For the D.C. Nerds

The Philips Collection here in D.C. is about to start what looks to be a pretty wonderful exhibit: American Art and Early Film. From the description:

This exhibition will present American realist painting from the late 19th and early 20th centuries side-by-side with the earliest experiments in film. Approximately 100 works, including nearly 60 short films (a few minutes long) by Thomas Edison, the Lumière Brothers, and the Cinémathèque Française, along with works by American masters such as George Bellows, William Merritt Chase, Thomas Eakins, Maurice Prendergast, and John Sloan, will provide a new context for looking at the artists’ choice and presentation of subject matter. For the first time, film will be fully integrated into the history of American art.

Not sure if I'll make it what with the impending move, but if you're around, go! And if you haven't already made plans to check out the Stanley Kubrick retrospective at AFI, well, what are you waiting for?