Weekend Art Roundup

Ms. Cavanaugh is back, having passed her thesis defense, and is now counting the minutes until she can dip into the flask she has surreptitiously hidden in her bag. So on that note, here are some art events for the coming weekend!

Thursday:

The Washington Project for the Arts hosts Staged @ Lofts 11 at 6:30 p.m. The event features the work of Bridget Sue Lambert, Steve Frost, Nathan Manuel, Anita Walsh and Annie Peters. At Lofts 11 - 1125 11th Street NW, 8th Floor Penthouse.

Friday:

Philippa Hughes of the Pink Line Project will be giving a talk on art collecting at the Pyramid Atlantic Art Center in Silver Spring. It starts at 6 p.m., is followed by wine tasting, and is for SINGLES. If you happen to be taken, you can go to collector talks on the other nights. See here for more.

Art Whino celebrates their new space in National Harbor with La Femme.

Saturday:

The American Art Museum hosts the third installment of their American Pictures Distinguished Lecture Series, with a talk by Garry Wills on Thomas Eakins’s William Rush Carving His Allegorical Figure of the Schuylkill River (above). 4:30 p.m., tickets distributed an hour in advance.

Saturday and Sunday:

The artists at 52 O St. are opening their studios from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days.

Sunday:

Swing by the National Portrait Gallery to see Edward Steichen and Zaida Ben-Yusuf, whose portraits taken in the early 20th century are pretty compelling.

Upcoming:

Sign up for Art Anonymous, an event on May 10 at the Corcoran, where you can bid on paintings by top D.C. artists. The catch is that names are on the back, so you won't know whose work you're buying. Luckily some artists, like Amy Lin, are pretty distinctive. Tickets are $65 for non-members.

And go check out the Hirshhorn's new web site!