Galleries
1. Guillermo Kuitca: Everything, Paintings and Works on Paper, 1980–2008: The first show in a year-long Hirshhorn series devoted to Latin American artists arrives with this comprehensive survey of Argentinian painter Kuitca — his first in the United States in more than a decade. Kuitca explores the subjects of memory, borders, migration and transience through his use of imagery derived from maps, blueprints and seating charts.
Where: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Seventh Street and Independence Avenue SW
When: Through Jan. 16
Info: Free; 202-633-4674; hmsg.si.edu
2. John Gossage: The Pond: Gossage took pictures of a small pond between D.C. and Queenstown, Md., from 1981 through 1985, intending to create a photographic echo of Henry David Thoreau’s “Walden.” This exhibition marks the first time all 52 gelatin silver prints in the series have been displayed together.
Where: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Eighth and F streets NW
When: Through Jan. 17
Info: Free; 202-633-7970; americanart.si.edu
