Two artworks, one featuring clothing and hats and the other a portrait of a woman, are displayed against a black background with exhibition details below.

Dupont Underground

LXCL:See both exhibitions!

General Admission

LXCL:We appreciate your additional support of Dupont Underground!

Pay What You Can (Above $5)

LXCL:There is no cost to attend the opening reception on September 4. Dupont Underground appreciates any donation you may still choose to make to help us offset costs for the exhibition.

Opening Reception Only (Free, Donations Accepted)

**Just added, 1-hour art-led talks with Paola Podesta Sept 25, 26 &nbsp;27, Oct 1, 2 at 5 pm, and Oct 3 at 2 pm. Must reserve tickets at least 24 hours in advance.** DUAL EXHIBITION FEATURE: Veiled Ladies &amp; The Skin of DiscomfortPresented by Dupont Underground One $5 ticket grants access to two transformative contemporary art exhibitions in the historic tunnels of Dupont Underground this September.&nbsp;&nbsp;Dupont Underground presents a dual-exhibition feature: &nbsp;<ol fr-original-style="" style="width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Veiled Ladies (Dee Levinson): Curated by Gaby Mizes, this series of thirty-one intimate paintings uses the historical motif of the veil to probe themes of feminine identity, memory, concealment, and resilience against raw concrete architecture. &nbsp;</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">The Skin of Discomfort (Paola Podest&aacute;): Monumental textile patchworks exploring feminism, environmental justice, mental health, and human rights through the lens of collective struggle. Featuring large-scale textile patchworks by artist Paola Podest&aacute; of Valpara&iacute;so, Chile, The Skin of Discomfort uses quilt-making as both an aesthetic medium and a powerful metaphor.</li></ol>Visitor &amp; Ticketing Information<ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Opening Reception for Veiled Ladies (Free Entry): Friday, September 4, 2026 | 6:00 PM &ndash; 8:00 PM</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Exhibition Dates: September 4 &ndash; October 4</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Gallery Hours: Fridays, 4:00 PM &ndash; 7:30 PM | Saturdays &amp; Sundays, 11:00 AM &ndash; 5:00 PM (Unless restricted by performance schedules)</li><li fr-original-style="font-style: italic;" style="font-style: italic; box-sizing: inherit;">Restricted times: September 12 closing at 1 pm, Sept18 closing at 7 pm. </li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Admission:&nbsp;$5 General Admission (Single ticket covers entry to both exhibitions) &nbsp;</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Location: Dupont Underground, 19 Dupont Circle NW, Washington, D.C. 20036 (Entrance on 19th St NW next to Starbucks) &nbsp;</li></ul>Plan Your Visit: For directions, accessibility, parking, and venue policies, please visit <a fr-original-style="" href="https://dupontunderground.org/plan-your-visit" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">dupontunderground.org/plan-your-visit.</a>

