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The Phillips Collection is open Tuesday-Sunday, 10 am-5 pm. Reservations encouraged; members may walk-in. Plan your visit The museum will be closed on Friday, May 10, for the Annual Gala. Close
Sep 12, 2021 · In 2021, The Phillips Collection, America’s first museum of modern art, celebrates its centennial. The museum opened its doors 100 years ago as a memorial to founder Duncan Phillips’s father, Duncan Clinch Phillips, and brother, James, who died in the 1918 flu epidemic. Recognizing the healing power of art, Phillips sought to share his “living” collection in a welcoming space and to ...
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 ...
The Conservation Department cares for our permanent collection and special exhibitions. Learn more. Phillips Conservator Patricia Favero looks through a microscope. Artist Renee Stout and a conservation intern talk about one of her pieces. Conservators clean Ellsworth Kelly’s Untitled (EK927) in the courtyard.
Dec 16, 2022 · Dorothy Kosinski, Vradenburg Director and CEO of The Phillips Collection, will conclude her tenure at the end of 2022. Following 15 years of distinguished leadership, she will be named Director Emerita. Here, Dorothy reflects on her time at the Phillips. Dorothy Kosinski at the Phillips’s 100th Birthday Party, November 2021.
Feb 22, 2021 · The Phillips Collection, America's First Museum Of Modern Art, Turns 100 The Washington, D.C., gallery turns 100 this year. Susan Stamberg has fond memories of visiting back in the '60s: "It was ...
Mar 30, 2023 · The Phillips Collection is a small jewel box of a museum in DuPont Circle. It’s a great place to head if you need a break from the Smithsonian museums and their attendant crowds. The Phillips was the first museum in America dedicated to Modern Art. It has a breathtaking collection of Impressionist, Post-Impressionist and Modernist art works.
