Madeline Reidy

Leisure

The outsider

The exhibition “Looking In: Robert Frank’s The Americans” at the National Gallery couldn’t have come to D.C. at a more appropriate time. The Americans, one of the most important photography... Read more

By January 29, 2009

Voices

The unbearable decisions of being (a senior)

When confronted with decisions I’m like an ostrich with its head in the sand. I sense the danger of the open-ended environment around me. Time lurks nearby, hunting me down... Read more

By November 13, 2008

Leisure

Scale, and beauty, matter

"Scale Matters" at the Phillips Collection may be modest in size, but its colossal depictions of natural wonder and man-made machinery bring magnitude and dimension to the small exhibit on the museum's second floor.

By November 6, 2008

Leisure

Regime change starts at good art

If you take a stroll or a G2 bus down P Street toward Logan Circle, you’ll notice the upward gazing face of Barack Obama on the side of a small white roof. Though the image’s presence isn’t surprising—politics is inescapable in D.C., even when it isn’t election season—the stenciled blue and red portrait is striking and fresh, and stands apart from those stodgy logos on bumper stickers and window panes across the city. Step into the Irvine Contemporary gallery and you’ll discover the man behind the iconic portrait, and some of the most politically confrontational artwork to be found in the capital.

By October 23, 2008

Leisure

Two artists, two visions, one landscape

“Natural Affinities” at the Smithsonian American Art Museum marks the first time in history that the works of painter Georgia O’Keeffe and photographer Ansel Adams have been paired in an exhibition, and it seems long overdue. Both icons of the American art scene, they explore and interpret the landscape of the American southwest in their works, drawing parallels between the land and artistic expression, and pointing toward two distinct visions of the natural world.

By October 9, 2008

Leisure

Photographing transitions

Julia Fullerton-Batten may have survived puberty, but she certainly didn’t make it out unscathed. Her photographic repertoire has thus far captured the fragility and instability of adolescence with an eerie, disquieting surrealism.

Her new works, part of the collective “In Between” exhibit at the Randall Scott Gallery, mark a transition, both in those awkward years she remains enthralled with, and in her photography, one which is quieter yet still profoundly disturbing.

By October 2, 2008

Voices

Unpaid? Uninterested

My dad never went to college. My siblings and I were raised on the tenets of hard and honest work, no matter how much we hated our jobs. In high school I bagged groceries at a local supermarket. For two years, I bit my tongue as suburban moms complained about the rising price of peaches and the bruises on their cantaloupes. But I never regretted taking the job, because even though I absolutely loathed standing for five hours ringing up groceries, I had one thing to be grateful for: I was getting paid.

By August 28, 2008

Leisure

Decaying Photos

Christopher Myers’ “Standing on Two Eyes” is a refreshing departure from the modern-day overkill of digital photography, confronting the unrest of urban gentrification with a collection of hauntingly beautiful and nostalgic black and white giclee (a type of fine-art ink-jet) prints.

By December 6, 2007

Features

Unpacking your tuition

The season of inundating the Office of International Programs is upon us. Whether you’re slipping into the office between class hours to browse the program evaluations, haggling with the administration to let you go on an independent study or standing in line for an appointment, daydreaming to the pulse of Euro-tech, there’s one universal truth to study abroad at Georgetown: whatever your plans, they’re costing you (and your parents) a pretty penny.

By September 13, 2007

Leisure

Snap crêpes and tea

Snap is the French equivalent of your average pizzeria. The setting inside is casual, with a few tables crammed inside a small hole on Jefferson Street.

By May 3, 2007