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No Spectators: The Art of Burning Man


  • Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum Pennsylvania Avenue @ 17th Street Northwest Washington, DC United States (map)
Curator Nora Atkinson finds inspiration in museums throughout DC. She hopes you will too at the Renwick Gallery exhibition that she curated, "No Spectators: The Art of Burning Man" from March 30, 2018 - Jan. 21, 2019. Explore The Arts District only in Washington, DC. Check out more: https://washington.org/the-arts-district

Exhibit: March 30. 2018 - January 21, 2019

Open Daily: 10am-5:30pm

an exhibit of enormous scale that is sure to create a sustained buzz all over DC and captivate visitors through Jan. 21, 2019.

According to the show’s curator Nora Atkinson, “Burning Man is all about human connection in a time when we’ve gone so fully digital.” While that won’t stop visitors from pulling out their phones to Instagram eye-opening installations, it may challenge museum-goers to identify with a collective experience rooted in human creativity.

FoldHaus, Shrumen Lumen, 2016. Photo by Rene Smith.

FoldHaus, Shrumen Lumen, 2016. Photo by Rene Smith.