Author: Aquin, StephaneContaining nearly 200 entries on individual artists, artworks and the richness and strengths of the museum’s collection – and lavishly illustrated with approximately 500 full-colour and black-and-white images – this comprehensive book is bolstered by three major essays and new scholarship on topics ranging from the Hirshhorn's collection history, future, and unique building, to its groundbreaking conservation work.Delving into the museum’s prolific and far-reaching holdings, from 20th-century sculptural masterworks to the trailblazing works of mid-century to the new-media works of the contemporary era, the book is an ambitious scholarly assessment of 20th- and 21st-century modern and contemporary art.Artists include: John Akomfrah, Josef Albers, Karel Appel, Ed Atkins, Robert Barry, Constantin Brancusi, Nicolas De Staël, Marcel Duchamp, Thomas Eakins, Nicole Eisenman, Sam Francis, Paul Gauguin, Camille Henrot, Barbara Hepworth, Arthur Jafa, Jasper Johns, Jennie C. Jones, Donald Judd, On Kawara, Oskar Kokoschka, Alicja Kwade, Teresa Margolles, Henri Matisse, Joan Mitchell, Kent Monkman, Aliza Nisenbaum, Nicolas Party, Sondra Perry, Christina Quarles, Deborah Roberts, Auguste Rodin, Frances Stark, Hito Steyerl, Paul Thek, Cy Twombly, Lee Ufan, Charline von Heyl and Kiyan Williams.ISBN 9781942884972. DelMonico Books/Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. hb. 416 pages. 510 colour ills. 31 x 25 cm.available to order
