NewsHirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Hide and seek: Hirshhorn museum to cover entire building in a giant painting by Nicolas Party
As the Washington, DC institution begins a renovation project in September, a four-storey-high work will adorn its scaffolding
CommentMuseums & Heritage
Hiroshi Sugimoto’s new Hirshhorn sculpture garden will create a more open and artistically inspired future for the museum
The artist’s designs for the sunken sculpture park creating a more inviting space for visitors coming from the National Mall
NewsMuseums & Heritage
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
NewsObituaries
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
NewsAcquisitions
Hirshhorn to unveil two acquisitions as it reopens its sculpture garden
Museum welcomes monumental 2018 works by Huma Bhabha and Sterling Ruby
PreviewExhibitions
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
NewsMuseums & Heritage
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
FeatureVisitor Figures 2018
How global art can provide a kick-start to local economies
Special exhibitions mean big money—not only for the museums that hold them but for local businesses as well
NewsMuseums & Heritage
Hiroshi Sugimoto to redesign Hirshhorn's sculpture garden
The renovation taps into the spirit of the founding architect, Gordon Bunshaft
ArchiveHirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
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"
ArchiveSmithsonian Institution
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
CommentHirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
A redesign of the Hirshhorn Sculpture Garden prompts questions about artistic vision
As Hiroshi Sugimoto’s revitilisation project comes up for review this month, it is important to understand the symbiosis of the whole museum campus
Charles A. Birnbaum