Laura Roulet's Top 10

Independent curator Laura Roulet, who amongst many great accomplishments helped to curate the great Ana Mendieta retrospective at the Hirshhorn a few years ago, sends in her pick for the top 10 DC area art show of 2006; her list is not in any order of preference:

"Dada," National Gallery of Art

"Societie Anonyme," Phillips Collection

The Walters (Ok, it's Baltimore, but that's close enough. This was a brilliant i"Louise Bourgeois: Femme,"nstallation)

"Joseph Cornell," SAAM (the re-opening of the National Portrait Gallery and Smithsonian American Art was one of the top 10 noteworthy events in general)

"Hiroshi Sugimoto," joint installation at the Hirshhorn Museum and Freer/Sackler

"Oliver Herring, Task," One day performance at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

"Janet Cardiff, The Paradise Institute," Corcoran (not new, but the opportunity to experience it again was fabulous)

"Other Than Art," jointly held at Provisions, G Fine Art and the Curator's Room

And two group shows highlighting some of our best local artists:

"Conversions," WPA/Corcoran and Ellipse Art Center

"Phantom Floor," Catholic University Art Gallery