Drawn From: 15 Years of Exhibitions at the Luther W. Brady Art Gallery

Drawn From, includes highlights from 15 years of exhibitions organized by GW's Luther W. Brady Art Gallery. The exhibition features more than 60 works from such artists as Sean Scully, Sam Gilliam, May Wilson and Andy Warhol. GW's Luther W. Brady Art Gallery has been showcasing art on the university's Foggy Bottom campus for 15 years. Drawn From celebrates highlights from the gallery's history and the university's extensive art collection and new gifts of work by Howard Hodgkin and Holly Trostle Brigham.

Past exhibitions highlighted in the new show fall into three categories: historical, thematic, and major modern and contemporary artists. Collaborations include an exhibition with the Picker Art Gallery, Colgate University, followed by collaborations with the Reading Public Museum, Demuth Museum, Stetson University and New Art Centre in UK, among others have extended the ability to show artists of international scope. Beginning with Epic Paintings in 2002, ongoing relationships with New York institutions and major artists have brought the GW Community into contact with art never before seen in Washington. By joining university-wide initiatives, such as in Imagination and Knowledge: Centennial Celebration of Einstein's Miraculous Year, when Einstein's personal effects were on view alongside photographs of the man, scientific input from the Physics Department enriched the educational impact of the initiative. Exhibitions such as Enlightened Thinking, Lasting Appeal responded to a citywide celebration of French culture and featured Henry Bacon's The Boston Boys and General Gage 1775, a major work in the GW collection.

Credit: Exhibition overview from museum website