Hemphill Fine Arts is an art gallery

Art gallery

An art gallery or art museum is a building or space for the exhibition of art, usually visual art.Museums can be public or private, but what distinguishes a museum is the ownership of a collection...

 in Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....

 Founded by George Hemphill

George Hemphill

George Hemphill is an American artist, curator, and art dealer. George Hemphill is a founding member of the board of directors for the District of Columbia Arts Center, as well as a founding member of the board of directors of FotoWeek DC...

 in 1993, the gallery quickly assumed an important role in the contemporary art scene of Washington, D.C. In 2004, Hemphill Fine Arts relocated from a historic building in the Georgetown

Georgetown, Washington, D.C.

Georgetown is a neighborhood located in northwest Washington, D.C., situated along the Potomac River. Founded in 1751, the port of Georgetown predated the establishment of the federal district and the City of Washington by 40 years...

 neighborhood to a former automobile showroom on 14th Street in Logan Circle.

Notable exhibitions include "Paul Fusco: RFK Funeral train" in 2002, "Vietnam Now & Then" in 2003, "Don Donaghy

Don Donaghy

Don Donaghy was a member of the New York School of Photography, which includes Robert Frank, Louis Faurer, and Bruce Davidson,...

: Photographs, 1961-1969" in 2006, "Mingering Mike

Mingering Mike

Mingering Mike is a fictitious funk and soul recording artist created in the late 1960s as the subject of works of album art by a young Mike Stevens. More recently, Mingering Mike was rediscovered by law firm investigator Dori Hadar and his friend Frank Beylotte, who came across the art work at a...

: The Amazing Career of an Imaginary Soul Superstar" in 2007, "Selections from the Barnett-Aden Collection: A Homecoming Celebration" in 2009, and "William Christenberry

William Christenberry

William Christenberry is a photographer, painter, and sculptor who works with personal and somewhat mythical themes growing out of his childhood experiences in Hale County, Alabama....

: Vintage Kodak Brownies" in 2010.

Hemphill Fine Arts is a member of the Association of International Photography Art Dealers (AIPAD) and the Washington Art Dealers Association.

List of Past Exhibitions

2011

KABAKOV: Ilya & Emilia Kabakov

Workingman Collective

Anne Rowland

Viewing Rm.
2010

Donald Baechler: Flower Studies

William Christenberry: Kodak Brownie Prints

Robin Rose: Distortion, Delay & Sustain

Steven Cushner: New Paintings

William Willis: Works on Paper

Mary Early: Sculpture

Emma Tapley: New Paintings

Renée Stout: The House of Chance & Mischief

2009

Hiroshi Sugimoto: Drive-In Theaters & Portraits

Selections from The Barnett-Aden Collection: A Homecoming Celebration

Robin Rose: Endeavor

During the Wet: Aboriginal Bark Paintings from Western Arnhem Land, Maningrida

Judy Pfaff: New Prints

Mingering Mike: Prints & New Work