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10/21/2026

How do we choose paint colors for the galleries?

Here are the freshly-painted galleries that will soon display Avery, Gottlieb & Rothko: By the Sea, opening October 24. But who chose the color, and how?

For this exhibition, Phillips Associate Curator Renée Maurer collaborated with color consultant Eve Fay to find colors that evoked the rocky New England coast. A palette of blue-grey, soft purple, and warm browns was chosen. They looked at various paint swatches in both the natural and electric lights in the galleries and compared them to images of the artworks that will be on view.

Come see how the art of Avery, Gottlieb & Rothko: By the Sea looks in the freshly-painted galleries, beginning on October 24!

10/20/2026

don't worry! the art has been unpacked by now because Avery, Gottlieb & Rothko: By the Sea opens on October 24 at The Phillips Collection 🌊

Congratulations to The Phillips Collection Vradenburg Director and CEO Jonathan P. Binstock! Last week, he received The ...
10/20/2026

Congratulations to The Phillips Collection Vradenburg Director and CEO Jonathan P. Binstock! Last week, he received The University Club's Distinguished Washingtonian Award for his contributions to the city's cultural life.

Founded in 1904, The University Club was created to promote science, literature, art, and culture. Past awardees include Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Chef José Andrés, National Museum of Women in the Arts founder Wilhelmina Cole Holladay, and former Artistic Director of Arena Stage Molly Smith, along with many other local luminaries.

L to R: President of the University Club Board Cindy Ziegler and Jonathan P. Binstock. Photo: Jim Halling Photography. The University Club of Washington, DC

Celebrate Avery, Gottlieb & Rothko: By the Sea and set sail for Deep Sea Disco, a nautical night of art, music, and afte...
10/16/2026

Celebrate Avery, Gottlieb & Rothko: By the Sea and set sail for Deep Sea Disco, a nautical night of art, music, and after-hours fun! ▶️ https://bit.ly/4i334Zq

đź’¬ Dive into the galleries with a Spotlight Talk
🧜‍♀️ Snap a photo with a real mermaid
🌊 Relax with a sea-inspired sound bath with Luna Serenity
🎧 Groove to disco beats with DJ $et
🎤 Enjoy electropop tracks from Bryce Bowyn
🪢 Learn the ropes at a hands-on knot-tying workshop with DC Sail
❤️ Participate in a special Peared Singles happy hour. (Advance reservations required through Peared Singles).
đź”· Create a beaded bait accessory or customize a paper lamp with colors of the deep sea.

đź“· Guests at Phillips after 5. Photo: AK Blythe.

What influences Juan Sánchez?Juan Sánchez's work is colorful, expressive, and experimental, and draws from many differen...
10/15/2026

What influences Juan Sánchez?

Juan Sánchez's work is colorful, expressive, and experimental, and draws from many different traditions, including graffitti and gestural abstraction, and is rooted in Taíno, African, and Christian spirituality. He often pays homage to Puerto Rico independence activists and civil rights icons, religious figures, family members, and his Nuyorican community (New York and Puerto Rican).

Juan Sánchez: States of Liberation will open at the Phillips in June 2027. The exhibition will feature approximately 75 works including paintings, works on paper, photography, and video, offering a comprehensive look at Sánchez’s powerful and thought-provoking art.

We can't wait to share the exhibition with you in June 2027!

🎨 Juan Sánchez, For Malcolm (Cries and Wounded Whispers series), 2003, Oil and mixed media collage on wood panel, 74 x 72 in., Courtesy of the Artist and Hutchinson Modern & Contemporary, NYC. Photo: Arturo Sánchez.

Celebrate curiosity, creativity, resilience, and joy with our community exhibition Creative Aging: Art is Essential.The ...
10/13/2026

Celebrate curiosity, creativity, resilience, and joy with our community exhibition Creative Aging: Art is Essential.

The works in this exhibition were made by Creative Aging participants, which includes older adults with memory loss and their care partners. Each session begins in the galleries, where participants share observations, explore emotions, and connect with works of art. These conversations continue through hands-on artmaking, resulting in the artworks currently on view through November 8.

See you there!

đź“· Creative Aging participants, photos courtesy of The Phillips Collection.

The Phillips Collection is thrilled to announce an exciting new acquisition: Untitled by George Morrison.George Morrison...
10/12/2026

The Phillips Collection is thrilled to announce an exciting new acquisition: Untitled by George Morrison.

George Morrison's Untitled (1961) was gifted by the Walker Youngbird Foundation, an organization founded by Phillips Trustee Reid Walker to create a world where Native artists can reshape cultural perceptions, preserve heritage, and drive societal change through artistic innovation.

George Morrison (Ojibwe, 1919–2000) was a pioneering Native American modernist whose paintings, works on paper, and sculptural collages contributed significantly to the development of American abstraction. Born in Chippewa City, a remote Ojibwe community on the shore of Lake Superior in Minnesota, Morrison began drawing and carving at an early age. Untitled (1961) exemplifies George Morrison’s approach to abstraction in the early 1960s, with distinct fields of color and a thick application of paint that give the work a dynamic, gestural quality.

The work expands, strengthens, and diversifies the permanent collection, an aim of our Strategic Plan, and offers a new dimension for the museum through which Native American art can be understood as an integral part of the broader history of American abstraction.



🎨 George Morrison, Untitled, 1961, Oil on canvas board, 16 x 20 in., Gift of the Walker Youngbird Foundation, 2026.

Post updated on October 16.

Should you plan on seeing Avery, Gottlieb & Rothko: By the Sea at The Phillips Collection?*Artistic exchange, summers by...
10/06/2026

Should you plan on seeing Avery, Gottlieb & Rothko: By the Sea at The Phillips Collection?*

Artistic exchange, summers by the sea, and works that have never been on public view—this exhibition tells the story of the enduring friendship between three towering figures in American art: Milton Avery (1885–1965), Adolph Gottlieb (1903–1974), and Mark Rothko (1903–1970).

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Attention DMV educators—we want to celebrate you!After voting on November 3, spend your evening with fellow teachers at ...
10/05/2026

Attention DMV educators—we want to celebrate you!

After voting on November 3, spend your evening with fellow teachers at The Phillips Collection exploring another way your community—and your students—may find and use their voice: through art. Visit the museum after hours and enjoy tours, artmaking activities, interactive workshops, complimentary beverages and light refreshments, and a discount in the Museum Shop. Register >> https://bit.ly/4jkj7Ef



đź“· Teacher workshop during Evening for Educators. Photo: Ryan Maxwell Photography.

This weekend is Bank of America's Museums on Us weekend! Show your Bank of America debit or credit card and a photo ID t...
10/02/2026

This weekend is Bank of America's Museums on Us weekend! Show your Bank of America debit or credit card and a photo ID to get free admission to the Phillips. Learn more ▶️ https://t.co/79Ujeq1KpB

đź“· Guest in the galleries with Vincent van Gogh's The Road Menders and Andre Derain's Mano, the Dancer. Photo: AK Blythe.

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