Shadows of History: Photographs of the Civil War
February 4–May 6, 2012
Exhibitions
on view
Come be inspired by the Corcoran Gallery of Art's expansive collections, dynamic exhibitions, and innovative programs and events.
30 Americans
October 1, 2011–February 12, 2012
30 Americans showcases works by many of the most important African American artists of the last three decades. This provocative exhibition focuses on issues of racial, sexual, and historical identity in contemporary culture while exploring the powerful influence of artistic legacy and community across generations.
Claire Healy and Sean Cordeiro: Are We There Yet?
December 3, 2011–March 11, 2012
For their first exhibition in the United States, the Australian artistic duo investigates the aspiration of space travel and the paradoxes of food consumption. Commissioned by the Corcoran, this gallery-transforming installation uses specific quantities of popular grocery items to illustrate the contrast between human needs and ambition.
Modern and Contemporary Art Since 1945
From the collection
Ongoing
The new permanent collection installation highlights the strengths of the modern and contemporary art holdings. These galleries provide a sense of the breadth of practice and the range of ideas that animate postwar and contemporary art. Major works are presented by Lee Bontecou, William Christenberry, Robert Colescott, Rob Fischer, Ellsworth Kelly, Martin Puryear, Sean Scully, Jessica Stockholder, Anne Truitt, Andy Warhol, and others.
Selections from the Collection of Historic American Art
From the collection
Ongoing
The historic American collection spans the history of American art from colonial times through 1980. These holdings include remarkable paintings by such distinguished artists as John Singleton Copley, Frederic Church, Mary Cassatt, Winslow Homer, George Bellows, and Edward Hopper, which were purchased as the finest examples of contemporary art of their time. The historic American collection has been further strengthened by other significant acquisitions; for example, in 1996 Thurlow Evans Tibbs, Jr. donated 34 works by African-American artists, including Aaron Douglas' masterpiece Into Bondage (1936).
American Bronzes from the Corcoran Gallery of Art
From the collection
Ongoing
This installation of more than 30 bronze sculptures from the Corcoran’s world-renowned collection of American art highlights works dating from the late 19th and early 20th centuries by such masters of the medium as Elie Nadelman, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, and Alexander Phimister Proctor (sculptor of Washington’s Buffalo Bridge).
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Ideal Busts
In the Atrium
Ongoing
Installed in the Atrium are six ideal busts, four of which belonged to Washington, D.C., banker and philanthropist William Wilson Corcoran (1798–1888), founder of the Corcoran Gallery of Art, whose portrait bust by William H. Rinehart appears nearby.
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