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The Phillips Collection

The Phillips Collection is located 1600 21st St NW, Washington, DC 20009. The institution was founded in 1921 by Duncan Phillips as America’s first museum of modern art. Housed in the Phillips family’s Georgian Revival home, the museum has expanded over the years to include additional gallery space. The Phillips Collection features over 4,000 works encompassing a range of modern and contemporary art. Highlights include pieces by Pierre Auguste Renoir, Vincent van Gogh and Mark Rothko. The museum is known for its intimate setting and innovative exhibitions such as “The Warmth of Other Suns: Stories of Global Displacement” and “Riffs and Relations: African American Artists and the European Modernist Tradition.” The Phillips Collection also offers educational programs, artist talks and music performances, enhancing its role as a vibrant cultural institution. Read more about Museums.

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Joan Miró’s Joy Is as Infectious as Ever

Miró's paintings explode with joy and exuberance, and those emotions are palpable. They simply make you happy.
By Dian Parker
A white gallery booth corner displays several colorful figurative and abstract paintings, including a large central canvas of a rabbit-like figure under spotlights.

EXPO CHICAGO 2026: Local Enthusiasm and Strong Institutional Sales

Under new director Kate Sierzputowski, the fair opened with a tighter format and a sharper curatorial focus, driving early (and steady) sales across tiers.
By Elisa Carollo
Two ladies sstanding prously and elegantly dressed in a gallery.

How Two Passionate Dealers Revived the Market for a Roster of Lesser-Known American Artists

In a market largely uninterested in art historical rigor, dealers Christine Berry and Martha Campbell have secured success by diving deeper into artists' stories.
By Elisa Carollo
A photo of a political cartoon featuring Abraham Lincoln standing somberly in a dark suit, observing chaos beneath him. Figures below include a blindfolded character holding a document labeled "Trumped Up Charges," a man yelling "DIES" next to a cart with a large fish, and other characters representing groups like "Coughlin," "KKK," and "Silver Shirts" engaged in disorderly activities, symbolizing corruption and hatred.

One Fine Show: ‘William Gropper, Artist of the People’ at The Phillips Collection

By Dan Duray
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One Fine Show: ‘Multiplicity’ at the Phillips Collection

By Dan Duray
A collage of two adults in red and a smaller figure in black in the foreground surrounded by book pages

The Phillips Collection Looks at Blackness in Contemporary American Collage

By Stephen Wozniak

One Fine Show: ‘Bonnard’s Worlds’ at the Phillips Collection

By Dan Duray
A painting of a person sipping a cup of coffee at a table with a red checked cloth

On Pierre Bonnard’s Drama and Quiet Seduction

By Dian Parker
Woman stands in museum room with two giant dark red Rothko paintings

Bernard Arnault’s Private Museum to Host Major Rothko Retrospective

By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
The Rothko Room at The Phillips Collection. (Photo: The Phillips Collection)

Here Are 6 Artworks Pope Francis Shouldn’t Miss During His US Visit

By Alanna Martinez
The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. (Courtesy the Hirshhorn)

First in War, First in Peace—But in Art? A D.C. Native Visits the Capital’s Museums

By Nate Freeman

Congolese Artist’s Work Wins Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Award, Is Acquired by the Phillips Collection

By Rozalia Jovanovic

Dove’s Miniature Watercolors Encompass Majesty of Nature

By Mario Naves

Modern and Surreal Combined by a Man Who Loved Them Both

By Hilton Kramer
Still from "Will Barnet, Male and Female, 1954" (Courtesy WhitneyFocus)

Pierre Bonnard, Returns In Triumph To D.C. Museum

By Hilton Kramer

Painter Leland Bell, A Great Lecturer, Finally Gets Exhibit

By Hilton Kramer

Painter Jacob Lawrence Still Grips and Stings

By Hilton Kramer

The Daumier Retrospective: More Than a Caricaturist

By Hilton Kramer

In Renoir to Rothko Show, Art, Not Hype, Is First

By Hilton Kramer

Georgia O’Keeffe, Artist With Inflated Reputation

By Hilton Kramer

New Man at the Whitney: An End to Freak Shows?

By Hilton Kramer

At Last, They Go Wild For Renoir’s Portraits

By Hilton Kramer

Hail, Richard Diebenkorn! So Heroic, So Underrated

By Hilton Kramer
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