Exhibits

Associate curator Melissa Ho discusses works by Cai Guo-Qiang, Jan Dibbets, Richard Long, and Brice Marden.

Curator Evelyn Hankins discusses Lawrence Weiner’s "A RUBBER BALL THROWN ON THE SEA, Cat. No. 146," 1969 on view in "At the Hub of Things: New Views of the Collection."

Spencer Finch works in a variety of media, including painting, photography, sculpture, and installation. Often recreating the experience of natural phenomena through artificial constructions, Finch’s work raises questions about perception, memory, experience, and time. The artist is known for his light-based installations, including "Cloud (H2O)," 2006, on view in the Hirshhorn’s 40th anniversary exhibition "At the Hub of Things: New Views of the Collection." Mimicking the molecular structure of water through an arrangement of suspended light bulbs, the sculpture is a glowing representation of water vapor that hovers between representation and abstraction. Join us as Finch speaks about his work as part of the Museum’s ongoing Meet the Artist series.

Over the past forty years, New York–based artist Charles Simonds has been creating an imaginative body of work investigating the relationship between humans and their environment. Combining sculpture, architecture, performance, and community planning, Simonds’s oeuvre centers on an exploration of the way people’s beliefs are reflected in the structures they build. His sculpture "Rock Flower" will be on view in "Speculative Forms." Join us as the artist discusses his inventive practice, from his miniature dwellings to his large-scale installations.

Artist Jae Ko discusses her abstract sculpture "Untitled (JK 103)," made from rolled paper and sumi ink.

Assistant curator Melissa Ho leads a tour of "Salvatore Scarpitta: Traveler," providing an overview of the artist’s career.

In conjunction with the 40th anniversary exhibition "Days of Endless Time," the Hirshhorn is pleased to collaborate with "Lapham’s Quarterly" on its Fall 2014 issue, Time. The magazine, which serves as the companion publication to the Hirshhorn’s exhibition, includes a broad range of writing related to the focus of the exhibition, as well as images from many of the time-based installations on view at the Museum. Join us for an engaging conversation moderated by "Lapham’s Quarterly" founder and editor Lewis H. Lapham, who will be joined by Jay Griffiths, author of "A Sideways Look at Time," and Jim Holt, author of "Why Does the World Exist?: An Existential Detective Story."

Assistant curator Mika Yoshitake leads a tour of "Days of Endless Time," with artists David Claerbout, Flatform, Siebren Versteeg, Clemens von Wedemeyer and Matthew Weinstein.

Assistant curator Mika Yoshitake gives a tour of "Gravity’s Edge."

Whether as rebellion or protest, as spectacle and release, or as an essential component of re-creation and restoration, destruction has for generations of artists served as an essential means of considering and commenting upon important artistic and social issues. "Damage Control: Art and Destruction Since 1950" offers an overview of this pervasive motif in contemporary culture.

Mika Yoshitake, one of the Hirshhorn’s coordinating curators for "Ai Weiwei: According to What?," and assistant curator of Contemporary Asian Art Carol Huh, curator of the Freer and Sackler Galleries’ "Perspectives: Ai Weiwei," lead a tour and discussion of "According to What?," considering ways in which the artist’s work can be interpreted and framed within different museum contexts and global art practices.

Exhibition curator Mami Kataoka, Chief Curator at the Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, gives a lively interactive tour of the first North American survey of the artist’s work.

Artist/Filmmaker Julien Schnabel talks about his friendship and thoughts on Blinky Palermo and his work.

Art historian Suzanne Hudson on Blinky Palermo's America

Friday Gallery Talk: Lee Talbot, Associate Curator at the Textile Museum, on "Blinky Palermo: Retrospective 1964-1977"

Lecture: Art historian Suzanne Hudson on Blinky Palermo.

