Most people either love or hate the Hirshhorn Museum here in Washington DC. The building is a striking circle, open in the center, with circular galleries. I fell in love with the building the first time I saw it. Over the past year, the galleries have been gutted and redone. The result is that they are much more open than they had been the past few years, really showing the circular architecture. The current shows are selections from the permanent collection, and street art, bright colorful, imaginative.
The Banksy exhibit was very limited in time, and only two small pieces of his work were included in a small subterranean gallery. The lower level and sculpture garden are undergoing a massive remodel, when finished you will be able to pass under the street and into the sculpture gallery on the lower level (why it was never done this way, I have no idea.) There will also be a much needed elevator to the street.
Beautiful! I have visited there in many, many moons.
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