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Hirshhorn Museum is under pressure to reconsider redesign of its sculpture garden
Critics and city planners question changes to a historic reflecting pool and addition of stacked stone walls in a Modernist environment, while the artist Hiroshi Sugimoto defends his designs but says he is open to negotiating
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James Demetrion, director who shaped the Hirshhorn Museum’s collection, has died, aged 90
The much loved leader is remembered for his unpretentiousness and his warmth, as well as his pioneering vision
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Hirshhorn to unveil two acquisitions as it reopens its sculpture garden
Museum welcomes monumental 2018 works by Huma Bhabha and Sterling Ruby
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Marcel Duchamp’s box of delights opens at Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Readymades, miniature reproductions, collaborations with Man Ray, and games of chess to feature in new show
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The Hirshhorn acquires a reconfiguration of Yayoi Kusama's first Infinity Mirror Room
The 1965 work, Phalli's Field, was a breakthrough in the artist's career
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How global art can provide a kick-start to local economies
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Hiroshi Sugimoto to redesign Hirshhorn's sculpture garden
The renovation taps into the spirit of the founding architect, Gordon Bunshaft
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Richard Koshalek of the Hirshhorn Museum makes a stand against censorship
“Censorship has no role here... the only way to deal with these subjects is through dialogue"
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Smithsonian reshuffle elevates status of art museums to that of scientific and historical study
The five art museums run by the federal body are now overseen by just one senior manager, Hirshhorn director Ned Rifkin