Docents—voluntary educators who are frequently white, of retirement age and middle class—embody the tensions between the status quo and change in US museums

The work will appear on the facades of two museums on the Mall, a “very resonant location for democracy in America”

The winner of “The Exhibit” will receive $100,000 and a solo exhibition at the Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum

The project’s architect, artist Hiroshi Sugimoto, told attendees at the celebratory event that he repeatedly thought the project would be abandoned due to opposition

The renovation, to be executed in part by the architecture firm that designed the building’s original construction in 1974, comes after a contentious project to renovate its sculpture garden

National Capital Planning Commission welcomes revisions to Hiroshi Sugimoto’s proposal for an expanded reflecting pool and stacked stone walls

As the Washington, DC institution begins a renovation project in September, a four-storey-high work will adorn its scaffolding

As Hiroshi Sugimoto’s revitilisation project comes up for review this month, it is important to understand the symbiosis of the whole museum campus

The artist’s designs for the sunken sculpture park creating a more inviting space for visitors coming from the National Mall

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

The much loved leader is remembered for his unpretentiousness and his warmth, as well as his pioneering vision

Museum welcomes monumental 2018 works by Huma Bhabha and Sterling Ruby

Our pick of the latest gifts and purchases to enter international museum collections—from an "erotic" depiction of Adam to a masterpiece by a female French painter

We review Tutankhamun: Treasures of the Golden Pharaoh at London's Saatchi Gallery and talk about the Modern master Marcel Duchamp at the Hirshhorn Museum and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Produced in association with Bonhams, auctioneers since 1793

Readymades, miniature reproductions, collaborations with Man Ray, and games of chess to feature in new show

The 1965 work, Phalli's Field, was a breakthrough in the artist's career

Special exhibitions mean big money—not only for the museums that hold them but for local businesses as well

The renovation taps into the spirit of the founding architect, Gordon Bunshaft