Zenith Gallery
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Zenith Gallery is a fine arts gallery in Washington, D.C.
History
The gallery was established in 1978{{Cite news|url=https://wsimag.com/zenithgallery|title=Zenith Gallery|work=Wall Street International Magazine}}{{Cite news|url=https://georgetowner.com/articles/2018/02/21/zenith-gallery-marks-40-years-d-c/|title=Zenith Gallery Marks 40 Years in D.C.|last=Khenissi|first=Selma|date=February 21, 2018|work=The Georgetowner}} by artist and former Washington, D.C. Art Commissioner{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/mike-debonis/wp/2014/11/11/hundreds-line-up-to-greet-mayor-elect-muriel-bowser/|title=Hundreds line up to greet Mayor-elect Muriel Bowser|last=DeBonis|first=Mike|date=November 11, 2014|newspaper=The Washington Post}}{{Cite web|url=https://fccagallery.org/juror-margery-e-goldberg/|title=Juror: Margery E. Goldberg|date=2017-05-01|website=Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-17}} Margery E. Goldberg. Since its beginning, the gallery has relocated several times{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/zenith-gallerys-closing-leaves-a-hole-in-citys-soul|title=Gallery's closing leaves a hole in city's soul|last=Jaffe|first=Harry|date=February 14, 2009|work=Washington Examiner}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/12/AR2009031203785.html|title=Zenith Gallery Is Shutting Its Doors|last=Dawson|first=Jessica|date=March 13, 2009|newspaper=The Washington Post}}{{Cite web|last=Franke-Ruta|first=Garance|date=2001-06-01|title=Do Go Quietly|url=http://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/263276/do-go-quietly/|access-date=2022-02-03|website=Washington City Paper|language=en-US}} and it is currently located at 1429 Iris Street NW, Washington D.C.{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehoya.com/empowering-women-art-zenith-gallery/|title=Empowering Women Through Art at the Zenith Gallery|last=Finn|first=Maddie|date=October 21, 2017|work=The Hoya}} Goldberg also programs art for the lobby at 1111 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/art-losing-its-toehold-in-downtown-washington/2011/12/22/gIQAb61T4Q_story.html|title=Art losing its toehold in downtown Washington|last=Jenkins|first=Mark|date=February 10, 2012|newspaper=The Washington Post}}{{Cite web|url=https://culturecapital.com/organization/816/zenith-gallery/|title=Zenith Gallery – Washington, DC – CultureCapital|website=culturecapital.com|access-date=2018-12-31}}
The gallery is one of the oldest continuously operating galleries in the city{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/in-the-galleries-zenith-celebrates-40-years-with-two-exhibitions-in-two-spaces/2018/03/08/e555aa32-209c-11e8-86f6-54bfff693d2b_story.html|title=In the galleries: Zenith celebrates 40 years with two exhibitions in two spaces|last=Jenkins|first=Mark|date=March 9, 2018|newspaper=The Washington Post}} and was honored in 2018 by the Council of the District of Columbia in a ceremony in celebration of the 40th anniversary of the gallery,{{Cite web|url=http://www.brandontoddward4.com/newsletter/5788/|title=Ward 4 Weekly — 3/22/17|date=2017-03-22|website=District of Columbia Ward 4 Councilmember Brandon Todd|language=en|access-date=2018-12-31}} and in "recognition for its contributions to the District of Columbia and the Greater Washington Metropolitan Area."{{Cite web|url=http://www.eastcityart.com/art-news/dc-council-honors-margery-e-goldberg/|title=DC Council Honors Margery E. Goldberg|date=April 11, 2018}}
Artists represented
Zenith Gallery has exhibited or represents both regional, national and international artists, including John Grazier, Sylvia Snowden, Robert Freeman, Anne Marchand,{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/in-the-galleries-views-of-lost-scenes-from-syria/2018/12/28/2a61d074-0936-11e9-85b6-41c0fe0c5b8f_story.html|title=In the galleries|last=Jenkins|first=Mark|date=December 28, 2018|newspaper=The Washington Post}} Bradley Stevens,{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/in-the-galleries-views-of-lost-scenes-from-syria/2018/12/28/2a61d074-0936-11e9-85b6-41c0fe0c5b8f_story.html|title=New perspectives on Old Masters|last=Jenkins|first=Mark|date=January 3, 2019|newspaper=The Washington Post}} Curtis Woody,{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/in-the-galleries-the-selling-of-the-cold-war-and-the-red-menace/2017/02/24/2f56bffe-f88f-11e6-be05-1a3817ac21a5_story.html|title=The selling of the Cold War and the Red Menace|date=February 24, 2017|newspaper=The Washington Post}} Christopher Malone,{{Cite news|url=https://wsimag.com/art/44146-express-impress-progress|title=Express, Impress, Progress|date=October 12, 2018|work=Wall Street Magazine}} Stephen Hansen,{{Cite web|url=https://www.metroweekly.com/2018/11/gallery-stephen-hansens-great-moments-in-art-iii-at-zenith-gallery/|title=Gallery: Stephen Hansen's Great Moments in Art III at Zenith Gallery|date=2018-11-09|website=Metro Weekly|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-17}} Alan Binstock, Beatriz Blanco, Renee duRocher, Joel D'Orazio, Joan Konkel, Donna McCullough, Davis Morton, Paula Stern, Erwin Timmers, Paul Martin Wolff, and others.
