Phillips Collection
1600 21st St at Q St NW; closest Metro stop is Dupont Circle.
Tues-Wed 10am-5pm, Thurs 10am-8.30pm, Fri-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun
noon-5pm. Admission $7.50. tel 202/387-2151,
The Phillips Collection , one of the country's most
extensive assemblies of modern paintings, starts off with a variety
of proto-modern artists such as El Greco and Turner, before
hurrying via French Impressionism to the real heart of the show -
hundreds of works by Picasso, Matisse, Kandinsky, Van Gogh, Rothko,
O'Keeffe, Klee and many others. The building adds to the
experience: part is displayed in the Phillips family's ornate 1890s
mansion, the rest in a 1960s purpose-built gallery space, all of it
recently renovated. Popular free concerts take place in the
oak-paneled Music Room on Sundays (Sept-May 5pm); reserve in
advance for free gallery tours on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 2pm
and free gallery talks on the first and third Thursdays of the
month at 12.30pm.
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