Strange Bodies: Figurative Works from the Hirshhorn Collection

December 11, 2008 to November 15, 2009

Watch a video of the Strange Bodies exhibition An important strength of the Hirshhorn is its holdings in figurative art.

Directions: Walead Beshty: Legibility on Color Backgrounds

April 30, 2009 to September 13, 2009

Los Angeles-based artist Walead Beshty creates photographs and sculptures that reconsider some of the fundamental premises of modern art.

Black Box: Guido van der Werve

April 20, 2009 to October 11, 2009

 Guido van der Werve (b.

Claes Oldenburg

Geometric Mouse: Variation I, Scale A

1971

Hans Haacke

Condensation Cube

1963-2008

Giacomo Balla

Boccioni's Fist--Lines of Force II

(1916-1917)/reconstructed 1956-1958/cast 1968

Alberto Giacometti

Walking Man II

(1948)

in conversation
Kristen Hileman and Vesela Sretenovic: Looking at Baselitz and Guston: PART II

September 4, 2009

Hirshhorn Associate Curator Kristen Hileman and The Phillips Collection Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art Vesela Sretenovic lead a two-part discussion on the figure in contemporary a...

meet the artist: Guido van der Werve

October 1, 2009

Dutch artist Guido van der Werve provides a survey of his film work, including Nummer Acht (#8) everything is going to be alright, 2007, which is currently on view in the Black Box.