Japanese woodblock prints of the 19th century enormously influenced French impressionist artists such as Henri Toulouse-Lautrec — recently seen by record crowds at the National Gallery — Pierre Bonnard and James McNeill Whistler. It’s appropriate, therefore, that the Phillips Collection mount East Meets West: Hiroshige at the Phillips Collection, as the museum owns so many French impressionist works influenced by Japanese artists, of whom Utagawa Hiroshige is one of the most important. At the Phillips Collection, 1600 21st St. NW. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, noon to 5 p.m. Sundays through Sept. 4. $8 adults, $6 seniors age 62 and older and students, children under 18 free. 202/387-2151.
— Joanna Shaw-Eagle
The National Gallery of Art hosts a free summer series devoted to movies now available in recently restored prints supervised by half a dozen major film archives: the American Film Institute, Library of Congress, Museum of Modern Art, George Eastman House, UCLA and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The first selection is a Barbara Stanwyck vehicle of 1933, Baby Face, which co-stars George Brent, Douglas Dumbrille and the young John Wayne as a trio of her conquests. Curator Mike Mashon of the Library of Congress will introduce this period piece on Saturday at 3 p.m. and Sunday at 4:30 p.m. in the auditorium of the East Building. William Wyler’s 1933 film version of the Elmer Rice play, Counsellor-at-Law, starring John Barrymore, continues the series on July 16 at 2:30 p.m. Elia Kazan’s A Face in the Crowd will be shown on July 17 at 4:30 p.m. Fourth Street and Constitution Avenue NW. 202/842-6799.
— Gary Arnold
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