Corcoran College of Art and Design
Corcoran Gallery of Art
Shadows of History
Shadows of History
Photographs of the Civil War from the Collection of Julia
J. Norrell
February 4–May 20, 2012
Family Day
Family Day
Up, Up, and Away!
Saturday, March 3, 2012
10 a.m.–4 p.m.
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Exhibitions

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Come be inspired by the Corcoran Gallery of Art's expansive collections, dynamic exhibitions, and innovative programs and events.

NEXT at the Corcoran: Class of 2012
April 14–May 20, 2012
The Corcoran Gallery of Art and College of Art + Design presents NEXT at the Corcoran: Class of 2012, a dynamic, interactive, and innovative presentation of work by the graduating students of the Corcoran College of Art + Design. NEXT, for the first time, includes both an exhibition of the thesis work of the Bachelor of Fine Arts class of 2012 and a showcase of the Masters of Arts degree programs at the Corcoran.

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Richard Diebenkorn: The Ocean Park Series
June 30–September 23, 2012

DiebenkornA pivotal figure in the history of modern painting, Richard Diebenkorn (1922–1993) was an innovator whose work inspired legions of artists and greatly advanced the lexicon of abstraction. The Corcoran is the only East Coast venue for Richard Diebenkorn: The Ocean Park Series, the first major museum exhibition to focus on the artist’s most celebrated body of work. The exhibition features more than 80 works, including large-scale paintings, smaller paintings made on cigar box lids, mixed-media drawings on paper, monotypes, and prints.
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Taryn Simon: A Living Man Declared Dead and Other Chapters
November 17, 2012–February 24, 2013

Taryn Simon (b. 1975) produced A Living Man Declared Dead and Other Chapters over a four-year period (2008–11), during which she traveled around the world researching and recording bloodlines and their related stories. “In each of the 18 chapters,” the photographer has explained, “you see the external forces of territory, governance, power, and religion, colliding with the internal forces of psychological and physical inheritance.”
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