The Exhibit: Finding the Next Great Artist

Seven accomplished artists compete for a once-in-a-lifetime, career-defining exhibit at the Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden. The artists face their first commission, creating a work that explores and challenges gender norms in modern society.

With the advent of social media, Andy Warhol's prediction that everyone will get fifteen minutes of fame is more profound than ever; in this commission, the artists must create works that reflect the world's love affair with social media.

The artists go on an emotional journey when they must create an artwork inspired by how they survived or thrived during the global pandemic; the artists reflect on their experiences of grief, loss, family and joy in the most personal commission yet.

The artists create works that deal with justice and injustice, and explore what those themes mean to them; with only ten hours on the clock, everyone scrambles to finish.

The artists look back to their past works for inspiration, and they must create new works that explore their ideas about the future; guest judges include artist Abigail DeVille and former NFL player and art patron Keith Rivers.

The artists have one last chance to impress the judges with a self portrait. Then, three finalists are chosen to showcase their work at the Hirshhorn Ball, but only one will win the exhibit of a lifetime and $100,000.