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Gerhard Richter, 'Sanctuary,' 1988
Programs Calendar
February
03
Wednesday
Beyond Surrealist Sculpture
An examination the diverse ways in which new generations of sculptors have drawn inspiration from the ideas and practices of Surrealism.

6:30 pm | Ring Auditorium
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Ernesto Neto, The Dangerous Logic of Wooing, 2002
February
05
Friday
Friday Gallery Talk
Shana Lutker explores the avant-garde milieu of Paris in the 1920s, a place and time in which radical artistic ideas occasionally met with physical violence...

12:30 pm | Meet at the Information Desk
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Installation view of Shana Lutker: Le ”NEW” Monocle, Chapters 1–3 at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, 2015
February
11
Friday
Agnieszka Polska: Meet the Artist
Polish artist Agnieszka Polska creates immersive, hallucinatory animations that exploit ambiguities of understanding in visual imagery, verbal language, and science.

6:30 pm | Ring Auditorium
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Agnieszka Polska, Still from I Am the Mouth, 2014. Courtesy of ŻAK | BRANICKA, Berlin
February
12
Friday
Friday Gallery Talk: Sue Frank
Phillips Collection curator Sue Frank discusses works in Marvelous Objects: Surrealist Sculpture from Paris to New York.

12:30 pm | Meet at Information Desk
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David Smith, Chain Head, 1933. The Estate of David Smith, New York. © The Estate of David Smith. Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY
February
14
Sunday
Bewilder Sensation: Surrealism and Poetry Today
Local poets influenced by Surrealism present short readings and performances in conjunction with Marvelous Objects: Surrealist Sculpture from Paris to New York.

3:00 pm | Lerner Room
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Joseph Cornell, Medici Princess, c. 1948–52. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Museum Purchase, 1979. © The Joseph & Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation / VAGA, New York
February
19
Friday
Friday Gallery Talk: Betsy Johnson on Susan Philipsz’s Part File Score
Phillips Collection curator Sue Frank discusses works in Marvelous Objects: Surrealist Sculpture from Paris to New York.

12:30 pm | Meet at Information Desk
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Installation view of Part File Score, 2014, at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, 2016. Photo: Cathy Carver
February
26
Friday
Friday Gallery Talk: Jonathan Monaghan on Suspended Animation
Computer animator and artist Jonathan Monaghan discusses the digital works in Suspended Animation.

12:30 pm | Meet at Information Desk
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Ian Cheng. Still from Emissary in the Squat of Gods, 2015. Courtesy of the artist and Pilar Corrias, London
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