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“Ai Weiwei: According to What?” A retrospective of the Chinese contemporary artist and political activist. At Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Through Feb. 24. “Ai Weiwei: Circle of Animals/ Zodiac Heads.” The artist’s installation includes 12 zodiac-inspired animal heads. At Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Through Feb. 24.
‘Faking It: Manipulated Photography Before Photoshop’
“Art in the Eye of a Needle.” A display of Jamaican-born sculptor Willard Wigan’s micro-sculptures, made in the eye of a needle. At Parish Gallery. Through Jan. 31. “Barbara Kruger: Belief + Doubt.” The entire museum space — walls, floor, escalator sides — is wrapped in text-printed vinyl by the artist, immersing visitors in halls of voices that address conflicting perceptions of democracy, power and belief. At Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Ongoing.
“Black Box: Democracia.” A threechannel work, “To Be and to Last (Ser y Durar),” by the Madrid-based collective formed by Pablo Espana and Ivan Lopez, captures a team of local traceurs who perform parkour in a cemetery. At Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Through March 1. “Can You Walk Away? Modern Slavery: Human Trafficking in the United States.” This exhibit looks at slavery in modern society as it compares with that in Lincoln’s time. At President Lincoln’s Cottage. Through Aug. 31. “Changing America: The Emancipation Proclamation, 1863 and the March on Washington, 1963.” A collection of photos and artifacts commemorating two major events in American history. At National Museum of American History. Through Sept. 15. “Color, Line, Light: French Drawings, Watercolors, and Pastels from Delacroix to Signac.” About 100 pieces from James T. Dyke’s collection demonstrate eclectic work by artists working between 1830 and 1930, including Monet, Degas and Cezanne. At National Gallery of Art, West Building. Through May 26. “Dark Matters.” The museum reopens an exhibit that explores the literal and metaphorical notions of darkness. At Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Through Jan. 31. “Delicate/Violent.” Artist David Amoroso showcases his painted portraits of local rappers and reggaetoneros depicted in violent
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“Bezalel on Tour.” Contemporary works from Israel’s leading academy of art, design and architecture. At Corcoran Gallery of Art. Through Feb. 17.
J.C. Higgins and Son’s “Man in Bottle” used 1888 photo-tweaking techniques.
situations. At Artisphere, Mezzanine Gallery. Through March 16. “Detroit Disassembled: Photographs by Andrew Moore.” The 30 monumentally scaled photographs reveal the tragic beauty of Detroit’s ruins. At National Building Museum. Through Feb. 18. “Detroit is No Dry Bones: Photographs by Camilo Jose Vergara.” The sociologist documented the city’s decline for more than 25 years. His photographs illustrate the tension between Detroit’s industrial ruins and its surviving communities as the city has continued to shrink and reinvent itself. At National Building Museum. Through Feb. 18. “Down to Earth: Herblock and Photographers Observe the Environment.” Herblock cartoons appear side by side with photographs related to environmental issues. At Library of Congress, Jefferson Building. Through March 23. “Drink This! The Workhouse International Ceramic Cup Show.” Contemporary artists take on the utilitarian cup. At Workhouse Arts Center. Through Feb. 10.
Pictures, or it didn’t happen! Or, possibly, pictures, but it still didn’t happen, or it didn’t happen in quite that way. “Faking It: Manipulated Photography Before Photoshop,” at the National Gallery of Art from Feb. 17 to May 5, contains 200 photographs from the 1840s through the 1980s that show how photographers tweaked photos before the advent of the advanced technology we take for granted today.
“Network of Mutuality: 50 Years Post-Birmingham.” Prominent contemporary artists create works that explore both the civil rights movement and current issues surrounding race and equality. At the University of Maryland’s Art Gallery, Art/Sociology Building. Through April 27. New Paintings by Ed Bear Miller. Miller’s subjects include Washington’s natural beauty, still life and nudes. At Foundry Gallery. “New York Avenue Sculpture Project: Chakaia Booker.” Chakaia Booker exhibits her rubber-tirebased pieces outside the museum along New York Avenue as part of a series of changing installations of contemporary works by female artists. At National Museum of Women in the Arts. Through March 9, 2014. “Not Lost in Translation: The Life of Clotilde Arias.” Arias, who immigrated to New York from Iquitos, Peru, in 1923 at the age of 22, led an atypical life and is most known for her composition “Huiracocha,” which is revered and still performed around the world. Her possessions and papers tell a story of the first half of the 20th century. At National Museum of American History. Ongoing. “One Man’s Search for Ancient China: The Paul Singer Collection.” A significant collection of ancient Chinese art objects from the psychiatrist and scholar. Highlights include jade and stone pieces and hairpieces. At Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. Through July 7. “Perspectives: Ai Weiwei.” The show features photographs, architectural designs and installations, including one built with wood from Qing Dynasty temples. At Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. Through April 7.
“Ellsworth Kelly: Colored Paper Images.” An exhibition of 23 paperpulp pieces by Kelly. At National Gallery of Art, East Building. Through Dec. 1.
mousetraps and other inventions show patents inventors submitted in the 19th century. At Smithsonian American Art Museum. Through Nov. 3.
“Enlightened Beings: Buddhism in Chinese Painting.” An exhibit of 27 works that focus on the four main categories of the enlightened being in Buddhism. At Freer Gallery of Art. Through Feb. 24.
“Manufactured Reality.” Works by Richard L. Dana, James Huckenpahler and Don Kimes are featured in this collection of computer-added generated art. At Marymount University, Barry Gallery. Through Feb. 8.
“Fighting on Two Fronts: Black Military Service in the United States.” The exhibition highlights African-Americans who served and fought from the Revolutionary War to the Vietnam War and the discrimination they often faced at home and abroad. At Montpelier Arts Center. Through Feb. 26.
“Mathew Brady’s Photographs of Union Generals.” Studio portraits by one of the most famous photographers of the Civil War. At National Portrait Gallery. Through May 31, 2015.
“Steven Cushner: The Shaped Paintings, 1991-1993.” This exhibition revisits a body of abstract work on non-rectangular canvases created by the acclaimed Washington painter in the early 1990s. At Hemphill. Through March 9.
Michelangelo’s “David-Apollo.” The marble statue — depicting either the biblical giant-killer or the pagan sun god — is on loan from Italy’s Museo Nazionale del Bargello in Florence. At National Gallery of Art, West Building. Through March 3.
“Taryn Simon: A Living Man Declared Dead and Other Chapters I-XVIII.” Simon’s detailed photographic archive of images and text reveals social changes driven by science, culture and chance. At Corcoran Gallery of Art. Through Feb. 24.
“Nam June Paik: Global Visionary.” The exhibition features “Zen for TV” (1963/1976), “Megatron/ Matrix” (1995) and objects from the Nam June Paik Archive, a collection of correspondence and Paik ephemera. At Smithsonian American Art Museum. Through Aug. 11.
“The Soul of the City: InstantDC.” At the Gallery at Vivid Solutions Temporary Space. Through Feb. 22.
“Forest Z. Allread: Cabinets of Curiosity.” The first solo exhibition by the local multimedia artist. At Transformer. Through Feb. 23. Emancipation Proclamation. A signed copy of the Emancipation Proclamation is displayed where it was drafted. At President Lincoln’s Cottage. Through Feb. 28. “Inventing a Better Mousetrap: Patent Models From the Rothschild Collection.” Models of
“QR Codes.” Artists put their own spin on the black-and-white boxes. At Torpedo Factory Art Center, Potomac Fiber Arts Gallery. Through Feb. 10.
“Utopia.” Enoc Perez’s architectural portraits include Marina Towers Continued on page S4