The Phillips Collection
The Phillips Collection is open Tuesday-Saturday, 10 am-5 pm; Sunday 11 am-5 pm (10-11 am Members only). Reservations encouraged; members may walk-in. Plan your visit!
History - The Phillips Collection
The Phillips Collection, America’s first museum of modern art, was opened in 1921 in historic Dupont Circle in Washington, DC, by collector and philanthropist Duncan Phillips. Duncan Phillips (1886-1966) was the son of Major Duncan Clinch Phillips, a Pittsburgh businessman and Civil War veteran, and Eliza Laughlin Phillips, whose father was a banker and co-founder of Jones and Laughlin Steel ...
Alma W. Thomas: Everything Is Beautiful - The Phillips Collection
Alma W. Thomas was a pioneering artist and educator who taught us the importance of seeking beauty in the everyday. Beginning fall 2021, cultural and educational institutions across Washington, DC, will celebrate Thomas’s life with a variety of programs, events, and a major exhibition at The Phillips Collection, honoring her contributions to ...
Breadcrumb - The Phillips Collection
In a century when painting has shifted away from narrative, Lawrence is a master storyteller, bringing to life important historical events by drawing upon his emotional responses to them. Profoundly affected by the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s and 1930s, he was first exposed to art in an after school program at the Utopia House, where classes were taught by Charles Alston, later his mentor ...
The Phillips Collection Presents Bonnard's Worlds
Dec 13, 2023 · The Phillips Collection’s presentation echoes the personal spaces depicted in Bonnard’s paintings, encouraging guests to explore the sensory realms of the artist’s experiences. Bonnard’s Worlds is on view from March 2–June 2, 2024. “The Phillips Collection, an early champion of Bonnard in the United States, is delighted to present ...
The Repentant St. Peter - The Phillips Collection
The Repentant St. Peter. Domenikos Theotokopoulos (El Greco) was born in Candia (Iráklion), Crete, in 1541, but little is known about his early life. He took up his vocation as a painter in Crete but around 1568 was in Venice, where he evidently studied the works of Jacopo Bassano, Tintoretto, Titian, and Veronese.
Paid Internships - The Phillips Collection
The Phillips Collection internship program is open to junior and senior undergraduates, graduate students and recent graduates. Applications are accepted for the summer, fall, and spring semesters. Interns receive complimentary guest admission to the museum (subject to availability), a 20% discount at the museum shop, a 10% discount in the ...
Jacob Lawrence - The Phillips Collection
Jacob Lawrence. The Migration Series, Panel no. 5: Migrants were advanced passage on the railroads, paid for by northern industry. Northern industry was to be repaid by the migrants out of their future wages. (between 1940 and 1941)
Pierre-Auguste Renoir - The Phillips Collection
Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Portrait of Rodin (not dated) Phillips@THEARC. Blog. Press.
Membership - The Phillips Collection
Announcing exciting changes to our membership program With enhanced benefits and fresh new names inspired by Duncan Phillips, we now offer the following membership categories: Friends ($75-$2,499), a dedicated level for young professionals called Contemporaries ($500), and Circles ($2,500-$50,000).Read more about the new levels below.