{"id":558741,"date":"2026-08-04T13:14:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T13:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/558741\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T13:14:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T13:14:07","slug":"years-in-the-making-hirshhorns-new-sculpture-garden-will-open-in-october","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/558741\/","title":{"rendered":"Years in the making, Hirshhorn\u2019s new sculpture garden will open in October"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-apitype=\"text\" data-contentid=\"J6MGWFQH2JHJTLGVXJGPB2J5BY\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"wpds-c-heFNVF wpds-c-heFNVF-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy\" dir=\"null\">After a long period of being fenced off and closed to the public, a reflecting pool will soon be reopening after a major renovation. No, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/investigations\/interactive\/2026\/07\/16\/reflecting-pool-peeling-likely-caused-by-application-flaws-experts-say\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/investigations\/interactive\/2026\/07\/16\/reflecting-pool-peeling-likely-caused-by-application-flaws-experts-say\/\">not that one<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p data-apitype=\"text\" data-contentid=\"NNNJVSQYKRHJ5GSW5KT4MKO2DQ\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"wpds-c-heFNVF wpds-c-heFNVF-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy\" dir=\"null\">This reflecting pool is in the center of the Hirshhorn Museum\u2019s sculpture garden, which will reopen Oct. 31 after an overhaul that improves access, creates new areas for performance and contemplation, and increases the garden\u2019s capacity to exhibit art. It is part of a multi-phased Hirshhorn renovation that already has replaced the building\u2019s concrete exterior and will include <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/arts-entertainment\/2022\/10\/31\/hirshhorn-museum-renovation-sculpture-garden\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/arts-entertainment\/2022\/10\/31\/hirshhorn-museum-renovation-sculpture-garden\/\">interior renovations in its next phase<\/a>, with a start date yet to be determined. The campus revitalization has been spearheaded by director Melissa Chiu, who will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.edu\/newsdesk\/releases\/hirshhorn-museum-and-sculpture-garden-director-melissa-chiu-depart-solomon-f\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/www.si.edu\/newsdesk\/releases\/hirshhorn-museum-and-sculpture-garden-director-melissa-chiu-depart-solomon-f\">leave the Hirshhorn<\/a> at the end of this month to become director of the Guggenheim Museum in New York.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After a long period of being fenced off and closed to the public, a reflecting pool will soon&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":558742,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[442,498,499,500,501,156,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-558741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-artsdesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=558741"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558741\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/558742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=558741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=558741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=558741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}