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Rick Lowe, Fire #4: This Time Athens, 2023, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC © Rick Lowe Studio

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Revolutions
Art from the Hirshhorn Collection, 1860–1960

March 22, 2024–April 20, 2025
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC
hirshhorn.si.edu

Revolutions is a major survey of 270 artworks by 126 artists from the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden’s permanent collection. Celebrating the museum’s fiftieth anniversary, the exhibition aims to capture the shifting cultural landscapes of a century defined by new currents in science and philosophy and ever-increasing mechanization. Shown alongside these historic works are contributions from nineteen contemporary artists whose practices demonstrate how many revolutionary ideas from a hundred years ago remain critical today. Work by Francis Bacon, Amoako Boafo, Alexander Calder, Willem de Kooning, Helen FrankenthalerRick LoweSally Mann, Man Ray, Henry MoorePablo PicassoNathaniel Mary Quinn, and Cy Twombly is included.

Rick Lowe, Fire #4: This Time Athens, 2023, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC © Rick Lowe Studio

Tatiana Trouvé, Rock, 2007 © Tatiana Trouvé. Photo: Philippe Migeat

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Storie di pietra

October 13, 2023–January 14, 2024
Villa Medici–Académie de France à Rome
www.villamedici.it

This exhibition, whose title translates to Stories of Stones, brings together nearly two hundred works, from the oldest terrestrial mineral dating back 4.4 billion years to the latest mineral, Sentimentite, created by contemporary artist Agnieszka Kurant. The exhibition explores the idea that stones have inspired artists from all eras. Work by Damien Hirst, Henry Moore, Giuseppe Penone, Pablo Picasso, and Tatiana Trouvé is included.

Tatiana Trouvé, Rock, 2007 © Tatiana Trouvé. Photo: Philippe Migeat

Chris Burden, Small Skyscraper (Quasi Legal Los Angeles County), 2002 © 2023 Chris Burden/Licensed by the Chris Burden Estate and Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Brian Guido

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Escala: Escultura (1945–2000)

March 31–July 2, 2023
Fundación Juan March, Madrid
www.march.es

This exhibition, whose title translates to Scale: Sculpture, begins with a reflection on the effects of the Second World War on a number of artists and their conception of sculptural space as refuge. The role of scale in sculpture is examined, and in an echo of the expanded meaning of sculpture today, the exhibition extends beyond the gallery walls, into the gardens and the surrounding streets. Work by Chris Burden, Alberto Giacometti, Donald Judd, Henry Moore, and Richard Serra is included.

Chris Burden, Small Skyscraper (Quasi Legal Los Angeles County), 2002 © 2023 Chris Burden/Licensed by the Chris Burden Estate and Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Brian Guido

Installation view, Henry Moore: The Sixties, Henry Moore Studios & Gardens, Perry Green, England, April 1–October 30, 2022. Artwork: Reproduced by permission of the Henry Moore Foundation. Photo: Rob Harris

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Henry Moore
The Sixties

April 1–October 30, 2022
Henry Moore Studios & Gardens, Perry Green, England
www.henry-moore.org

In the 1960s, Henry Moore embraced new materials and techniques that enabled him to work on an increasingly monumental scale. He incorporated a greater degree of abstraction in his sculpture and satisfied an enormous global demand for his art, which sometimes generated controversy. This exhibition features rarely seen sculptures, drawings, graphics, and a wealth of archival material drawn entirely from the Henry Moore Foundation’s collections.

Installation view, Henry Moore: The Sixties, Henry Moore Studios & Gardens, Perry Green, England, April 1–October 30, 2022. Artwork: Reproduced by permission of the Henry Moore Foundation. Photo: Rob Harris

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Textiles de Artistas

March 12–June 19, 2022
Fundacíon Barrié, A Coruña, Spain
fundacionbarrie.org

This exhibition explores the history of twentieth-century art through fabrics designed by artists, with unique examples from artistic movements such as Fauvism, Cubism, Surrealism, and Pop art. Comprised of more than one hundred works, the show presents an important overview of weaving as a popular art form in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Europe. Work by Alexander Calder, Damien Hirst, Howard Hodgkin, Henry Moore, Pablo Picasso, Sterling Ruby, and Andy Warhol is included.

Installation view, Au rendez-vous des amis: Modernism in Dialogue with Contemporary Art from the Sammlung Goetz, Part 2, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, August 8, 2021–January 16, 2022. Artwork, left to right: © Stand Douglas, © Tatiana Trouvé, © Egon Schiele. Photo: Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, Haydar Koyupinar

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Au rendez-vous des amis
Modernism in Dialogue with Contemporary Art from the Sammlung Goetz, Part 2

August 6, 2021–January 16, 2022
Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich
www.pinakothek-der-moderne.de

This exhibition, which includes more than two hundred works, presents works from the Sammlung Goetz in the Pinakothek der Moderne in order to explore the diverse relationships between classical modernism and contemporary art, examining how avant-garde artists paved the way for a more liberal treatment of color, line, and perspective, and outlined groundbreaking ideas for a new social community. Work by Francis Bacon, Henry Moore, Pablo Picasso, and Tatiana Trouvé is included.

