has hints of the natural world as well as jewel-fragments is found in the work of Robin Kohlman Fried.

The best photography show currently running in the DC area is Tom Wolff’s portrait series, at the 39th Street Gallery in Brentwood, Maryland.

Meet the man behind several of Georgetown’s signature structures, including Patisserie Poupon, Bo Concepts and Patagonia.

The National Gallery doesn't have a strong showing from the American Modernist period. The Shein collection, featuring some of the era's finest works, will help fill in the gap.

When Paul Jett first began restoring the Sackler's latest Khmer artifacts, they were covered with detritus of almost 2,000 years.

Few Washingtonians need introduction to Jacobsen Architecture, the Georgetown firm behind some of the snazziest edifices in Washington and the world.

White is not a color often featured in Western painting before the 20th century. That is, unless you're visiting the Phillips Collection this summer.

The new exhibit at the WNDC, featuring the artwork of Congressmen and their families, contains some impressive surprises.

Jennie Mann is a rising star in real estate sales and works for McWilliams/Ballard. She is the sales manager ...

In Georgetown, there is an ample selection of shops selling high-quality curios, relics and treasures that will become part of the personal history of the person acquiring them.