Hi <span contenteditable="false" data-custom-variable="{{firstname}}" fr-original-class="fr-deletable styled-tag-chip" fr-original-style="" style="color: rgb(42, 42, 196); overflow-wrap: anywhere; user-select: none; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(191, 191, 255); border-radius: 4px; margin: 0px; padding: 1px 8px; font-size: 11px; display: inline-block; box-sizing: inherit;">First name, <p fr-original-style='font-family: "Google Sans Text", sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.15 !important;' id="isPasted" style='font-family: "Google Sans Text", sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);'>On behalf of the entire team at Dupont Underground, thank you so much for visiting us for <b fr-original-style='font-family: "Google Sans Text", sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.15 !important;' style='font-family: "Google Sans Text", sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.15 !important; font-weight: 700; box-sizing: inherit;'>Veiled Ladies and <b fr-original-style='font-family: "Google Sans Text", sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.15 !important;' style='font-family: "Google Sans Text", sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.15 !important; font-weight: 700; box-sizing: inherit;'>The Skin of Discomfort.<p fr-original-style='font-family: "Google Sans Text", sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.15 !important;' style='font-family: "Google Sans Text", sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);'> <p fr-original-style='font-family: "Google Sans Text", sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.15 !important;' style='font-family: "Google Sans Text", sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);'><span fr-original-style='font-family: "Google Sans Text", sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.15 !important;' style='font-family: "Google Sans Text", sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.15 !important; box-sizing: inherit;'>Bringing Dee Levinson&rsquo;s evocative paintings<span fr-original-style='font-family: "Google Sans Text", sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.15 !important;' style='font-family: "Google Sans Text", sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.15 !important; box-sizing: inherit;'>&nbsp;and Paola Podest&aacute;&rsquo;s powerful textile patchworks together inside our subterranean vaults was a unique experience, and having you there with us made it truly special. &nbsp;<p fr-original-style='font-family: "Google Sans Text", sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.15 !important;' style='font-family: "Google Sans Text", sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);'> <p fr-original-style='font-family: "Google Sans Text", sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.15 !important;' style='font-family: "Google Sans Text", sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);'><span fr-original-style='font-family: "Google Sans Text", sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.15 !important;' style='font-family: "Google Sans Text", sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.15 !important; box-sizing: inherit;'>Exhibitions like these are a true labor of love. Our small team works hard to ensure that a wide diversity of art, perspectives, and voices are available to the D.C. community. Because Dupont Underground is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit arts organization<span fr-original-style='font-family: "Google Sans Text", sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.15 !important;' style='font-family: "Google Sans Text", sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.15 !important; box-sizing: inherit;'>, your $5 admission ticket and any additional contributions go directly toward keeping our historic venue open and supporting independent artists, curators, and multidisciplinary programming<span fr-original-style='font-family: "Google Sans Text", sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.15 !important;' style='font-family: "Google Sans Text", sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.15 !important; box-sizing: inherit;'>. &nbsp;<p fr-original-style='font-family: "Google Sans Text", sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.15 !important;' style='font-family: "Google Sans Text", sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);'> <p fr-original-style='font-family: "Google Sans Text", sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.15 !important;' style='font-family: "Google Sans Text", sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);'><b fr-original-style='font-family: "Google Sans Text", sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.15 !important;' style='font-family: "Google Sans Text", sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.15 !important; font-weight: 700; box-sizing: inherit;'>Stay Connected &amp; Keep Exploring:<ul fr-original-style='font-family: "Google Sans Text", sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.15 !important;' style='font-family: "Google Sans Text", sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.15 !important; box-sizing: inherit;'><li fr-original-style='font-family: "Google Sans Text", sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.15 !important;' style='font-family: "Google Sans Text", sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.15 !important; box-sizing: inherit;'><p fr-original-style='font-family: "Google Sans Text", sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.15 !important;' style='font-family: "Google Sans Text", sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);'><b fr-original-style='font-family: "Google Sans Text", sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.15 !important;' style='font-family: "Google Sans Text", sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.15 !important; font-weight: 700; box-sizing: inherit;'>Share Your Experience: If you took photos during your visit, tag us on Instagram <b fr-original-style='font-family: "Google Sans Text", sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.15 !important;' style='font-family: "Google Sans Text", sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.15 !important; font-weight: 700; box-sizing: inherit;'>@dupontunderground&mdash;we&rsquo;d love to see and share your favorite moments from the show!</li><li fr-original-style='font-family: "Google Sans Text", sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.15 !important;' style='font-family: "Google Sans Text", sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.15 !important; box-sizing: inherit;'><p fr-original-style='font-family: "Google Sans Text", sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.15 !important;' style='font-family: "Google Sans Text", sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);'><span fr-original-style='font-family: "Google Sans Text", sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.15 !important;' style='font-family: "Google Sans Text", sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.15 !important; box-sizing: inherit;'><b fr-original-style='font-family: "Google Sans Text", sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.15 !important;' style='font-family: "Google Sans Text", sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.15 !important; font-weight: 700; box-sizing: inherit;'>What&rsquo;s Next: To see what&rsquo;s coming up next in the tunnel, including upcoming performances, film screenings, and new exhibitions, visit us at <a fr-original-style='font-family: "Google Sans Text", sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.15 !important;' href="https://dupontunderground.org/" rel="noopener" style='font-family: "Google Sans Text", sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.15 !important; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;' target="_blank">dupontunderground.org</a><span fr-original-style='font-family: "Google Sans Text", sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.15 !important;' style='font-family: "Google Sans Text", sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.15 !important; box-sizing: inherit;'>. &nbsp;</li></ul><p fr-original-style='font-family: "Google Sans Text", sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.15 !important;' style='font-family: "Google Sans Text", sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);'><span fr-original-style='font-family: "Google Sans Text", sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.15 !important;' style='font-family: "Google Sans Text", sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.15 !important; box-sizing: inherit;'>Thank you again for supporting independent art and non-traditional creative spaces in D.C.<span fr-original-style='font-family: "Google Sans Text", sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.15 !important;' style='font-family: "Google Sans Text", sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.15 !important; box-sizing: inherit;'>&nbsp;We hope to see you back underground again soon! &nbsp;<p fr-original-style='font-family: "Google Sans Text", sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.15 !important;' style='font-family: "Google Sans Text", sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);'> <p fr-original-style='font-family: "Google Sans Text", sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.15 !important;' style='font-family: "Google Sans Text", sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);'>Warm regards,<p fr-original-style='font-family: "Google Sans Text", sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.15 !important;' style='font-family: "Google Sans Text", sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);'> <p fr-original-style='font-family: "Google Sans Text", sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.15 !important;' style='font-family: "Google Sans Text", sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);'><b fr-original-style='font-family: "Google Sans Text", sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.15 !important;' style='font-family: "Google Sans Text", sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.15 !important; font-weight: 700; box-sizing: inherit;'>The Dupont Underground Team<p fr-original-style='font-family: "Google Sans Text", sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.15 !important;' style='font-family: "Google Sans Text", sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);'><a fr-original-style='font-family: "Google Sans Text", sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.15 !important;' href="https://dupontunderground.org/" rel="noopener" style='font-family: "Google Sans Text", sans-serif !important; line-height: 1.15 !important; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;' target="_blank">dupontunderground.org</a>

