Art gallery in Washington, DC, US
Exterior of the gallery
Connersmith is an art gallery in Washington, DC, owned and founded by Leigh Conner and Jamie Smith.
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CONNERSMITH, (originally Conner Contemporary Art), was founded in 1999.
[2] The gallery, initially located in
Dupont Circle , moved to the Atlas Arts District in 2007
[3] and to the
Shaw Historic District in 2015.
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CONNERSMITH specializes in contemporary art and post war painting, including Washington Color painting of the 1950s and 1960s.
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CONNERSMITH participates in international art fairs, which have included The Armory Show,
[6] Art Brussels,
[7] ARCO, EXPO Chicago,
[8] ZONA MACO, and UNTITLED Miami Beach.
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CONNERSMITH hosts Academy, an annual invitational group exhibition featuring works by students and graduates of college art programs in the greater Washington, DC region.
[10] Jamie Smith founded CONNERSMITH's Academy exhibition in 2001.
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CONNERSMITH has hosted exhibitions of works by many contemporary artists, including:
Leo Villareal ,
[12] Erik Thor Sandberg,
[13]
Janet Biggs ,
[14]
Joe Ovelman ,
[15] Julie Roberts,
[16]
Kenny Hunter ,
[17]
Maria Friberg ,
[18] Susan MacWilliam,
[19]
Francis Ruyter
[20] and
Wilmer Wilson IV .
[21] The gallery has also presented historical exhibitions featuring works by
Morris Louis ,
Alma Thomas ,
Gene Davis ,
Howard Mehring , and
Thomas Downing .
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^ "The Visionaries," DC Modern Luxury, Dec 2016.
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Dawson, Jessica, “Leigh Conner, the driving force behind Conner Contemporary Art,” Feb 12, 2010.
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Goss, Heather, “Conner Contemporary Finds New Home,” DCist, Sept 4, 2007 ;
Killian, Erin, "Conner Contemporary Art turns auto body shop into gallery,” Washington Business Journal, Sept 5, 2007 ; Beckman, Rachael, "Shifting Landscape for Conner Gallery," Washington Post, September 6, 2007, C05.
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Judkis, Maura, “CONNERSMITH gallery moves to Shaw,” Washington Post, June 2, 2015 ;
Niedt, Bob, “CONNERSMITH gallery to reopen in DC,” The Washington Business Journal, June 3, 2015.
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www.connersmith.us.com
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Small, Zachary, “Women and Minority Artists Flourish Amid Elite Indulgence at the 2019 Armory Show,” Hyperallergic, March 7, 2019 ;
Urist, Jacoba, “Best in Show: 6 of the Most Remarkable Works at This Year’s Armory Fair,” Cultured, March 8, 2019 ;
“10 Artists and Installations We Loved During NY Art Week,” Juxtapoz, March 11, 2019.
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Dawson, Jessica, “Leigh Conner, the driving force behind Conner Contemporary Art,” The Washington Post, Feb 12, 2010.
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Davis, Ben, “Ben Davis Picks his 10 Best Booths at a Bubbling Expo Chicago 2015,” artnet news, Sept 18, 2015 ;
Hawbaker, K.T., “10 Must-See Galleries at Expo Chicago,” Chicago Tribune, Sept 13, 2017.
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Yerebakan, Osman Can, “Dealers take a stand against transphobia at Miami’s fairs,” Art Newspaper, Dec 3, 2018.
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O’Sullivan, Michael, “Academy 2002, A Class Act,” The Washington Post, August 2, 2002 ; Jacobson, Louis, "Academy 2004," Washington City Paper, August 13, 2004;
O’Sullivan, Michael, “New Sensations,” The Washington Post, August 19, 2005 ; Atwood, Roger, "Group Show at Conner Contemporary," Bloomberg USA, August 21, 2006;
Gopal, Sriram, “Academy 2007 @ Conner Contemporary,” DCist, July 9, 2007 ; "Academy 2008," The Washington Post, July 12, 2008; Gopnik, Blake, "Diving into Highlights of Student Shows," The Washington Post, August 22, 2009;
Gopnik, Blake, “Conner Contemporary's 'Academy' exhibit features work by D.C. area art students,” The Washington Post, July 24, 2010 ;
Carey, Wade, “Wade Carey lnterviews Conner Contemporary Art's Co-Founder Jamie Smith on the Eve of Academy 2011,” East City Art, July 5, 2011 ;
Capps, Kriston, “Academy 2012 At Conner Contemporary: An invaluable student exhibition turns 12,” Washington City Paper, July 13, 2012
Archived October 30, 2012, at the
Wayback Machine ;
Jenkins, Mark, “Academy 2013,” The Washington Post, August 10, 2013 ;
Carey, Wade, “Academy 2014 Featured Artist: Levester Williams,” East City Art, July 9, 2014 ;
Capps, Kriston, “Justine Otto: hyder flares,” Washington City Paper, August 28, 2015.
