Sight, the workhorse of the five senses, puts in too many hours keeping man from falling in manholes. Reward the most overworked sense with today's visually stimulating Groupon: for $5, you will receive one adult admission to the Corcoran Gallery of Art (up to a $10 value).
The Corcoran Gallery of Art opened in 1874 to showcase the impressive art collection of William Wilson Corcoran, which included both American and European art. With admission ($10 for adults, $8 for seniors and students) to the museum, you will have access to the Corcoran Gallery's extensive permanent collection, as well as all visiting exhibitions. See the forest for the trees with the printmaking portraitures of Chuck Close, on display until September 26, 2010. Or delve into Selections from the Collection of Historic American Art for an eyeball feast of American artwork. Upcoming exhibitions include a showcase from Spencer Finch, featuring cloud-related sculptural installations, photographs, and drawings that may breed an internal battle within art-loving nephophobes. Also opening this month is a reinstallation of contemporary art from the Corcoran’s collection, including Modern and Contemporary Art Since 1945, as well as Photography and Media Arts.
Founded “for the purpose of encouraging American Genius,” the Corcoran’s wide-ranging collection of 18th-, 19th-, and 20th-century art features significant American artists such as Jacob Lawrence, Gilbert Stuart, and Edward Hopper, as well as works from the obscure European artists Pablo Picasso and Claude Monet. Support the legacies of once-starving or moderately malnourished artists with a visit to the Corcoran Gallery of Art.
Closed on Mondays and Tuesdays.
Reviews
Publications such as the Washington Post and the New York Times featured the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Yelpers give it an average of four stars and five TripAdvisors give it an average of four owl-eyes.
Groupon Says
I May Not Know Art, But I Know I’m on Fire
As experimental as the Corcoran Gallery of Art gets, the curators definitely know the difference between legitimate content and hacky agitprop. Fortunately, we don’t. The following exhibits are currently on display at the Groupon Cafeteria Museum of Contemporary Mind-Blowing Statements About Society:
- Black-and-White Slow-Motion Film Loop of Girls in White Dresses Jump Roping Suggests Something or Other About Innocence (8mm film)
- Dennis Has a Lot of Opinions About Modern Gender Roles/Let’s Listen To Dennis for Awhile (installation)
- 1000 Paper Cranes Containing Desperate Pleas from Americans Kept in Secret Underwater Prisons (paper, squid ink)
- Hella Butts (oil paint on canvas)
- Perfectly Preserved Killer Whale Suspended in Blue-Raspberry Gelatin—Holy Hell, I Just Saw It Blink (whale, gelatin, and whale-gelatin)
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