Press Releases

Below is a list of press releases available to the public.

• Hirshhorn Presents “Purple,” a Major Six-Channel Video Work by London-Based Artist John Akomfrah
• Hirshhorn’s Artlab Will Highlight Teen Emerging Artists With “Light Your Fire,” June 11
• Hirshhorn and DC Listening Lounge Welcome Sound Scene Festival Back to the National Mall
• KAWS, Laurie Anderson Lead Artist Lineup at 2022 Hirshhorn Ball To Support Free Arts Programming on the National Mall
• Hirshhorn To Present Exhibition Showcasing a Century of Art by Nearly 50 Pathbreaking Women and Nonbinary Artists
• Hirshhorn’s Sam Gilliam Exhibition Will Spotlight His Decades-Long Investigation Into Abstraction
• Evelyn C. Hankins Named Head Curator of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
• Hirshhorn Announces April 1 Opening Date for “One with Eternity: Yayoi Kusama in the Hirshhorn Collection”
• Hirshhorn Museum Partners With Laurie Anderson To Present Extensive Program Series Inspired by Her Landmark Exhibition
• Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Albright-Knox Art Gallery Jointly Acquire “Infinity Mirrored Room—My Heart Is Dancing into the Universe” (2018) by Yayoi Kusama
• Hirshhorn Wins Approval for Hiroshi Sugimoto’s Sculpture Garden Revitalization
• Abigail DeVille’s “Light of Freedom” Makes National Mall Debut in the Hirshhorn Sculpture Garden
• Hirshhorn To Present Groundbreaking Artist Laurie Anderson’s Largest US Exhibition to Date
• Hirshhorn To Present North American Premiere of “Toyin Ojih Odutola: A Countervailing Theory”
• Hirshhorn To Wrap Its Building With New Site-Specific Public Artwork by Nicolas Party
• Hirshhorn To Reopen to the Public Aug. 20 With Major Exhibitions by Mark Bradford and Marcel Duchamp
• Hirshhorn Introduces Summer Screening Series “Lost in Place: Voyages in Video,” May 14–Aug. 20
• Hirshhorn Presents Yoko Ono’s “Wish Tree for Washington, DC” for the First Time in a Virtual Activation on Instagram With #WishTreeDC, April 15–30
• Hirshhorn Announces Fourth Season of Free Online Artist Talks, a Series Enjoyed by Over 22,000 Viewers So Far, March 17–May 26
• Hirshhorn Nearing Final Design for Its Sculpture Garden Revitalization
• Hirshhorn’s ARTLAB Continues Free Virtual Arts Education for Teens and Educators
• Hirshhorn Continues Weekly Series of Free Online Artist Talks Into 2021
• James T. Demetrion, Visionary Hirshhorn Director (1985–2001), Dies at 90
• Hirshhorn Has Announced Free, Livestreamed Summit “Talking to Our Time: What Comes Next” Oct. 8 and 10
• Hirshhorn Will Livestream Laurie Anderson Performing Her Groundbreaking Work “Duets on Ice” at the Museum Oct. 10 at 4 p.m.
• Celebrated Painter Jordan Casteel To Headline Hirshhorn’s 2020 Demetrion Lecture
• Hirshhorn Museum Has Announced First Online Exhibition, Continuing Its Commitment to New Media and Video Art since 2005 Launch of Black Box
• Hirshhorn Announces Fall Season of “Talking to Our Time”—Online Conversations With Renowned Global Artists
• Hirshhorn Transforms Annual Ball Into Virtual Futurism Fashion Party
• Hirshhorn To Reopen Its Sculpture Garden Aug. 17