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Free Admission. Open daily, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Timed passes are not required to visit the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. We share modern and contemporary art with everyone. Find our welcome desk located in the museum’s lobby to learn more about gallery experiences available during your visit such as free guided tours, kids ...
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The Smithsonian's Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden is a leading voice for contemporary art and culture and provides a national platform for the art and artists of our time. The museum offers an in-depth collection of modern masters and emerging artists; cutting-edge films; outdoor sculptures; temporary exhibitions highlighting major ...
About. The Hirshhorn features international modern and contemporary art in the celebrated Gordon Bunshaft designed cylindrical building, adjoining plaza, and sunken sculpture garden. The museum is a leading voice for contemporary art and culture and provides a national platform for the art and artists of our time.
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- Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity Mirror Rooms
- Mark Bradford’s Pickett’s Charge
- Ron Mueck’s Big Man
- Damien Hirst,The Asthmatic Escaped II
- Edward Hopper, 11:00 Am
- Morris Louis, Point of Tranquility
- Laurie Anderson, Four Talks
- Michelangelo Pistoletto, Venus of The Rags
- Barbara Kruger, Belief and Doubt
- Willem de Kooning, Queen of Hearts
Yayoi Kusama is a beloved artist affectionately known as the “the Princess of Polka Dots.” If you are lucky, you will get to see her hugely popular Infinity Mirror Rooms. They are part of the museum’s permanent collection, but aren’t always on display. Right now, they are part of a special small exhibition, One With Eternity. There are three works ...
Mark Bradford’s installation piece, Pickett’s Charge, can be found on the inner circle on the second floor. Bradford is a Los Angles-based artist specializing in abstract art with political narratives. In this site specific installation, he challenges the viewer to reflect on the current political climate through the lens of a bloody Civil War batt...
Mueck is a London-based sculptor know for his hyperrealistic sculptures with astonishing detail. Typically, they are either over-size or under-size, confounding your expectations and creating an odd mix of realism and surrealism. The Hirshorn’s Big Manis simply startling. You’ll walk by it convinced that the large nude man is real and somewhat male...
The controversial artist Damien Hirst specializes in taking on themes of life and death. His rather shocking art works were inspired by British artist Francis Bacon, known for his unflinching and gruesome portraiture. Hirst burst on the scene in 1990s with displays of rotting corpses. His famous shark suspended in a tank of formaldehyde both attrac...
Edward Hopper was a master at capturing an individual within the setting of a bleak urban city. His works fall with the rubric of Realism. But they are more minimalist and enigmatic. 11:00 AMis one of his moody paintings. A women with clasped hands looks out the window, bathed in late morning light. Her expression is disguised, creating an aura of ...
Morris Louis was one of the early exponents of Color Field painting in the 1950s. He rejected the gestural abstraction of artists like Pollock, de Kooning and Mitchell. Instead, he embraced free flowing color. Point of Tranquilityis one of his “Floral Veils,” which I personally just adore. They were completed in the major series from 1954 and 1958–...
Laurie Anderson is a multi-media artist who defies genres, tells stories, and makes observations about life in America. In 2021, the Hirshhorn invited her to create a work onsite in a dedicated gallery painted black. She worked non-stop for 2 weeks in a stream of conscious manner, painting directly on the walls and floors. The work’s title, Four Ta...
Pistoletto was also one of the leaders of Arte Povera movement in the 1960s. Arte Povera translates to “poor art.” The movement combined conceptual and performance art with the use of ordinary or worthless materials. Venus of the Ragsis one of the Hirshhorn’s most iconic works, and Pistoletto made several versions. The piece combines an oversize cl...
This 6,700 square feet work is in the lower exhibtion area. It’s set in the lobby that connects the visitors with the smaller galleries and bookstore. Kruger is a Conceptual artist known for her installations in bold black and white colors and text with political slogans. She came to prominence with her piece I Shop Therefore I Am. In this exhibit,...
De Kooning is widely considered to be one of the most important and prolific artists of the 20th century. His style combined Surrealism, Expressionism, and Cubism. Yet, he never really gave up depicting the human figure. The Queen of Hearts is part of the first of three series of Womenpaintings produced by de Kooning. They are vaguely reminiscent o...
Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum is a leading voice for contemporary art and culture and provides a national platform for the art and artists of our time.
The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden is an art museum beside the National Mall in Washington, D.C., United States. The museum was initially endowed during the 1960s with the permanent art collection of Joseph H. Hirshhorn. It was designed by architect Gordon Bunshaft and is part of the Smithsonian Institution.
