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Annual Report FY14 FY 14 ANNUAL REPORT August 1, 2013- July 31, 2014 1 THE PHILLIPS COLLECTION FY14 Annual Report FROM THE CHAIRMAN AND DIRECTOR YOUR SUPPORT IS THE FUEL THAT POWERS Dear Supporter, Manifesting myriad emotions, a painting can move and inspire people of THE CREATIVE different cultures, races, and generations, transcending language, geopolitical boundaries—even eras in time. Art holds an increasingly powerful and ENGINE THAT venerable position in modern culture, especially as our 21st-century world of smartphones and social media makes meaningful human connections and mutual understanding seem like scarce treasures. With that in mind, we at The IS THE PHILLIPS Phillips Collection continue to harness the might of our world-class collection to foster global conversations about art but also well-being, creativity, and civic COLLECTION responsibility. These are connections that may not seem linear to those who are unfamiliar with the Phillips, though they certainly carry on founder Duncan Phillips’s legacy. It was his desire for the museum to become, in his words, “an experiment station,” and over the past year we have boldly forged new ideas and arranged novel juxtapositions of painting, dance, and music. Our educational initiatives in the galleries and in DC public schools have catalyzed learning across seemingly disparate disciplines such as the sciences and humanities; and our work with Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service reveals new opportunities for cultural exchange and diplomacy. We continue to expand Duncan Phillips's vision of “creative conversations” today through our international exhibitions, vibrant programs, and an increasingly diverse range of disciplines and partnerships. Now is a wonderfully exciting time in the history of The Phillips Collection, proven in numbers by the record-breaking attendance to Van Gogh Repetitions and worldwide media buzz about our research on Picasso’s Blue Room. Our long-held values of innovation and originality align perfectly with today’s tech-savvy and entrepreneurial world. Your support is the fuel that powers the creative engine that is The Phillips Collection, and for this we are very grateful. We know you have choices when it comes to your philanthropy and we value and appreciate that you have chosen to consider the Phillips among your top priorities. We are resolute in our commitment to be good stewards of your investments and hope that you will continue to entrust us with your generosity now and for years to come. With all best regards, GEORGE VRADENBURG DOROTHY KOSINSKI Chair of the Board of Trustees Director LEFT: Word Dance Theater does an interpretive dance to Morris Louis’s Number 182 (1961). Photo: Media 4 Artists - Theo Kossenas 2 THE PHILLIPS COLLECTION FY14 Annual Report PhillipsCollection.org 3 EXHIBITIONS August 1, 2013-July 31, 2014 SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS SPECIAL INSTALLATIONS | | History in the Making: 100 Years Pakistani Voices: In Conversation It dawned“ on me that after the Armory Show with The Migration Series anyone traversing the August 1, 2013–January 5, 2014 October 1–December 31, 2013 staircase would be tracing out the same Van Gogh Repetitions The Journals of Duncan Phillips sinuous path. I kept October 12, 2013–February 2, 2014 March 14, 2014–August 31, 2015 imagining what it would Shaping a Modern Identity: Art and Wellness: Creative Aging feel like to walk that Portraits from the Joseph and November 9, 2013-January 5, 2014 path with the artwork Charlotte Lichtenberg Collection in place. October 24, 2013–January 12, 2014 –John F. Simon Jr. Made in the USA: American CONSERVING YOUNG ARTISTS Masters from The Phillips AMERICAN ART EXHIBITIONS Collection, 1850-1970 Takoma Education Campus March 1–August 31, 2014 The most comprehensive presentation of the museum’s Fall 2013 Semester American art collection February 18-March 24, 2014 undertaken in nearly 40 INTERSECTIONS years, Made in the USA Inspired Teaching School showcased more than 200 Fall 2013 Semester John F. Simon Jr.: Points, Lines, and masterpieces by over 120 April 14-May 16, 2014 Colors in Succession artists whose new visual October 17, 2013–February 9, 2014 language made American art Tyler Elementary School ABOVE: Maurice Sterne, Benares, 1912, Oil on canvas, 39 3/4 x 30 1/2 in. The an international sensation. 2013-2014 School Year Phillips Collection, Acquired 1946; RIGHT: Conservator Elizabeth Steele Jean Meisel: 50-65 Horizon Line treating Gray Buildings (1925) by Niles Spencer The Phillips conservation June 6-July 11, 2014 January 23–May 4, 2014 team treated 21 works in preparation for the exhibition. Vesna Pavlović: Illuminated Archive May 22–September 28, 2014 ABOVE: Installation view of John F. Simon Jr.: Points, Lines, and Colors in Succession; RIGHT: Vesna Pavlović examining photo- graphs in the Phillips’s archives ABOVE LEFT: The Phillips Collection Annual Gala celebrated the exhibition Made in the USA: Co-Chair Bruce Tanner, Board Chairman George Vradenburg, Gala Honoree and ABOVE LEFT: Vincent van Gogh, Lullaby: Madame Augustine Roulin Rocking a Cradle (La Berceuse), 1889, Oil on canvas, 36 1/2 x 28 5/8 in. