Exhibition curator Eliza Rathbone gives an introduction to Van Gogh Repetitions.In the first Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890) exhibition in DC in 15 years, the Phillips brings together 35 of his celebrated portraits and landscapes from some of th

Pakistani Voices: In Conversation with The Migration Series

Oct 24th, 2013 2m 32s

In April 2013, the Phillips partnered with the US Department of State to conduct a series of workshops in Pakistan focusing on art and social change. Using Jacob Lawrence’s The Migration Series (1940–41) as a catalyst for conversation about the

Georges Braque and the Cubist Still Life, 1928–1945

Jun 19th, 2013 4m 20s

Exhibition curator Renée Maurer discusses Georges Braque and the Cubist Still Life, 1928–1945. The exhibition is the first in-depth look at the years leading up to and through World War II, a period of experimentation and transition in Braque’s

Angels, Demons, and Savages: Pollock, Ossorio, Dubuffet

Feb 9th, 2013 1m 44s

Exhibition co-curator Klaus Ottmann discusses the exhibition Angels, Demons, and Savages: Pollock, Ossorio, Dubuffet, on view February 9 through May 12, 2013.

Per Kirkeby: Paintings and Sculpture

Oct 6th, 2012 3m 54s

Curator Klaus Ottman discusses Per Kirkeby: Paintings and Sculpture, on view October 6, 2012 through January 6, 2013.Per Kirkeby: Paintings and Sculpture is the most comprehensive survey in the United States to date of works by Scandinavia’s

Antony Gormley: Drawing Space

Jun 2nd, 2012 4m 53s

Artist Antony Gormley discusses his exhibition, Antony Gormley: Drawing Space. The Phillips presents drawings and sculptures by one of Britain's most high-profile living artists, Antony Gormley (b. 1950), the Turner Prize-winner's first U.S. m

Jasper Johns: Variations on a Theme

Jun 2nd, 2012 3m 21s

Curator Renee Maurer discusses Jasper Johns: Variations on a Theme, on view June 2 through September 9, 2012.One of the most celebrated artists of the modern era, Jasper Johns (b. 1930) transformed the field of printmaking. For over 50 years,

Eye to Eye: Joseph Marioni

Oct 22nd, 2011 3m 53s

Senior Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art Vesela Sretenovic introduces the installation Eye to Eye: Joseph Marioni at the Phillips, on view Oct. 22, 2011-Jan. 29, 2012.Thirteen glowing paintings by Marioni are surrounded by about 40 works

Dancers at the Barre: Kirov Academy of Ballet

Oct 1st, 2011 1m 10s

Ballet students from the Kirov Academy of Ballet of Washington, D.C. bring Degas's artworks to life in the Phillips's galleries in honor of special exhibition Degas's Dancers at the Barre: Point and Counterpoint on view October 1, 2011 through

Degas's Dancers at the Barre: Point and Counterpoint

Oct 1st, 2011 2m 3s

Edgar Degas (1834--1917) was fascinated by the world of ballet. Bringing together about 30 works from some of the world's finest collections, the exhibition traces ballet in Degas's art from the 1870s to 1900. It is the first exploration of Deg

Will Ryman's Roses: 58th Street

Aug 4th, 2011 2m 24s

Will Ryman's Roses: 58th StreetAugust 4, 2011-January 5, 2012Colossal fiberglass and stainless steel rose blossoms adorn the Phillips's lawn at the corner of 21st and Q streets. Drawing inspiration from nature's cycles, the structure transfo

Kandinsky and the Harmonry of Silence: Painting with White Border

Jun 11th, 2011 3m 12s

Curator Elsa Smithgall introduces the exhibition Kandinsky and the Harmony of Silence: Painting with White Border, on view June 11--Sept. 4, 2011.After a visit to his native Moscow in 1912, Wassily Kandinsky (1866--1944) sought to record his

