Exhibitions
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Simone Leigh
November 3, 2023 – March 3, 2024Hirshhorn MuseumThe first comprehensive survey of the richly layered work of Simone Leigh, among the most respected artists of her generation.
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Put It This Way: (Re)Visions of the Hirshhorn Collection
August 2, 2022 – September 4, 2023Hirshhorn MuseumPut It This Way is devoted to the work of nearly 50 women and nonbinary artists in the Hirshhorn’s collection.
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Toyin Ojih Odutola: A Countervailing Theory
November 19, 2021 – April 3, 2022Hirshhorn MuseumThe exhibition features a recent body of work in the form of a monumental cycle of 40 large-scale, monochromatic drawings that chronicle a myth conceived by the artist.
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Laurie Anderson: The Weather
September 24, 2021 – August 7, 2022Hirshhorn MuseumLaurie Anderson: The Weather is the largest-ever U.S. exhibition of artwork by celebrated multimedia artist Laurie Anderson.
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Pat Steir: Color Wheel
October 24, 2019 – March 13, 2020Hirshhorn MuseumThe Hirshhorn hosts the largest site-specific exhibition to date by the acclaimed abstract painter Pat Steir.
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Summer of Yoko Ono
June 17, 2017 – September 17, 2017Hirshhorn MuseumIn celebration of the tenth anniversary of Yoko Ono’s Wish Tree for Washington, DC, the Hirshhorn presents a selection of the artist’s most iconic and emotionally charged installations and performances.
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Anne Truitt: Perception and ReflectionOctober 8, 2009 – January 3, 2010Hirshhorn Museum
This is the first major survey spanning Anne Truitt's 40-year career since her death in 2004.
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Louise BourgeoisFebruary 26, 2009 – May 17, 2009Hirshhorn Museum
This is the first major survey since 1995 of works by the French-born artist Louise Bourgeois (born 1911).
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Directions: Amy Sillman: Third Person SingularMarch 13, 2008 – July 6, 2008Hirshhorn Museum
As part of the Directions series, see works that are intimate, psychological, and full of humor and pathos by New York-based painter Amy Sillman.
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Directions: Cindy Sherman: Film Stills
March 15, 1995 – June 25, 1995Hirshhorn MuseumView 69 black-and-white photographs made between 1977 and 1980 that suggest stills from Grade-B, Hitchcock-esque, noir films.