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Bequest of Phillips Trustee Linda Lichtenberg Kaplan, Director Dorothy Kosinski, and Gala Honoree and fashion designer Reed Krakoff; ABOVE RIGHT: Tina Barney, The Orange Room (from John T. Spaulding and Madame Roulin Rocking the Cradle (La Berceuse), 1889, Oil on canvas, 36 1/2 x 29 1/2 in. The Art Institute of Chicago; ABOVE RIGHT: Installation view of Jean The Europeans), 1996, Chromogenic print, 30 x 40 in. Joseph and Charlotte Lichtenberg Collection, Courtesy Tina Barney / Janet Borden Inc., NY Meisel: 50-65 Horizon Line 4 THE PHILLIPS COLLECTION FY14 Annual Report PhillipsCollection.org 5 YEAR IN REVIEW August 1, 2013-July 31, 2014 AROUND THE WORLD ADVANCING SCHOLARSHIP IN THE OUR 21ST- The Center for the Study of Modern Art welcomed Postdoctoral The Phillips initiated a partnership with Georgetown CLASSROOM CENTURY MUSEUM Fellow Joyce Tsai, a modern art scholar, and awarded the Phillips University’s School of Foreign Service, which Book Prize to Robert Slifkin for his book about Philip Guston. In December 2013, the includes a course called “Globalization, Diplomacy, Director Dorothy Kosinski Phillips began beta-testing and the Politics of Exhibitions” for students at wrote a white paper for the In November 2014, Chief Curator Eliza Rathbone organized the Phillips's first scholars day. Thirty leading scholars, curators, and the new Prism.K12 website Georgetown SFS in Washington, DC, and Doha, Legatum Institute—“The conservators convened for thought-provoking dialogue about (teachers.phillipscollection. Qatar, co-taught by Georgetown faculty and Phillips Case for the Importance the work of Vincent van Gogh. org), giving teachers of staff, as well as collaboration on the International of Culture in a Prosperous any subject and grade level Forum Weekend in Washington: The Power of Society”—and participated the strategies to integrate in a discussion about DIGITAL INNOVATION Culture / The Culture of Power held in November. the visual arts into their the topic with George curricula. With 10,899 Washington University Wrapping up its pilot year, the WHAT’S AN IMPRESSION? page views in the first year, Fourteen Pakistani artists who participated in the President Steven Knapp #breakforart Twitter chat (virtual gallery Phillips partnership with the US State Department In public relations and marketing, Prism.K12 inspires arts- and Jeffrey Brown of PBS talks held on Mondays at noon) had 260 experts measure the exposure infused teaching. Through and the US Embassy in Pakistan, traveled to Newshour on January 27. active participants and an average of generated by promotional campaigns DC to participate in the International Forum as a gauge of success. Generally Pinterest pages co-created 17,018 impressions per session. speaking, one “impression” equals one by teachers, Prism.K12 is and experience their artwork in the exhibition In June, DC-based artist The first Phillips “tweetups” were person who saw the campaign, so the higher the number the better! expanding the national Pakistani Voices: In Conversation with The Migration Kelly Towles brought replicas organized to generate buzz for Made in dialogue about the power of Series. For her work on this innovative program, of works from the exhibition the USA. Social media influencers and art in education. Phillips Head of K–12 Initiatives Rachel Goldberg Made in the USA into the Phillips fans active on social media were invited for a behind-the- received the prestigious “Award for 21st century. Best known scenes experience, sharing photos, facts, and thoughts about the Public Diplomacy” from the Public for his murals and masked exhibition with their 20,000 followers. The first session yielded figures, Towles used spray Diplomacy Alumni Association. over 600,000 impressions. paint and ink to add some attitude to James Abbott For Made in the USA, the Phillips launched uCurate—an in-gallery Back row left to right: artists Qurat Ul Ain Babar, McNeill Whistler’s Miss and online program for visitors to create virtual exhibitions with Huma Arshad Khaliq, Sumbal Bhatti, Farah Khan, American art from the permanent collection—and developed a Sophia Mairaj, Naira Mushtaq, Sehr Jalil, Rabia Rabail, Lillian Woakes (between activist and actor Jamal Shah, and Muhammed TOP: Postdoctoral Fellow Joyce Tsai in dialogue with artist Katrín Sigurđardóttir six-stop music audio tour featuring performances by American 1890 and 1891) and Edward during a Conversations with Artists program; ABOVE: Tweetup participants ended Zeeshan Younas; Front row left to right: US musicians and composers from the Phillips’s Sunday Concerts. Department of State Regional Coordinating Officer Hopper’s Approaching a the session with a collaborative coloring activity Attia Nasar, Rachel Goldberg, and artists Yusra Baig, City (1946). Aneela Ansari, Ruby Gul Shah, and Ammar Savul PICASSO’S HIDDEN PORTRAIT In June 2014, the image of an underpainting hidden beneath the surface of The Phillips Collection’s The Blue Room (1901) by Pablo Picasso was publicized by the Associated Press to great international fanfare.
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