What are the opening hours?

Thursday 10am - 6pm Friday 10am - 6pm Saturday 10am - 6pm Sunday 1pm - 5pm

Georgetown University Art Galleries

Home
United States
Washington D.C., DC
Georgetown University Art Galleries

Call Directions Website Contact the establishment

The Georgetown University Art Galleries encompass two distinct exhibition venues: the Maria & Alberto de la Cruz Art Gallery and the Lucille M. & Richard F.X.

Spagnuolo Art Gallery. Art Gallery

09/29/2026

We are excited to see Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Look Alive featured in the Washington City Paper “Fall Arts Guide” just as the Georgetown University Art Galleries began our exhibition season last weekend.

“If Rafael Lozano-Hemmer invites you to one of his exhibitions and asks you to give a little of yourself, take him literally. The Canadian Mexican artist’s electronic installations are typically driven by his audience—in the form of donated fingerprints, heartbeats, or portraits. In Look Alive, Lozano-Hemmer creates a new site-specific iteration of his ongoing “Pulse” series at Georgetown University Art Galleries.”

Thank you to the Washington City Paper and Louis Jacobson for including Look Alive amongst this fall’s DC Arts Guide!

Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Look Alive is on view now through April 11, 2027.

09/26/2026

Last weekend, we kicked off our fall exhibition season at the Georgetown University Art Galleries. Thank you for celebrating with us!

Our opening reception for “Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Look Alive” and “Professor E. Brady Robinson: Studio Hours / After Hours” brought together more than 600 guests for a lively and inspiring evening of conversation, connection, and celebration of contemporary art.

Both exhibitions are now on view. We look forward to seeing you soon!

HOURS
Wednesdays–Saturdays | 10:00 AM–6:00 PM
Sundays | 1:00 PM–5:00 PM

📸 Photography by Tony Powell

09/18/2026

We’re thrilled to see Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Look Alive included in Hyperallergic’s “10 Art Shows to See in DC This Fall,” just as the exhibition opens today at the Georgetown University Art Galleries. Join us tonight, September 18, from 6–8 PM for the opening reception!

“In Rafael Lozano-Hemmer’s site-specific installation ‘Pulse Map,’ the latest in his Pulse series, a maze of polycarbonate lightbulbs flicker in rhythm with the heartbeat of previous visitors. In the age of biometric tracking, Lozano-Hemmer invites attendees to anonymously record their heartbeat with suspended camera sensors. Their real biorhythms will then create the new soundtrack for future visitors, in essence using their own bodies to create the work with Lozano-Hemmer.”

Thank you to Hyperallergic and Emma Cieslik for including Look Alive among this fall’s must-see exhibitions in Washington, DC.

09/15/2026

🎉 Fall Exhibitions Opening
Join us this Friday, September 18th | 6–8 PM at the Georgetown University Art Galleries for an evening of contemporary art, live music, and light refreshments.

Explore exhibitions across the galleries, including “Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Look Alive,” a selection of installations by the internationally acclaimed Mexican-Canadian artist, and “Studio Hours / After Hours” featuring Professor E. Brady Robinson.

✨ Free and open to the public | Space is limited
🔗 RSVP via link in bio

Image Credits:
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, “Pulse Topology”, 2024. Shown here: Euphoria: Art is in the Air, Balloon Museum, La Nuvola, Rome, Italy, 2024. Photo by: Lux Arts.
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, “Reporters with Borders, Shadow Box 6”, 2007. Shown here: San Francisco, California, United States, 2023. Photo by: Joy Ding.
E. Brady Robinson, “Red, Dance Party, Creative Alliance”, 2017, archival pigment print, 15 × 10” ed 7.

08/28/2026

The Georgetown University Art Galleries are pleased to announce our faculty exhibition, Studio Hours / After Hours by Professor E. Brady Robinson, on view in our Spagnuolo South Gallery. Join us for the opening reception on Friday, September 18, from 6–8 p.m. RSVP via the link in our bio.

Studio Hours / After Hours explores and documents the people and places that continue to define Baltimore’s creative community. Over the past decade, Robinson has photographed this community through portraiture, editorial collaborations, and documentary work. Moving between the controlled environment of the studio and the city’s music venues, galleries, and performance spaces, these photographs celebrate agency, individuality, and the energy of the people who shape Baltimore’s cultural landscape.

The exhibition brings together studio portraits, album cover collaborations, and photographs from Robinson’s archive documenting Baltimore Club culture. Featured throughout the exhibition are Underground Club Queen Kotic Couture, filmmaker, musician, and director of Dark City Baltimore, TT The Artist, and Ballroom ICON Marquis Clanton of the House of Revlon. The documentary photographs were made at venues including The Crown, Metro Gallery, and Creative Alliance.

This exhibition is generously supported by Lucille M. & Richard F. X. Spagnuolo.

On view from September 18 - December 6, 2026.

