Seeing Baseball in Luncheon of the Boating Party

Posted on November 10, 2011 by Experiment Station

To celebrate our 90th anniversary The Phillips Collection held an all-day birthday party attended by 4,400 people. In honor of the event, my colleagues in the education department and I were asked to give half hour tours every hour on the special 90th anniversary installation of Renoir’s Luncheon of the Boating Party. The museum’s masterpiece […]

David Driskell: A World Beyond the Hills of North Carolina

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Experiment Station

To honor artist David Driskell‘s 80th birthday and celebrate Creative Spirit: The Art of David C. Driskell on view through December 16 at The David C. Driskell Center at the University of Maryland, College Park, Curator Elsa Smithgall writes about the artist’s relationship with The Phillips Collection in a two part series. Stay tuned for […]