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Exhibitions

UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS

Boy runs across the image, many scenes of his run shown

Unruly Discourse: A communal excavation

August 22 - December 6, 2025

A collaborative exhibition between the GW Collection and For Freedoms aiming to ignite a dialogue around the diverse, personal, and political understanding of civic participation and its role in our lives today through works found in the GW Collection.

Image: Harold Edgerton, Child Running, 1939, printed 1980-81, gelatin silver print, 15-31/32" x 19-7/8". Gift from the Trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art (Gift of Mr. Pete Kayafas) CGA.1986.45.13. © 2010 MIT/ Estate of Harold E. Edgerton

Painting seen from above with an empty chair and shadows on the right side

Recent Gifts

August 22 - December 6, 2025

This grouping of works comes from five separate gifts generously given to the university by donors, many university alumni, faculty, and staff – part of the extended GW community. Features work by Josef Albers, George Bellows, Wyatt Gallery, and Denny O'Neil.

Image: Sandra Rottmann, Tom, 2010, archival chromogenic print, 28-1/2" x 24-3/4". Gift of the artist, 2023 (P.2023.2). © Sandra Rottmann

VIRTUAL EXHIBITIONS

Black and white photograph showing the back of a man as he walks along a beach following a tire.

Andy Warhol's Polaroids

Andy Warhol's photographs reflect his daily life including his travels, romantic partners, social outings, inanimate objects and preparations for commissioned portraits. This exhibition focuses on the concept of the Polaroid and black and white photographs by Warhol in the GW Collection. If read as mirrors to Warhol’s internal struggles they give insight into his feelings about being a famous and profitable artist, struggles with his sexuality and his friendships.

Image: Andy Warhol, Jon Gould, 1982, black and white photograph, 8" x 10". Gift of the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, 2008 (P.08.6.125) © The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Concurring Experiences: Together, Apart

An exhibition commemorating the one-year anniversary of the COVID-19 national lockdown, showcasing 27 works from the Corcoran Study Collection curated and researched by MA Exhibition Design class of 2022, Dr. Lisa Lipinski's "History of Exhibitions". Through the lens of finding and uplifting community in times of isolation, the show follows eight themes, each linked to calls-to-actions, social justice organizations, and mutual aid funds, hoping to uplift these missions with larger audiences and community.

HOME: Selections from the Corcoran Study Collection

This exhibition seeks to show many facets of home through photographic works recently returned to the Corcoran Flagg Building from works exploring Washington, D.C., the city many of us call home, to more intangible feelings of where we find comfort, to the idea of the Corcoran Flagg Building as a dedicated home for art.

Image: Richard Rodriguez, Chris's Room, 1979, dye coupler print (chromogenic) mounted on board, 9" x 11-1/2". Gift from the Trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art (Museum Purchase with the aid of finds from the National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, D.C., a Federal agency, and the Polaroid Corporation) CGA.1980.145 © Richard Rodriguez

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