Installation view, Au rendez-vous des amis: Modernism in Dialogue with Contemporary Art from the Sammlung Goetz, Part 2, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, August 8, 2021–January 16, 2022. Artwork, left to right: © Stand Douglas, © Tatiana Trouvé, © Egon Schiele. Photo: Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, Haydar Koyupinar

Installation view, This Living Hand: Edmund de Waal Presents Henry Moore, Henry Moore Studios & Gardens, Perry Green, England, May 19–October 31, 2021. Artwork, left and right: © Edmund de Waal; center left and center right: reproduced by permission of the Henry Moore Foundation. Photo: Alzbeta Jaresova

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This Living Hand
Edmund de Waal Presents Henry Moore

May 19–October 31, 2021
Henry Moore Studios & Gardens, Perry Green, England
www.henry-moore.org

Curated by Edmund de Waal, this exhibition explores the role of touch and the iconography of the hand in Henry Moore’s art. Moore believed that “tactile experience is very important as an aesthetic dimension in sculpture.” Original carved benches by de Waal, as well as a group of Moore’s drawings and sculptural works charting his interest in the hand as a subject, are included.

Installation view, This Living Hand: Edmund de Waal Presents Henry Moore, Henry Moore Studios & Gardens, Perry Green, England, May 19–October 31, 2021. Artwork, left and right: © Edmund de Waal; center left and center right: reproduced by permission of the Henry Moore Foundation. Photo: Alzbeta Jaresova

Installation view, Henry Moore: Il Disegno dello scultore, Museo Novecento, Florence, Italy, January 18–August 22, 2021. Artwork: Reproduced by permission of the Henry Moore Foundation. Photo: Serge Domingie

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Henry Moore
Il Disegno dello scultore

January 18–August 22, 2021
Museo Novecento, Florence, Italy
www.museonovecento.it

Presented in collaboration with the Henry Moore Foundation, this exhibition, whose title translates to The Sculptor’s Drawing, explores the relationship between drawing and sculpture in Henry Moore’s work and includes more than seventy drawings as well as graphics and sculptures. Through the analysis of recurring iconographic themes such as natural forms (rocks, pebbles, roots, and trunks), animals, skulls, and the artist’s hands, the exhibition seeks to deepen the conceptual and formal genesis of Moore’s work.

Installation view, Henry Moore: Il Disegno dello scultore, Museo Novecento, Florence, Italy, January 18–August 22, 2021. Artwork: Reproduced by permission of the Henry Moore Foundation. Photo: Serge Domingie

Installation view, Untitled, 2020, Punta della Dogana, Venice, March 22–December 13, 2020. Artwork © Thomas Houseago. Photo: Marco Cappelletti/DSL Studio

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Untitled, 2020

March 22–November 4, 2020
Punta della Dogana, Venice
www.palazzograssi.it

Conceived and curated by Thomas Houseago, Muna El Fituri, and Caroline Bourgeois, Untitled, 2020 places into dialogue works in a broad range of media by more than sixty artists held by the Pinault Collection, international museums, and private collections. The exhibition centers around a re-creation of Houseago’s studio in Tadao Ando’s cube room, in the heart of Punta della Dogana. Work by Ellen Gallagher, Duane Hanson, Mike Kelley, Henry Moore, and Nam June Paik is included.

Installation view, Untitled, 2020, Punta della Dogana, Venice, March 22–December 13, 2020. Artwork © Thomas Houseago. Photo: Marco Cappelletti/DSL Studio

Installation view, Bill Brandt / Henry Moore, Hepworth Wakefield, England, May 31–November 1, 2020. Artwork, left to right: Reproduced by permission of The Henry Moore Foundation, © Bill Brandt/Bill Brandt Archive Ltd. Photo: George Baggaley

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Bill Brandt / Henry Moore

May 31–November 1, 2020
Hepworth Wakefield, England
hepworthwakefield.org

This exhibition explores the parallel and intersecting paths of the photographer Bill Brandt and sculptor Henry Moore, who first met during the Second World War, when they both created images of civilians sheltering from the Blitz in the London Underground. The show brings together more than two hundred works, including Moore’s celebrated Reclining Figure sculptures and Brandt’s well-known photographs of coal miners and their families in Durham and Yorkshire. Also on view are rare original color transparencies by Brandt, and Moore’s little-known photocollages.

