GREAT MUSEUMS:Hirshhorn Museum

In celebration of the Museum’s 40th anniversary, the Hirshhorn recently completed the first comprehensive renovation of the Third Level galleries, presents the first exhibition in the new galleries is ‘’At the Hub of Things’’: New Views of the Collection, which reveals a fresh perspective on the Hirshhorn’s world-class holdings of modern and contemporary art.

By Dimitris Lempesis
Photo: Hirshhorn Museum Archive

The title of the show accentuates the Museum’s role as a dynamic hub where diverse ideas converge and new connections are made between artists and audiences. Visitors will experience a thought-provoking array of works arranged in thematic groupings that bring together artists from a variety of generations, backgrounds, and approaches. Included are favorite artworks that have not been on view in years, such as large-scale installations by Spencer Finch, Robert Gober, Jannis Kounellis, Bruce Nauman, and Ernesto Neto, as well as paintings and sculptures by Janine Antoni, Aligheiro e Boetti, Cai Guo-Qiang, Isa Genzken, Alfred Jensen, and Brice Marden, among others. New hard-surface floors make it possible for the first time to show floor-bound sculptures by Louise Bourgeois, Katharina Fritsch, Anish Kapoor, Sol LeWitt, and Richard Long in these galleries. This installation also occasioned a brand-new iteration of two major text pieces by Lawrence Weiner, which will enliven the walls and windows of the Abram Lerner Room and will be visible from the National Mall.