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The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, founded by an Act of Congress in 1966, serves as the Smithsonian Institution's showcase for modern and contemporary art. It is named after the American art collector Joseph H. Hirshhorn (1899-1981), whose gifts and bequest to the nation was the nucleus for this dynamic art collection.
Open since 1974, the museum keeps current through changing exhibitions and frequent acquisitions, which include purchases and gifts from many donors. Research, publications, interpretive programs, films, and community outreach generate an informed awareness and lively dialogue about current art. Adding to the variety of architecture lining the National Mall, the Hirshhorn's drum-shaped building, surrounded by more than four landscaped acres for sculpture, is the design of award-winning architect Gordon Bunshaft.
The art of our time is the focus of this museum. It opened in 1974 to house an extensive collection, now enhanced by new works, given to the Smithsonian by financier Joseph H. Hirshhorn (1899-1981).
Prime examples of modern art and contemporary visual expression are viewed in the Hirshhorn's striking cylindrical structure and adjoining plaza and sunken sculpture garden. Complementing the permanent collection inside, a sequence of large-scale changing exhibitions and smaller "Directions" shows introduce modern masters and trends of the 1990s. Sculpture garden hours are from 7:30 AM until dusk.
Numbering about 12,000 paintings, sculptures and works on paper - with 600 works on view at any one time - the Hirshhorn's permanent collection provides a comprehensive look at art from the first stirrings of modernism in the 19th century to the most recent developments in contemporary art. Sculpture by modern masters (much of it situated outdoors), international modernist works of the postwar era, and contemporary art are particular strengths. American and European variations on cubism, social realism, surrealism, geometric abstraction and expressionism trace modern art past the mid-20th century. Contemporary currents range from pop art of the 1960s to recent explorations by emerging artists working in a variety of media.
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