Image: National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
'Mary Cassatt: An American in Paris' is in its final weeks at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. The museum's own exhibition page gives the run as 14 February to 30 August 2026, and its early-August newsletter lists the show among those closing this month, with only a few weeks left to see it.
According to that exhibition page, the presentation gathers some 40 paintings, drawings and prints, largely drawn from the National Gallery's own holdings, across three galleries of its impressionist collection in the West Building (Main Floor, Gallery M86). The museum describes it as an intimate exhibition of rarely-seen treasures and iconic works, marking 100 years since Cassatt's death, and frames her art and life as reflecting an independent spirit that defied the expectations placed on women of her time. Admission is free and no passes are required.
The exhibition is organized by the National Gallery of Art, Washington. It is curated by Kimberly A. Jones, curator of nineteenth-century French paintings; Rena Hoisington, curator and head of old master prints; and Mary Morton, curator and head of French paintings, with curatorial associate Michelle Bird. Major support came from the Judy and Peter Blum Kovler Foundation, with further support from the Leonard and Elaine Silverstein Family Foundation.
The same newsletter sets the closing show alongside other summer programming. 'Beneath the Surface: Mining and American Photography' is also in its final weeks, with 'In the Library: Photobooks and American Energy' presented as its companion, and the museum points visitors to its reimagined American art galleries and to its West to East series of stories and videos. A new film series on mining, programmed in conjunction with 'Beneath the Surface', screened 'Giant' (1956) on Saturday 8 August and 'Kameradschaft' (1931) with 'Oil: A Symphony in Motion' (1933) on Sunday 9 August in the East Building Auditorium; the Storytime session and the virtual 'The Art of Looking: Henri Matisse' talk both took place on Friday 7 August.
Still to come is the last Jazz in the Garden concert of the summer, with Brass Queens on Friday 14 August from 6:00 to 8:30 p.m. in the Sculpture Garden; free registration was allocated by a lottery that closed on 7 August. The newsletter also carries a remembrance of the assemblage artist Betye Saar, who died on Sunday 26 July 2026 at the age of 99.
