Corcoran to close for seven weeks beginning Jan. 26
By: Chris Klimek
Special to The Examiner
January 2, 2009
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| Bob Dylan, musician, Central Park, New York, February 10, 1965, © 2008 The Richard Avedon Foundation -- Courtesy Photo |
WASHINGTON — The first two months of the year are typically the slowest for D.C. museums. The Corcoran Gallery of Art will take advantage of the lull by closing for seven weeks beginning Jan. 26 while improvements are made to the 111-year-old, Ernest Flagg-designed Beaux-Arts building's leaky roof.
The $12.5 million refit, which includes the replacement of 50,000 square feet of glass, will mark the first significant maintenance to the building's cover in more than 25 years. No major exhibitions will be disrupted; the current "Richard Avedon: Portraits of Power" was already scheduled to close Jan. 25. "Maya Lin: Systematic Landscapes" opens March 14, along with the new, presumably drier Corcoran. Corcoran College classes and all other educational programs and special events will proceed as scheduled.
If you go
"Richard Avedon: Portraits of Power"
Where: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 500 17th St. NW
When: Through Jan. 25
Info: $14, $12 seniors/military, $10 students; general admission to the permanent collection galleries is $6, free for members and children age 6 and younger; corcoran.org
