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Our public galleries and the Luther W. Brady Art Gallery are open.
September 20 - December 14, 2024
Wednesday - Saturday 1:00-5:00pm
Please look at the calendar for holiday closures, special events and performance schedules.
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![Retirement 2024](https://corcoran.gwu.edu/sites/g/files/zaxdzs5196/files/styles/d03_traditional/public/2024-08/retirement.jpg?h=d1cb525d&itok=Nzwgi0b-)
Congratulations to Retiring Professors (2024)
August 23, 2024
Congratulations and a wonderful retirement to the following Corcoran professors, who are have won acclaim and recognition from both national and international audiences for their work.
![Artist Hans Heinrich Bebie depicted an 1870s hairstyling session in his painting “Conversation (Group of Baltimore Girls).” (Courtesy the Maryland Center for History and Culture)](https://corcoran.gwu.edu/sites/g/files/zaxdzs5196/files/styles/d03_traditional/public/2024-08/hair_1_painting_1080x720.jpg?h=3dbd9eac&itok=Zm1jsvQ4)
Hair-Raising History: How Coifs and Cuts Styled an Era
August 2, 2024
The post-Civil War hair boom entangled everyone from socialites to enslaved people. In her new book, art historian Elizabeth L. Block, B.A. ’94, explains how hair helped fashion a nation.
![GW alumnus Eric Lee, while working for the New York Times, took this photo of former President Donald Trump leaving the stage after being shot at a rally on July 13 in Butler, Pa. (Eric Lee/The New York Times/Redux)](https://corcoran.gwu.edu/sites/g/files/zaxdzs5196/files/styles/d03_traditional/public/2024-07/eric_lee_2.jpg?h=c6980913&itok=ZM23vWf-)
Through the Lens of History: GW Alumnus Eric Lee on Photographing Trump's Assassination Attempt
July 19, 2024
The New York Times photo fellow reflects on his experience documenting Trump's rally shooting while revealing the challenges and rewards of frontline photojournalism.