Title This! Pun-tificating

Throughout the American Moments exhibition, we’ve been highlighting responses to our Title This! in-gallery interactive. Some participants have been quite punny. Water you thinking about? Let us know on social media with #AmericanMoments!

Credits clockwise from top left: Lauren; Marc Kron from VA; Carly Hurwitz from IL; James Moore from DC; and Kristy Pettie from DC.

Credits clockwise from top left: Lauren; Marc Kron from VA; Carly Hurwitz from IL; James Moore from DC; and Kristy Pettie from DC.

 

ArtGrams: Around the Phillips

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This shot of the exterior of the original Phillips building, emphasizing the red facade, is brought to you by Instagrammer @miquelcar

There are plenty of mesmerizing works on view at the Phillips, but for this month’s ArtGrams, we’re highlighting photos from visitors who looked beyond the canvas.

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Via Instagrammer @wolfofkstreet: “Tête-à-tête chairs in this incredible Georgian Revival house turned gallery. Just one of the many reasons this is one of my favorite places in the city.”

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A rare shot of the window details as seen from 21st Street, NW by Instagrammer @smitn

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Via Instagrammer @babesicle: “Stylish Mondrian wall and chair up in the museum coffee shop! Perfect place to chill out after being on our feet all day.”

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Via Instagrammer @laura_ewan: “New art installation outside Phillips. Miss walking by this every day.”

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We can never get enough of the Music Room. Here’s a great image captured by Instagrammer @Sstephaniediaz.

 

Drawing, Painting, or Something In Between

Of her work in response to Vincent van Gogh’s The Road Menders, Intersections @ 5 artist Linn Meyers says “The fact that he was really a painter, and that he really used the paint in a visceral way, effected the way that my drawing progressed; it actually started to become more of a painting than a drawing.”