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Sight Anacostia Community Museum: “Black Baseball in the District of Columbia,” an examination of the national pastime in the African-American community, indefinitely. “Home Sewn: Quilts From the Lower Mississippi Valley,” an exhibition examining the generational, social and economic fabric of an AfricanAmerican quilting community in rural Mississippi, through Sept. 21. “Ubuhle Women, Beadwork and the Art of Independence,” this exhibition features a new form of bead art, the ndwango (which translates as “cloth”), developed by a community of women living and working together in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, through Sept. 21. 1901 Fort Place SE; 202-633-4820, anacostia.si.edu. LAST CHANCE Arthur M. Sackler Gallery: “An American in London:
Whistler and the Thames,” this is the first major exhibition to examine paintings from James McNeill Whistler’s early period in London, Thu.-Sun. 1050 Independence Ave. SW; 202-633-1000, asia.si.edu.
BlackRock Center for the Arts: “It’s Abstract!,” 12 artists including Fran Abrams, Laurie Breen, Sabine Carlson, Laurence Chandler, Felisa Federman, Gordana Gerskovic, Kristin Herzog, Ronald Komara, Hester Ohbi, Lynette Reed, Lynn Rybicki and Bridget Z. Sullivan display their abstract works, through Sept. 5. “Still Life Paintings,” still life paintings by artist Rulei Bu are exhibited, through Sept. 5. 12901 Town Commons Drive, Germantown; 301-5282260, blackrockcenter.org.
Capitol Hill Arts Workshop: “12x12 Elements,” the exhibition presents 24 art works that illuminate the physical universe through the four substances of “elements,” air, water, fire and earth restricted to a finished piece, through Oct. 2. 545 Seventh St. SE; 202-5476839, chaw.org. LAST CHANCE
Connersmith: “Academy
2014,” works by MFA and BFA students in the Washington and Baltimore areas, Thu.-Sat. 1358-60 Florida Ave. NE; 202588-8750, connersmith.us.com.
Corcoran Gallery of Art: “Mark Tribe: Plein Air,” this exhibition features works by Tribe that explore aerial landscape photography through computer simulation, through Sept. 28. “Sol LeWitt: Wall Drawing #65,” LeWitt’s piece, on loan from the National Gallery of Art, is displayed, through March 15. “Terra Firma: Landscapes From the
Photography and Media Arts Collection,” a collection of 40 photographs and one video work related to landscape, through Sept. 28. 500 17th St. NW; 202-6391700, corcoran.org.
Foundry Gallery: “Hot Glass in the City,” local premier glass artists display stained, fused, blown and flamework glass art, through Aug. 31. 1314 18th St. NW; 202-463-0203, foundrygallery.org. Freer Gallery of Art: “Promise of Paradise: Early Chinese Buddhist Sculpture,” a collection of stone and gilt bronze Buddhist sculptures highlight two flourishing ages, the late Six Dynasties and the High Tang (sixth to eighth century). The exhibition’s dramatic focus is the monumental Cosmological Buddha: a life-size stone sculpture covered in intricate representations of the earthly realms. It is the only one of its kind on the world, indefinitely. “Style in Chinese Landscape Painting: The Song Legacy,” features landscape paintings from the Song dynasty period, 907-1279, and later works that show an evolution of six different styles, through Oct. 26. “The Nile and Ancient Egypt,” high quality artifacts from the collections of Freer Gallery are showcased to illuminate the role and importance of water animals for ancient Egyptian religion and afterlife, indefinitely. Jefferson Drive and 12th Street SW; 202-633-1000, asia.si.edu.
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Hillyer Art Space: “In Lieu of Longing,” Dane Winkler’s sculptural works contrast work and play, through Aug. 30. “Jettison to Collection,” Casey Snyder’s paintings explore the illusion of memory, through Aug. 30. “Platforms,” sculptures by Evan Reed blend architecture influenced by literature, through Aug. 30. 9 Hillyer Court NW; 202-338-0680, hillyerartspace.org.
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: “Directions: Jeremy Deller: English Magic,” footage by Deller from the film “English Magic” provides a portrait of Britain and explores how “consumerism, technology and the new monotony of work” have altered experiences with nature, culture and history, through Aug. 31. “Salvatore Scarpitta: Traveler,” an exhibition representing Scarpitta’s career features paintings by the artist that incorporate bandages and automobile parts and his full-scale race car sculptures, through Jan. 11. “Speculative Forms,” drawn from the museum’s permanent collection, this sculpture exhibition examines trends in modernist sculpture since the early 20th century, through Sept. 30, 2015. Seventh Street and Independence Avenue SW; 202-633-1000, hirshhorn.si.edu. LAST CHANCE
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