Stella Sounds: The Scarlatti K Series

Jun 11th, 2011 2m 58s

An overview from curator Elsa Smithgall for the exhibition Stella Sounds: The Scarlatti K Series, on view June 11—Sept. 4, 2011.The eight recent sculptures from Frank Stella's (b. 1936) Scarlatti Kirkpatrick Series—swirling, multicolored poly

David Smith Invents

Feb 12th, 2011 2m 37s

Phillips Curator Susan Behrends Frank gives insight on special exhibition David Smith Invents, on view at the Phillips from Feb. 12 through May 15, 2011.David Smith Invents explores an extraordinarily fertile period in the career of the sculp

Philip Guston, Roma

Feb 12th, 2011 3m 4s

Curator Peter Benson Miller introduces special exhibition Philip Guston, Roma, on view at The Phillips Collection Feb. 12 through May 15, 2011.Philip Guston, Roma brings together for the first time 39 paintings from Philip Guston's Roma serie

Sam Gilliam, Flour Mill

Jan 29th, 2011 5m 10s

Sam Gilliam's new work responds directly to Arthur Dove's Flour Mill II (1938) which he first saw at the Phillips in the early 1960s. On view Jan. 29 through April 24, 2011.During the fall of 1967 The Phillips Collection gave Sam Gilliam his

Behind-the-Scenes with Howard Hodgkin's As Time Goes By: Part I

Jan 8th, 2011 9m 25s

Go behind-the-scenes with Howard Hodgkin's As Time Goes By (2009), among the world's largest etchings, in this three part video series.Part I: Devising a system to mount, display, and store the ten-panel, 3,600 square foot artworkHodgkin's

Behind-the-Scenes with Howard Hodgkin's As Time Goes By: Part II

Jan 8th, 2011 4m 21s

Go behind-the-scenes with Howard Hodgkin's As Time Goes By (2009), among the world's largest etchings, in this three part video series. Part II: Installing the panels in the Phillips's intimate main gallery Hodgkin's most ambitious work to

Behind-the-Scenes Part III: Howard Hodgkin in Conversation with Dorothy Kosinski

Jan 8th, 2011 12m 58s

Dorothy Kosinski, director of The Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C., interviews artist Howard Hodgkin. They discuss the museum's major new acquisition of two monumental Hodgkin works -- As Time Goes By -- gifts to the museum in memory of

TruthBeauty: Pictorialism and the Photograph as Art, 1845-1945

Oct 9th, 2010 2m 37s

In this video, Phillips Collection curator Elsa Smithgall introduces special exhibition TruthBeauty: Pictorialism and the Photograph as Art, 1845-1945, on view at The Phillips Collection Oct. 9, 2010 through Jan. 9, 2011. Like impressionism,

Pousette-Dart: Predominantly White Paintings

Sep 12th, 2010 49s

The artist speaks! Hear Richard Pousette-Dart (1916-1992) read from his notebooks on art at The Phillips Collection in 1992.In a special exhibition on view through September 12, 2010 at The Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C., see works f

Georgia O'Keeffe: Abstraction

Feb 17th, 2010 4m 18s

Curator Elsa Smithgall introduces the exhibition Georgia O'Keeffe: Abstraction at The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C. Although best known for her iconic representations of flowers, landscapes, and animal bones, Georgia O'Keeffe's abstra

Man Ray, African Art and the Contemporary Lens: Renée Stout

Nov 24th, 2009 3m 49s

Renée Stout, a Washington, D.C. painter and sculptor, speaks on the relationship of African art to her practice.In conjunction with special exhibition Man Ray, African Art and the Modernist Lens at The Phillips Collection October 10, 2009-Jan

Man Ray, African Art and the Modernist Lens

Oct 10th, 2009 2m 26s

Man Ray translated the 20th-century modernist taste for African art into photographs that reached a popular audience. About 60 of his photographs, many never before exhibited, along with more than 40 photographs by his contemporaries, including

Paint Made Flesh

Jun 20th, 2009 3m 50s

Paint Made Flesh examines the ways in which European and American painters have used oil paint and the human body to convey enduring human vulnerabilities, among them anxieties about desire, appearance, illness, aging, war, and death. In the tr