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patrick mcdonough, AWNING STUDIES: SOCRATES, installation view, socrates sculpture park, 2011; oFFicial cherry blossom poster (c) peter maX 2012; chakaia booker’s “pass the buck” sculpture, 2008, For the national museum oF women in the arts, courtesy oF marlborough gallery best m od p od of C ul t ur e Master Crafts In celebration of the Renwick’s 40th anniversary, the contemporary craft gallery will mount 40 Under 40: Craft Futures this July (americanart.si.edu). Curated by Nicholas R. Bell, the show features 40 artists born after 1972—the year the gallery was established—to showcase the breadth, diversity and unexpected direction of this Smithsonian gallery. “Th e newly renovated 19th-century French galleries will show old favorites in a new way and feature works such as the recently acquired ‘Th e Black Rocks at Trouville’ by Gustave Courbet. About 15 works have been cleaned and newly conserved, including Monet’s sparkling ‘Th e Bridge at Argenteuil.’” — eArl A. PoWell iii, director, nAtionAl GAllery of Art In Full Bloom Celebrating its 100th anniversary, the National Cherry Blossom Festival (national cherry blossom-festival. org) rolls out fi ve weeks of events for the fi rst time ever. Topping the list are the national Gallery of Art’s collection of scroll paintings never seen outside Japan, and two exhibitions at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery featuring rare Buddhist paintings and Hokusai masterpieces. te n t c it y Public Figures Last summer, DC’s Patrick McDonough (pkmcdonough.com) received the coveted Washington Project for the Arts’ Public Art Residency, a paid post at New York’s Socrates Sculpture Park intended to provide hands-on experience in public art. Soon his Open Space-Awning Studies: SOCRATES will be reinstalled in DC. “I’m excited to witness how DC impacts the work,” McDonough says. “I like the notions of discovery, paradox and even subtlety that come with inserting artworks into public spaces.” Girl Power Th e National Museum of Women in the Arts (nmwa. org) celebrates 25 years with events, lectures and exhibitions galore. Highlights include the March dedication of Chakaia Booker’s work for the new York Avenue Sculpture Project (above) and november’s “Women to Watch 2012,” the third installment of its biennial series on emerging artists. h e a d l ine s THE Art of PROTEST After spending the past two decades as a foreign correspondent, Charles Krause saw fi rst-hand the impact of art on politics and reporting. He’s just launched Charles Krause/Reporting Fine Art (charleskrausereporting. com), a Logan Circle gallery showcasing largely unknown artists whose work inspired social change. Six exhibitions are slated for this year, starting with Th e Graphic and Fine Art of Poland’s Jerzy Janiszewski. Th e selection of images includes Gazeta (seen here), among several others, from the artist responsible for the famed Polish solidarity logo in 1980. Jan/Feb 2012 | | 79
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