Images:
E. Brady Robinson, “Mood, Dance Party, Creative Alliance,” 2017, archival pigment print, 15 × 10” ed 7.
Headshot of E. Brady Robinson. Courtesy of Brion McCarthy.

08/21/2026

This summer, our intern Kate has been working alongside the Galleries team as we prepare for the year ahead… from exhibition planning and projection tests to wall colors, graphics, Special Collections visits, and all the many details that happen behind the scenes.

Follow along for a glimpse of one week at the Galleries and some of the work that goes into bringing an exhibition to life.

🎥: by Kate Nugent

08/14/2026

The Georgetown University Art Galleries are pleased to announce Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Look Alive, an exhibition of select installations by internationally acclaimed Mexican-Canadian media artist. Join us for the opening reception and meet the artist on Friday, September 18, from 6–8 p.m.

Bringing together works spanning more than three decades of Lozano-Hemmer’s practice, the exhibition explores presence, participation, machine vision, and the act of looking. Throughout the exhibition, visitors become part of responsive environments that shift through their movement, gaze, and biometric data, blurring the boundaries between observer and observed.

At the center, is the premiere of Pulse Map, a site-specific installation created for Georgetown’s Maria & Alberto de la Cruz Art Gallery and the newest work in Lozano-Hemmer’s celebrated Pulse series. Nearly 3,000 lightbulbs fill the gallery, each glimmering to the rhythm of a recorded heartbeat from a past participant. Visitors can record their own heartbeat, adding their presence to an installation that continually changes over time.

Across Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Look Alive, individual actions become collective experiences. A heartbeat joins countless others. A movement activates a machine’s gaze. Faces return the visitor’s look. Each interaction leaves a trace. The works in the exhibition are never entirely fixed. Instead, they continually evolve, making every visit unique. Those who came before are connected with those yet to come.

Curated by Director & Chief Curator Jaynelle Hazard. This exhibition is supported by Maria and Alberto de la Cruz, Lucille M. & Richard F. X. Spagnuolo, and the Georgetown Humanities Initiative.

06/29/2026

Please join us in welcoming Mia Johnson as the new Exhibitions & Public Engagement Manager at the Georgetown University Art Galleries!

Mia joins us after serving as our Graduate Intern over the past year while pursuing her M.A. in Art & Museum Studies at Georgetown University. During her internship, she contributed to exhibition research, public programming, communications, marketing, and the continued development of the Galleries’ new website.

This past spring, Mia also co-curated “speculative morphologies” in the Spagnuolo Gallery alongside her classmates in Prof. Hazard’s Curatorial Studies course. The exhibition, presented in partnership with The Kreeger Museum and featuring works from Georgetown’s own Special Collections, exemplified her thoughtful approach to curatorial practice and student collaboration.

Coming from Austin, Texas, Mia brings additional experience from the Blanton Museum of Art, Mexic-Arte Museum, the Harry Ransom Center, the Neill-Cochran House Museum, and the UT Austin Visual Arts Center, where she co-curated “The Modern Cowboy”.

We are thrilled to officially welcome Mia to the team and look forward to the creativity, enthusiasm, and expertise she will bring to the Galleries as we prepare for an exciting year ahead.

05/11/2026

Last month, the Georgetown University Art Galleries were delighted to participate in Georgetown’s annual alumni weekend, John Carroll Weekend, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Each year, the weekend takes place in a different location around the world, and this time offered a wonderful opportunity to engage with Puerto Rico’s vibrant contemporary art community.

Led by our Director & Chief Curator, the Galleries welcomed alumni, university leaders, faculty, and friends of Georgetown for a day exploring contemporary art across the island. Guests visited the homes of Allora & Calzadilla in Old San Juan home filled with interventions of their work, explored Gisela Colón’s exhibition at the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico, and ended the evening with a reception and collection visit hosted by María and Alberto de la Cruz.

A huge thank you to everyone who joined us for such a meaningful and memorable experience! We loved sharing these artists and conversations with you and look forward to welcoming you to the galleries in DC soon.

05/05/2026

What a night! Thank you to everyone who joined us last week for the Senior Reception & Misty Dailey Award Ceremony, honoring our graduating Studio Art majors and recognizing outstanding work by students across the Department of Art & Art History at Georgetown during the Senior Reception & Misty Dailey Award Ceremony.

Congratulations to the seniors and award recipients!

Plan your visit to view the Senior Studio Art Majors Exhibition! On view until May 16.

Address

3535 Prospect Street NW
Washington D.C., DC
20007

Opening Hours

Thursday	10am - 6pm
Friday	10am - 6pm
Saturday	10am - 6pm
Sunday	1pm - 5pm

Telephone

+12026878039

Website

https://guartgalleries.org/

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Georgetown University Art Galleries posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The Establishment

Send a message to Georgetown University Art Galleries:

Want your establishment to be the top-listed arts & entertainment in Washington D.C.?