Articles of ‘Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum’

February 26 - May 17, 2009
The Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden presents a major retrospective of the works of Louise Bourgeois from February 26 through May 17. Bourgeois, a leading figure in 20th century art, was born in Paris in 1911 and has lived in New York since 1938. The exhibition will fill the [...]

By David Schmidt
The Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden has included the unprecedented exhibition: “The Cinema Effect: Illusion, Reality and the Moving Image” in this year’s schedule. It is a reflection on how the invention of cinema and its accompanying introduction of the moving image have radically changed the human being’s perception of his surroundings.