The Arts & Culture Crossword Answer Key

Think you know a lot about art history or D.C.’s art scene? Put your knowledge of arts and culture to the test with this puzzle featuring local and national museums, theaters, and works of art. Hint: Reading all the articles in our March 2021 issue will help you out.

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2. Last name of artist known for pouring, dripping and splashing paint on canvases POLLOCK

6. City home to the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum (2 words) SANTA FE

9. Style that borrows from sources like television, comics and advertisements (2 words) POP ART

10. Last name of Mexican artist known for her self-portraits KAHLO

13. Artistic style of dance in which dancers wear pointe shoes BALLET

14. Booklet received at the beginning of a performance detailing the show PLAYBILL

15. “Break a leg” (2 words) GOOD LUCK

16. Arthur Miller play set to be a part of Shakespeare Theatre’s 2020/21 season CRUCIBLE

18. Includes the colors red, blue and yellow PRIMARY

23. Museum that records the American experience through art RENWICK

25. D.C. theater company and “Richard III” author SHAKESPEARE

26. New York art museum featuring Van Gogh’s “Starry Night” MOMA

27. Gallery started by Teddy Rodger and Allison Nance (2 words) PLAIN SIGHT

28. The process of making an old work of art look like new again RESTORATION

30. Theater in the District named after a prehistoric relative of the elephant (2 words) WOOLLY MAMMOTH

33. Art style of Rembrandt, Nicolas Poussin and Peter Paul Rubens BAROQUE

35. Local music awards show WAMMIES

36. Word to describe colors located on opposite sides of the color wheel COMPLEMENTARY

37. A Southwest D.C. Baptist Church turned arts and events venue (2 words) CULTURE HOUSE

42. A cylindrical museum in the District HIRSHHORN

43. “Star Wars” villain featured as a gargoyle on the Washington National Cathedral (2 words) DARTH VADER

45. New York museum that hosts “fashion’s biggest night out” METROPOLITAN

46. Person who organizes art exhibitions CURATOR

49. The town where true Renaissance man Leonardo was born VINCI

51. Museum where you can find many smiling faces (2 words) PORTRAIT GALLERY

54. A material commonly used by both Michelangelo and monument builders
MARBLE

55. Neighborhood home to gallery in an abandoned underground streetcar station (2 words) DUPONT CIRCLE

56. Where to buy tickets to a theatre performance (2 words) BOX OFFICE

57. Museum “dedicated to championing women through the arts” NMWA

58. Performing arts center named after the 35th president KENNEDY

59. First name of a post-impressionist painter with a self-portrait in the National Gallery of Art VINCENT

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1. Hispanic theater in Columbia Heights GALA

2. Last name of Cubist movement co-founder PICASSO

5. First name of D.C. artist who painted activist Wai Wai Nu for Hotel Zena MICHELLE

6. Style of Salvador Dalí SURREALISM

7. Italian museum where you can find Botticelli’s “Birth of Venus” UFFIZI

8. “The Scottish Play” MACBETH

11. Architecture style that uses concrete as its primary material; found in Hirshhorn and D.C. Metro BRUTALIST 

12. Wooden surface where artist mixes paint PALETTE

17. Last name of a New York artist whose artwork often featured a crown with three peaks BASQUIAT

19. Artist behind black and white mural once on the side of Union Market YOKOONO

20. A D.C. hotel with over 60 female-focused art pieces ZENA

21. The type of book that inspires the work of tattoo artist Imani K. Brown MANGA

22. Period of time known for a “rebirth” of classical art RENAISSANCE

24. Edward Hopper’s depiction of a 24-hour diner NIGHTHAWKES

26. Last name of artist who often painted Japanese bridges MONET

29. Art center in Alexandria building that used to manufacture naval munitions (2 words) TORPEDO FACTORY

31. D.C. theater where President Lincoln was assassinated FORDS

32. Artwork an artist makes of themselves (2 words) SELF PORTRAIT

34. Iconic Americana painting by Grant Wood (2 words) AMERICAN GOTHIC

38. Gallery, store and gathering place located in the Union Market area (2 words)

39. Fancy word for actor THESPIAN

40. Professional performances in New York performed in a theater with more than 500 seats BROADWAY

41. This D.C. museum has a red Cadillac owned by Chuck Berry NMAAHC

44. Home of the Mona Lisa LOUVRE

45. Art found on the walls of buildings around the District MURAL

46. Art made of heat-hardened clay CERAMIC

47. City home to the Andy Warhol Museum PITTSBURGH

48. Old alarm system now decorated with cast-iron sculptures of women (2 words) CALLBOXES

50. George Washington University’s art school CORCORAN

52. Area of D.C. nicknamed “Black Broadway” from 1900s-1960s (2 words) USTREET

53. Dramatic performance where all dialogue is sung OPERA

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