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Smithsonian Gets Google Mapped
Smithsonian and Google Maps launched an easy to use application Tuesday providing step by step directions inside 17 museums and the National Zoo
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Barbara Kruger’s Artwork Speaks Truth to Power
The mass media artist has been refashioning our idioms into sharp-edged cultural critiques for three decades—and now brings her work to the Hirshhorn
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There’s a Happening Tonight at the Hirshhorn
Tonight, the Hirshhorn’s nightly 360-degree projection, SONG 1, comes alive with an outdoor concert
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Events May 1-3: Ripley Garden Tour, the Multi-colored Universe, and Roni Horn
This week, take a garden tour, discover the universe through cutting edge developments in X-ray telescopes, and meet acclaimed artist Roni Horn
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Ai WeiWei’s Giant Animal Heads at the Hirshhorn Fountain
Chinese artist Ai WeiWei challenges ideas of authenticity with his reproduction of Qing dynasty zodiac animal heads, now on view at the Hirshhorn Museum
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Turning the Hirshhorn Into the Ultimate Movie Screen
Artist Doug Aitken’s “SONG1” will transform the Smithsonian art museum, projecting a series of fantastic moving images onto its concrete exterior
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Hirshhorn’s “SONG 1″ Strikes a Chord With Couple’s Anniversary
For this pair, serendipity was on their side during last weekend’s opening of artist Doug Aitken’s take on the popular tune, “I Only Have Eyes For You”
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How Much the Hope Diamond is Worth and Other Questions From Our Readers
From American art, history and culture, air and space technology, Asian art and any of the sciences from astronomy to zoology, we’ll find an answer
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The Top Five Most Anticipated Exhibits of 2012
Take a look at the five upcoming exhibits we’re most excited about
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Curators, Scientific Adventurers and Book Worms to Watch in 2012
Our top ten picks from the Smithsonian Twitterati and blogrolls
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The Hirshhorn Turns Labor Into Art with “Black Box: Ali Kazma”
Turkish video artist Ali Kazma captures the actions of a man who seems to be the most efficient stamper of paper ever at the Hirshhorn’s Black Box Theater
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Events January 10-12: Mission Impossible, Talking about Andy, Webby Talk
This week, experience Mission: Impossible in IMAX, rediscover the iconic work of Andy Warhol, and learn about the most innovative work happening on the Web
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Weekend Events Dec. 23-25: ArtLab+ Showcase, Portrait Story Days, and Christmas
This week, see young people’s creative works, learn about Gertrude Stein, and have a merry Christmas
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Visions of Empire at the Hirshhorn
A new exhibition combines a seminal Warhol film with a pair of modern responses
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Hirshhorn Goes Red for World AIDS Day
The distinctive building is Washington, D.C.’s first structure to be illuminated red for the annual occasion
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