Hirshhorn Museum’s revamped sculpture garden will feature new acquisitions by Mark Grotjahn, Lauren Halsey and more

The Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, DC, will reopen its 1.4-acre sculpture garden later this year with eight newly acquired works installed on the National Mall. New sculptures will be by Mark Grotjahn, Raven Halfmoon, Lauren Halsey, Izumi Kato, Liz Larner, Woody De Othello, Chatchai Puipia, and Pedro Reyes, including Halfmoon’s Dancing at Dusk (2024), Puipia’s Wish You Were Here (2008), Othello’s Cool Composition (2026), and Halsey’s Keepers of the Krown (Antoinette Grace Halsey) (2024). The renovation, launched in 2020, is being led by architect and artist Hiroshi Sugimoto, with Hirshhorn director Melissa Chiu emphasizing the garden’s evolution alongside the museum’s modern and contemporary collection. The garden was originally designed by Gordon Bunshaft in 1974, redesigned by landscape architect Lester Collins in 1981, and drew about 150,000 visitors annually before closing for renovation in late 2023.

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