Talks Podcast
1) Summer conservation interns discuss the cleaning and preservation of outdoor sculpture
Summer conservation interns discuss the cleaning and preservation of outdoor sculpture.
2) Julie Mehretu: Meet the Artist
Presented in collaboration with the National Museum of African Art, Ethiopian-born American artist Julie Mehretu speaks about her practice as part of the Hirshhorn’s ongoing Meet the Artist series.
3) Michael Vetter on Kiepenkerl
Curatorial research assistant and UMD doctoral candidate Michael Vetter discusses Kiepenkerl by Jeff Koons, now on display in the Hirshhorn Museum Lobby.
4) Curators in Conversation: Melissa Chiu and James T. Demetrion
As part of the Hirshhorn's ongoing 40th anniversary celebration, director Melissa Chiu welcomes former director Jim Demetrion for a discussion of the legacy and future of the museum.
5) Kelly Gordon on Days Of Endless Time
Curator Kelly Gordon leads a tour of Days of Endless Time. Groups meet at the Information Desk in the Hirshhorn Lobby.
6) Kenjiro Okazaki
Kenjiro Okazaki has been exploring notions of time and region in the work of Ukrainian-born American artists John D. Graham and David Davidovich Burliuk. After examining their drawings in various Smit...Show More
7) Michael Vetter on Lucian Freud
Curatorial research assistant and UMD doctoral candidate Michael Vetter discusses Lucian Freud’s Nude with Leg Up (Leigh Bowery), 1992, on view in At the Hub of Things: New Views of the Collection.
8) Melissa Ho discusses At the Hub of Things: New Views of the Collection
Associate curator Melissa Ho discusses works by Cai Guo-Qiang, Jan Dibbets, Richard Long, and Brice Marden.
9) Evelyn Hankins discusses Lawrence Weiner
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."
10) Spencer Finch: Meet the Artist
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 ...Show More