Upcoming Washington Art Exhibits, 2008-2009

I have advance schedules for 2008-2009 shows at the Smithsonian museums, the Corcoran Gallery, the Phillips Collection, and the National Gallery. Some highlights:

Degas to Diebenkorn: The Phillips Collects
February 9-May 25, 2008
Phillips Collection

Color as Field: American Painting, 1950–1975
Feb. 29, 2008—May 26, 2008
Smithsonian American Art Museum

Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures from the National Museum, Kabul
May 25–September 7, 2008
National Gallery of Art

Martin Puryear
June 22–September 28, 2008
National Gallery of Art

Richard Avedon
Portraits of Power
September 13, 2008–January 25, 2009
Corcoran Gallery

Ocean Hall
Sept. 25, 2008
National Museum of Natural History

Georgia O’Keeffe and Ansel Adams: Natural Affinities
Sept. 26, 2008—Jan. 4, 2009
Smithsonian American Art Museum

Garden and Cosmos: The Royal Paintings of Jodhpur
Oct. 11, 2008—Jan. 4, 2009
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

Louise Bourgeois
Feb. 28, 2009–June 7, 2009
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

From the Afghanistan Exhibit, Thierry Ollivier - Musee Guimet