Notable exhibitions
In a 1979 review of artist Sylvia Snowden, The Washington Post art critic highlighted that Snowden "sought specifically to express the agony of displacement, poverty and neglect which afflicts the people in her downtown Washington neighborhood."{{Cite news|title=Art As a Statement|language=en-US|newspaper=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1979/03/03/art-as-a-statement/ec43b8c2-b839-4168-a030-eeff76c8e196/|access-date=2022-02-02|issn=0190-8286}} In a 1991 review of artist John Grazier, the same newspaper's art critic and observed that "there's a 'You Can't Go Home Again' quality to Grazier's many paintings of handsome clapboard houses, whose owners -- like the tenant of the open bird cage on a windowsill -- seem to have long ago flown the coop.{{Cite news|last=Wilson|first=Janet|date=1991-10-05|title='NAVIGATIONS' ON A SEA OF SYMBOLS|language=en-US|newspaper=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1991/10/05/navigations-on-a-sea-of-symbols/3e15b8b6-c55a-4178-b659-2017fbbb512c/|access-date=2022-02-02|issn=0190-8286}}
In 2004, Washington City Paper{{'}}s photography critic highlighted the then novel use of Photoshop "cranked up to 11" in an exhibit by photographer David Glick.{{Cite web|last=Jacobson|first=Louis|date=2004-02-27|title=This Land Is Your Land, This Land Is My Land|url=http://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/249955/this-land-is-your-land-this-land-is-my-land/|access-date=2022-02-03|website=Washington City Paper|language=en-US}}
In 2018, The Washington Post highlighted the exhibition "celebrating" the gallery's 40th anniversary.{{Cite news|last=Jenkins|first=Mark|date=2018-03-09|title=In the galleries: Zenith celebrates 40 years with two exhibitions in two spaces|newspaper=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/in-the-galleries-zenith-celebrates-40-years-with-two-exhibitions-in-two-spaces/2018/03/08/e555aa32-209c-11e8-86f6-54bfff693d2b_story.html|access-date=2022-02-02}} In 2022, immediately following the death of American actress Betty White, the gallery organized an impromptu exhibition in homage to White titled Betty White Unites!.{{Cite web|date=2022-01-15|title='She Was Everyone's Grandmother': Washington Art Exhibit Honors Betty White|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/betty-white-art-exhibit-zenith-gallery_n_61e226fce4b0d8b6656b65fd|access-date=2022-01-28|website=HuffPost|language=en}}{{Cite news|title=The best things to do in the D.C. area the week of Jan. 13-19|language=en-US|newspaper=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/01/13/best-things-do-dc-area-week-jan-13-19/|access-date=2022-01-28|issn=0190-8286}} The curator and gallery director noted that “This country is so, so, so divided, but I thought [the exhibit] would be something that unites people."
References
External links
- {{official|http://www.zenithgallery.com/index.htm}}
- [https://www.nbcwashington.com/entertainment/the-scene/Black-History-Incorporated-Into-Art-in-Zenith-Gallery-Exhibit_Washington-DC-412723743.html NBC TV Video Segment: Black History Incorporated Into Art in DC Gallery Exhibit]
- [https://www.fox5dc.com/news/betty-white-unites-dcs-zenith-gallery-celebrates-betty-whites-100th-birthday-with-inspired-art Fox News TV Video Segment: Betty White Unites!]
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Category:Art museums and galleries in Washington, D.C.
Category:Art museums and galleries established in 1978