Philipp Artus

The Phillips Collection 1600 21st Street NW, Washington

Berlin-based multidisciplinary artist and filmmaker Philipp Artus will discuss his experimental animations, light installations, and drawings that explore the manifestations of life through movement, sound, and imagery. Artus composes audiovisual experiences that unite playful elements with minimalist structures, timeless themes with contemporary observations, and turbulent acceleration with contemplative silence. Free and open to the public (includes admission to permanent collection). Reservations recommended.

Bob Nickas — “100 Paintings / 100 Years”

Ring Auditorium, Hirshhorn Museum 7th Street and Independence Ave SW, Washington

New York–based critic and curator Bob Nickas presents a selection of 100 paintings, one chosen for each year from 1915 to 2015. With some perverse choices and more than a few glaring omissions, Nickas has selected works in a personal, spontaneous, and intuitive way, engaging with the idea of art history as a game of cadavre exquis, to be played by one person who is always, in a sense, of two minds. Beginning with Russian Suprematist painter Kazimir Malevich and Dada conceptualist Marcel Duchamp, Nickas suggests that painting is, and perhaps has always been, an assisted readymade.