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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.

Helios: Eadweard Muybridge in a Time of Change
April 10—July 18, 2010

Best known for his groundbreaking studies of animal and human locomotion, 19th-century photographer Eadweard Muybridge was also an innovative landscape artist and pioneer of documentary subjects. Helios: Eadweard Muybridge in a Time of Change is the first retrospective exhibition to examine all aspects of Muybridge’s art.

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American Falls: Phil Solomon
April 10—July 18

American Falls: Phil Solomon is a new multi-projection video installation by celebrated experimental filmmaker Phil Solomon, commissioned for the Corcoran’s Rotunda. Inspired by Frederic Edwin Church’s 1857 masterpiece Niagara, one of the best-known paintings in the Corcoran’s collection, and by Washington’s memorial architecture, American Falls explores the aspirations and struggles that lie at the heart of the American Dream.

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Chuck Close Prints: Process and Collaboration
July 3, 2010—September 12, 2010

For over 30 years, renowned American portraitist Chuck Close has explored the art of printmaking, experimenting with innovative techniques that test and advance the limits of the medium. Chuck Close Prints: Process and Collaboration, which includes more than 100 finished images, proofs, and objects, is the first survey to consider this important artist’s extensive and groundbreaking work in the field.

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