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O’Sullivan, Michael, “Academy 2002, A Class Act,” The Washington Post, August 2, 2002.
^ O’Sullivan, Michael, "Villareal's Trippy Light Fantastic," Washington Post, December 6, 2002; Tanguy, Sarah, "Washington, DC, Leo Villareal," Sculpture Magazine, July/Aug 2003, 22(6);
Jenkins, Mark, “Conceptualists, Putting It on the Line,” Washington Post, June 6, 2004 ;
Wennerstrom, Nord, “Leo Villareal, Conner Contemporary Art,” Art Forum, Feb 2007 XLV (6) 299 ;
Combs, Chris, “Lights, Viewers, Action: Leo Villareal’s Light Sculptures,” Washington Post Express, Sept 25, 2008 ;
Capps, Kriston, “High Pressure System at Conner Contemporary Art,” Washington City Paper, Jan 25, 2011 ;
Capps, Kriston, “Leo Villareal, the Real Painter of Light,” Washington City Paper, June 1, 2012.
^ O’Sullivan, Michael, "Different Strokes," The Washington Post, November 26, 2004;
Wennerstrom, Nord, “Erik Sandberg, Conner Contemporary Art,” Art Forum, Sept 15, Oct 2006 ; Howell, George, Erik Sandberg, Washington," Art Papers, Feb/March 2007;
Wennerstrom, Nord, “Erik Thor Sandberg, Conner Contemporary Art,” Art Forum, Summer 2009 ;
Anderson, John, “Reviewed: Is Realism Relevant? At Conner Contemporary Art,” Washington City Paper, Sept 21, 2011 ;
O’Steen, Danielle, “Conner Contemporary’s Is Realism Relevant? Reviewed," The Washington Post, Sept 30, 2011.
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Miller, Shauna, “On the Spot, Janet Biggs,” The Washington Post Express, March 21, 2012.
^ Tanguy, Sarah (June 2012).
"June 2012 Sculpture Magazine - Reviews" . www.sculpture.org .
Archived from the original on May 18, 2012.
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Jenkins, Mark, “At CONNERSMITH exhibition, the kids are not all right,” The Washington Post, Nov 22, 2012 ; Jenkins, Mark, "The Works," The Washington Post, January 10, 2014.
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Risatti, Howard, “Kenny Hunter @ Conner Contemporary Art,” Art Forum, Oct 2002 ; Tanguy, Sarah, "Kenny Hunter, Conner Contemporary Art," Sculpture, Oct 2002; Dawson, Jessica, "A Bonfire of the Vanitas, Alight at Conner," The Washington Post, June 19, 2009;
Jenkins, Mark, “At CONNERSMITH exhibition, the kids are not all right,” The Washington Post, Nov 22, 2012.
^ Gopnik, Blake, "You Hear It First," Washington Post, April 10, 2005; Ross, Susan, "Maria Friberg," Art US, July – Sept 2005;
"BYT Interview: Maria Friberg,” Brightest Young Things, Mar 26, 2010.
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Legetic, Svetlana, “BYT Needs More Nudity @ Conner Contemporary,” Brightest Young Things, Sept 16, 2010.
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Honigman, Ana Finel, “Lisa Ruyter, CONNERSMITH,” Art Forum, Sept 2012 ;
Martinez, G. M., “History, Recycled,” The Washington Post Express, Oct 18, 2012.
^ "Collect Call: Wilmer Wilson IV,” DC Magazine, December 2011;
O’Sullivan, Michael, “Gallery Opening of the Week,” Washington Post, March 16, 2012 ;
Capps, Kriston, “Wilmer Wilson IV’s Faust in the City reviewed,” Washington City Paper, Oct 4, 2013.
^ Michael Duncan, "Thomas Downing at Conner Contemporary and Howard Mehring at the Catholic University", Art in America, May 2003; Dawson, Jessica, "Finding A Rainbow Within the Clouds," The Washington Post, April 28, 2007; Gopnik, Blake, "Fall Arts Preview," The Washington Post, September 13, 2009; Lyons, Emily, "Still Colorful After All Those Years," Washington Spaces, October 12, 2009.