Friday Gallery Talk: Lee Talbot, Associate Curator at the Textile Museum, on "Blinky Palermo: Retrospective 1964-1977"

Friday Gallery Talk: Artist/musician Robin Rose on Blinky Palermo

Walk-through of "Blinky Palermo" with exhibition curator Lynne Cooke

Friday Gallery Talk: Artist Patrick McDonough on "Blinky Palermo"

Friday Gallery Talk: Joshua Shannon, Assistant Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Art History

On the opening night of "Anne Truitt," join us for a discussion moderated by Tim Gunn, chief creative officer at Liz Claiborne and a former student of Truitt's. Artist Martin Puryear, filmmaker Jem Cohen, photographer John Gossage, and curator Kristen Hileman are also on the panel.

Selection from Yves Klein: The Blue Revolution. Director: François Lévy-Kuentz

Selection from Yves Klein: The Blue Revolution. Director: François Lévy-Kuentz

Selection from Yves Klein: The Blue Revolution. Director: François Lévy-Kuentz

Selection from Yves Klein: The Blue Revolution. Director: François Lévy-Kuentz

Selection from Yves Klein: The Blue Revolution. Director: François Lévy-Kuentz

Andreas Huyssen, Villard Professor of German and Comparative Literature at Columbia University and contributor to the exhibition catalogue, discusses Guillermo Kuitca's work in relation to recent conversations about transnational modernism and its images.

Christina Scheppelmann, director of artistic operations at Washington National Opera, on Guillermo Kuitca: Everything

Cyprien Gaillard and Mario Garcia Torres represent a new generation of artists who examine the remains and ruins of artistic and architectural interventions of the recent past. Their works is presented together in the Hirshhorn's newest Directions show.

Guillermo Kuitca discusses his work with Graciela Speranza, professor of Argentinean literature at the University of Buenos Aires, on the opening day of the major comprehensive survey;Guillermo Kuitca: Everything, Paintings and Works on Paper, 1980-

Smithsonian Artist Research Fellow Richard Chartier discusses the Grand Tonometer with Curator of Physical Sciences Steven Turn.

Daniel Moquay, head of the Yves Klein Archive, gives insight into the life and work of Yves Klein in this Friday Gallery Talk.

University of Maryland Distinguished Professor of Philosophy Jerrold Levinson on Yves Klein during the Friday Gallery Talks

Rotraut Klein-Moquay, the artist's wife, assistant, model, and muse, discusses Yves Klein's life and works with exhibition curator Kerry Brougher.

John Gerrard's works hover between fact and fiction. They present actual scenes from desolate corners of America - including an oil derrick, a pig processing plant, and a vintage storm photo superimposed on a real farmscape - and unfold in real time.

Emory University art historian James Meyer on "Anne Truitt"

Curator Kristen Hileman takes you on an in-depth tour of "Anne Truitt: Perception and Reflection".

Friday Gallery Talk: video artist Kathryn Cornelius on Black Box: Guido van der Werve

The London-based Israeli artist provides a survey of his photographic series and film work in an informal discussion.

Gary Simmons talks about his work in Meet the Artist

Join Byron Kim for an evening discussion exploring his deeply personal work. Although his visual language is primarily minimal and abstract, it is inspired by the people around him. The works are rich in references to the human form and aspects of identity.

Senior Curator of Modern Art Valerie Fletcher discusses the work of Louise Bourgeois.

Strange Bodies discussed by Robert Lehrman during the Friday Gallery Talks.

Artist and MIT research affiliate Nell Brey discussed Christian Jankowski's work in The Cinema Effect: Realisms with Curatorial Research Associate Ryan Hill.

Excerpts from a Meet the Artist conversation with artist Lawrence Weiner and Hirshhorn Director of Public Programs Milena Kalinovska.

Richard Nonas discussed by Howard Singerman during the Friday Gallery Talks

Joseph Kosuth established himself as one of the most influential artists of the late 1960s with text-based works that emphasize the central role that language can play in visual works of art. Join the artist for a discussion of his work.

One of Britain's foremost artists, London-born filmmaker Isaac Julien discusses his work.

Curators on The Cinema Effect Part II Realisms with Kerry Brougher and Anne Ellegood.