Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

What is Yoko Ono’s Wish Tree all about?

Installations / 2 minutes of reading

Yoko Ono’s Wish Tree project has been exhibited in some of the world’s best museums including the Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Yoko Ono, who wears many hats, including musician, artist and peace activist, invites visitors to write down their wishes and desires on small pieces of paper before attaching these written wishes on […]

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What is Ai Weiwei’s Straight about?

Sculptures / 2 minutes of reading

90 tons of steel reinforcing bars that were destroyed and mangled in the 2008 Sichuan earthquake were essential components of the installation titled Straight by Chinese artist Ai Weiwei. The 150 rods of steel rebar used were meticulously straightened by hand after being recovered from the schools that had collapsed as a result of the

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What font is used in Barbara Kruger’s art?

Paintings, Sculptures / 3 minutes of reading

Barbara Kruger’s art is easily one of the most recognizable on the planet. Characterized by the bold white Futura Oblique and sometimes caps locked sans serif, her artwork forces audiences to take a hard look at the institutions that she satirizes. Both direct and political, her art is designed to question the modern political and

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Ai Weiwei’s crabs – A clever wordplay & internet censorship

Installations / 3 minutes of reading

My definition of art has always been the same. It is about freedom of expression, a new way of communication. It is never about exhibiting in museums or about hanging it on the wall. Art should live in the heart of the people. – Ai Weiwei Artist Ai Weiwei, it seems, is always surrounded by

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Sol LeWitt – Five decades of his famous sculptures

Sculptures / 2 minutes of reading

Sol LeWitt is an iconic artist who is regarded as a founder of both minimal and conceptual art. He believed that the figures that the mind can think of are possible to make and construct. To start his structural design making and abstract design actualization, he used the square as a reference figure where all

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Yayoi Kusama’s most outstanding sculptures – Pumpkins & Flowers

Sculptures / 7 minutes of reading

Celebrating her 90th birthday in 2019, Yayoi Kusama is a leading Japanese artist and legend as far as art is concerned. While she deliberately makes unique pieces that can withstand the wear and tear of the outdoors, she is renowned for reproducing her art on a monumental scale when need be. Her career spans over

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Why are Sol LeWitt’s wall drawings so influential?

Murals, Paintings / 4 minutes of reading

1,350 Wall Drawings in four decades Over the course of his prolific and influential career, Sol LeWitt (1928–2007) produced approximately 1,350 wall drawings, comprising approximately 3,500 installations at more than 1,200 venues. Why did Sol LeWitt let others paint his ideas? Early in his career, Sol LeWitt began to have others help execute his wall

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