**Just added, 1-hour art-led talks with Paola Podesta Sept 25, 26  27, Oct 1, 2 at 5 pm, and Oct 3 at 2 pm. Must reserve tickets at least 24 hours in advance.** DUAL EXHIBITION FEATURE: Veiled Ladies &amp; The Skin of DiscomfortPresented by Dupont Underground One $5 ticket grants access to two transformative contemporary art exhibitions in the historic tunnels of Dupont Underground this September.  Dupont Underground presents a dual-exhibition feature:  <ol><li>Veiled Ladies (Dee Levinson): Curated by Gaby Mizes, this series of thirty-one intimate paintings uses the historical motif of the veil to probe themes of feminine identity, memory, concealment, and resilience against raw concrete architecture.  </li><li>The Skin of Discomfort (Paola Podestá): Monumental textile patchworks exploring feminism, environmental justice, mental health, and human rights through the lens of collective struggle. Featuring large-scale textile patchworks by artist Paola Podestá of Valparaíso, Chile, The Skin of Discomfort uses quilt-making as both an aesthetic medium and a powerful metaphor.</li></ol>Visitor &amp; Ticketing Information<ul><li>Opening Reception for Veiled Ladies (Free Entry): Friday, September 4, 2026 | 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM</li><li>Exhibition Dates: September 4 – October 4</li><li>Gallery Hours: Fridays, 4:00 PM – 7:30 PM | Saturdays &amp; Sundays, 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM (Unless restricted by performance schedules)</li><li>Restricted times: September 12 closing at 1 pm, Sept18 closing at 7 pm. </li><li>Admission: $5 General Admission (Single ticket covers entry to both exhibitions)  </li><li>Location: Dupont Underground, 19 Dupont Circle NW, Washington, D.C. 20036 (Entrance on 19th St NW next to Starbucks)  </li></ul>Plan Your Visit: For directions, accessibility, parking, and venue policies, please visit <a href="https://dupontunderground.org/plan-your-visit" target="_blank">dupontunderground.org/plan-your-visit.</a>

Dupont Underground

Veiled Ladies & Skin of Discomfort (Gallery Exhibitions)

19 Dupont Cir NW

General Admission

$5

Pay What You Can (Above $5)

Opening Reception Only (Free, Donations Accepted)

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