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The Washington Gallery of Modern Art had a number of exhibitions which traveled nationally and internationally, most notably the historic "Washington Color Painters" show in 1965, which formalized recognition of the
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retrospective in 1962, curated by Alice Denney, and the "Popular Image Show" in 1963, which included artists like
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1962 Washington Post article announcing first Franz Kline retrospective at the Gallery
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as the Gallery's founder, she was instead an important member of the first board.
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of painters. Other important events at the Gallery included the first
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Washington Gallery of Modern Art records, 1961-1989, (bulk 1961-1966)
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in 1968 for $ 110,000. The collection included 20th-century artists,
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performed, Oldenburg staged a happening called "Stars," and
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Former location of the Washington Gallery of Modern Art
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Defunct art museums and galleries in the United States
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Washington Gallery of Modern Art (the United States)
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Washington Gallery of Modern Art is located in Central Washington, D.C.
Washington Gallery of Modern Art is located in the United States
Coordinates
38°54′35.85″N 77°02′47.2″W / 38.9099583°N 77.046444°W / 38.9099583; -77.046444

Dupont Circle
contemporary art
Dupont Circle
Washington, DC
Oklahoma City Museum of Art
Ellsworth Kelly
Robert Indiana
Grace Hartigan
Marcel Duchamp
Washington Color School
Franz Kline
Robert Rauschenberg
Jasper Johns
Tom Wesselmann
George Brecht
Claes Oldenburg
Jim Dine
James Rosenquist
John Cage
Judson Dancers
Robert Rosenblum
Pop Art
Alice Denney
Julian Eisenstein

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