Kimpton & Corcoran Gallery Offer Exclusive "Portraits of Power" Package
WASHINGTON, DC, Ocotober 3, 2008. Just in time for the heated presidential election season, Kimpton Hotels and the Corcoran Gallery of Art are offering up a powerful reason to make an overnight trip to our nation's capital. In celebration of the Corcoran's Richard Avedon: Portraits of Power exhibition, Kimpton is launching the Portraits of Power hotel package for art enthusiasts.
Available only at Kimpton's seven stylish DC properties, the Portraits of Power package features a one night stay in deluxe hotel accommodations, two VIP tickets to see Richard Avedon: Portraits of Power (VIP tickets are un-timed, allowing guests to visit at their leisure) and a keepsake catalogue of the exhibition. All seven hotels are within walking distance or just a quick cab ride from the museum. Pricing for the package starts as low as $199, and is based on availability and is exclusive of tax. Portraits of Power is available from September 13 to January 25, 2009.
Participating hotels include:
Hotel Madera: Starting at $199. 1310 New Hampshire Ave, NW, Washington, DC, 20036. www.hotelmadera.com .
Hotel Palomar Washington DC: Starting at $219. 2121 P St., NW, Washington, DC 20037. www.hotelpalomar-dc.com.
Topaz Hotel: Starting at $239. 1733 N St., NW, Washington DC, 20036. www.topazhotel.com.
Hotel Rouge: Starting at $239. 1315 16th St., NW, Washington DC, 20036. www.rougehotel.com.
Hotel Helix: Starting at $239. 1430 Rhode Island Ave, NW, Washington DC, 20005. www.hotelhelix.com.
oThe Hotel George: Starting at $259. 15 E Street, NW, Washington DC, 20001. www.hotelgeorge.com .
Hotel Monaco Washington DC: Starting at $279. 700 F Street, NW, Washington DC, 20004. www.monaco-dc.com .
About Richard Avedon Exhibition:
Richard Avedon: Portraits of Power will include approximately 200 photographs from the 1950s through the artist's death in 2004, displayed chronologically and grouped within Avedon's specific editorial projects. The exhibition will include many rarely-seen and some never-before-exhibited or published photographs. A major catalogue, published by Steidl, will accompany the exhibition.
This exhibition traces one artist's fascination with the animating forces of American democracy. Seen together, the photographs comprise a kind of historical group portrait, showing key figures from a half-century of political life. They provoke questions about the complex motivations of portraitists and their subjects, who work-sometimes at cross-purposes-to depict or project an image that conveys personal history, character, ambitions, and ideals. Finally, they reveal an extraordinary career-long investigation into the complex nature of power. Surrounded by the faces of the powerful, leaders and ordinary citizens alike, the audience is itself empowered by the dialogue that results between those who use power to exercise control and those who seek it to affect change.
ABOUT THE CORCORAN
The Corcoran Gallery of Art, a privately funded institution, was founded in 1869 as Washington's first and largest non-federal museum of art. It is known internationally for its distinguished collection of historical and modern American art as well as contemporary art, photography, European painting, sculpture and the decorative arts.
Founded in 1890, the Corcoran College of Art + Design is Washington's only college of art and design offering Bachelor of Fine Art degrees in Photojournalism, Digital Media Design, Fine Art, Graphic Design, Interior Design, and Photography; Associate of Fine Art degrees in Digital Media Design, Fine Art, Graphic Design, and Photography; a five-year Bachelor of Fine Arts/Master of Arts degree in Fine Art and Teaching (BFA/MAT); a Master of Arts in Teaching; and two-year Master of Arts degrees in Art Education, Interior Design, Exhibition Design, and the History of Decorative Arts. The College's Continuing Education program offers part-time credit and non-credit classes for children and adults.
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