On November 20, the Corcoran opens Washington Color and Light, showcasing significant works by artists associated with the Washington Color School of the 1950s-1970s and their contemporaries. Color and Light will showcase highlights from the Corcoran’s extensive permanent collection of Color School painting and sculpture as well as Gypsy Switch, 2010, an installation by pioneering California artist Robert Irwin.
"The Heritage Trails which you create are such gifts to DC.
H Street NE will be enhanced immeasurably by the addition of its guiding signposts of the past and point us towards the future."