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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DeleteLet me know the next time you are in town.
DeleteI love the Hirshhorn. My last visit was the year I met you guys.
ReplyDeleteI look forward to learning about the museums in Cordova
DeleteI had never heard of the Hirshhorn Museum. It looks like a place where I could be engrossed and delighted.
ReplyDeleteOne of five major art collections within a mile.
DeleteI love the alien abduction piece!
ReplyDeleteBeam me up.
DeleteI remember visiting the last time we were in DC; loved it. Love these exhibits, too, especially the abducted by the spaceship one!
ReplyDeleteThis show is especially colorful
DeleteWow...what a collection in one place! I have a poetry book, "Life Doesn't Frighten Me at All," with the poem written by Maya Angelou and illustrations by Jean-Michel Basquiat. I used it for a writing lesson back in the teaching days. I have been a Basquiat fan ever since seeing his work in that book.
ReplyDeleteThat show is only on for a short time.
DeleteWow, what a brilliant exhibit. It looks wonderful. I think my favorite piece is that blue and salmon colored painting (third from bottom). Walking into that gallery must have been stimulating.
ReplyDeletep.s. Your comment on my site about Crystal Bridges made me smile. I would never have thought to travel to Arkansas but after seeing the exhibit at the Heard, I looked at their website and even plotted a way to get there. (In warmer weather, of course.)
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DeleteGoodness, it could take hours to stroll through there. There is so much to see and so much detail to observe. I'm sure you want to go back again and again!
ReplyDeleteI kind of zoom through museums.
DeleteNever mind Banksy, Basquiat was smoking hot and his art quite interesting.
DeleteI love art.
ReplyDeleteThis collection is often fun
DeleteI too have never heard of this museum; hey! I learned something! Over the years I have grown more found of modern art. I used to dislike it but now it challenges me to think and react more than to tradtional/older styles. which I appreciate.
ReplyDeleteSome of it I never get, but some connects easily.
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