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Smithsonian Institution’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

 

The Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden was made possible in 1966 through the donations of Joseph Hirshhorn and the interest of Lady Bird Johnson in bringing contemporary art into the national collections. Mr. Hirshhorn had been keenly interested in modern art and visited with key artists. His collection included works by Arshile Gorky, Stuart Davis, Edward Hopper, Milton Avery, Raphael Soyer, Larry Rivers, Auguste Rodin, Constantin Brancusi, Alexander Calder, Henry Moore, and Alberto Giacometti. The museum collects, preserves, and presents international modern and contemporary art in all media, distinguished by in-depth holdings of major artists of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. By collaborating with artists on exhibitions, programs, and special projects, the Hirshhorn provides an important national platform in Washington, DC for the vision and voices of artists.

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