Installation view, Bill Brandt / Henry Moore, Hepworth Wakefield, England, May 31–November 1, 2020. Artwork, left to right: Reproduced by permission of The Henry Moore Foundation, © Bill Brandt/Bill Brandt Archive Ltd. Photo: George Baggaley

Albert Oehlen, Untitled, 1989, Museum of Modern Art, New York © Albert Oehlen 

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Artist’s Choice
Amy Sillman—The Shape of Shape

October 21, 2019–April 12, 2020
Museum of Modern Art, New York
www.moma.org

In The Shape of Shape, Amy Sillman—an artist who has helped redefine contemporary painting, pushing the medium into drawing, installations, video, and zines—has created a revelatory Artist’s Choice installation drawn from the museum’s collection. The exhibition features works, many rarely seen, spanning vastly different time periods, places, and mediums. Work by Jay DeFeo, Helen Frankenthaler, Howard Hodgkin, Henry Moore, Albert Oehlen, and Christopher Wool is included.

Albert Oehlen, Untitled, 1989, Museum of Modern Art, New York © Albert Oehlen 

Henry Moore, Seated Figure, 1948 © Henry Moore Foundation

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Henry Moore Drawings
The Art of Seeing

April 3–October 27, 2019
Henry Moore Foundation, Perry Green, England
www.henry-moore.org

Although Henry Moore is best known as a sculptor, he was an exceptionally talented and prolific draftsman, producing a body of nearly 7,500 drawings over seven decades. The Art of Seeing explores the many different ways in which Moore used drawing, starting with studies from life of the 1920s and ending with the rarely seen, but surprisingly fine, late drawings of the 1970s and early 1980s. The exhibition includes different types of drawings, from preparatory studies and ideas for sculpture and prints, to studies and copies of works by artists Moore admired, to studies of the human figure, animals, the landscape and the weather, portraits, and more.

Henry Moore, Seated Figure, 1948 © Henry Moore Foundation

Henry Moore, Three Piece Sculpture: Vertebrae, 1968–69, installation view, Houghton Hall, Norfolk, England, May 1–September 29, 2019 © Henry Moore Foundation. Photo: Pete Huggins

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Henry Moore at Houghton Hall
Nature and Inspiration

May 1–September 29, 2019
Houghton Hall, Norfolk, England
www.houghtonhall.com

This exhibition of works by Henry Moore includes several monumental outdoor pieces on the grounds of the house, as well as a selection of smaller works, models, and etchings, which are shown in the ground-floor gallery spaces.

Henry Moore, Three Piece Sculpture: Vertebrae, 1968–69, installation view, Houghton Hall, Norfolk, England, May 1–September 29, 2019 © Henry Moore Foundation. Photo: Pete Huggins

Henry Moore, Working Model for Seated Figure: Arms Outstretched, 1960 © Henry Moore Foundation

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The Power of Nature
Henry Moore in Poland

February 22–June 30, 2019
National Museum in Kraków, Poland
mnk.pl

The Power of Nature: Henry Moore in Poland features more than twenty sculptures, showcasing a cross section of Henry Moore’s most iconic themes on a variety of scales—from small works and maquettes to monumental bronzes. The exhibition also explores Moore’s influence on Polish art, especially in the immediate aftermath of his seminal 1959 exhibition in Poland. The exhibition originated at the Centre of Polish Sculpture in Orońsko, Poland.

Henry Moore, Working Model for Seated Figure: Arms Outstretched, 1960 © Henry Moore Foundation

Henry Moore with Helmet Head No. 2 (1955) in his studio, Perry Green, England, 1967. Artwork © Henry Moore Foundation. Photo: John Hedgecoe, 1967

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Henry Moore
The Helmet Heads

March 6–June 23, 2019
Wallace Collection, London
www.wallacecollection.org

This exhibition is one of the first to explore Henry Moore’s fascination with armor. The artist’s Helmet Head sculptures, which are here shown together for the first time, are presented in collaboration with the Henry Moore Foundation. The show comprises more than sixty sketches, drawings, maquettes, and full-size sculptures in plaster, lead, and bronze, juxtaposed with the Renaissance armor that inspired them.

Henry Moore with Helmet Head No. 2 (1955) in his studio, Perry Green, England, 1967. Artwork © Henry Moore Foundation. Photo: John Hedgecoe, 1967

Rachel Whiteread, Untitled, 1993 © Rachel Whiteread

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The Sculptor’s Drawings

April 20–July 12, 2018
Museo Novecento, Florence, Italy
www.museonovecento.it

Drawing, as the initial and essential visual definition of an idea, has since antiquity played a fundamental role in the field of artistic creation. The Sculptor’s Drawings will highlight the connection between the graphic medium and the realization of sculpture and installation art. Work by Henry Moore and Rachel Whiteread will be included.

Rachel Whiteread, Untitled, 1993 © Rachel Whiteread

Roy Lichtenstein, Temple, 1964 © Estate of Roy Lichtenstein

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The Classical Now

March 2–April 28, 2018
King’s College, London
www.kcl.ac.uk

The Classical Now pairs the work of modern and contemporary artists with classical Greek and Roman antiquities. The exhibition traces the ways in which Greco-Roman art has captured and permeated modern imagination, while exploring the myriad continuities and contrasts between the ancient, modern, and contemporary, revealing the “classical” as a living and fluid tradition. Work by Michael Craig-Martin, Damien Hirst, Alex Israel, Yves Klein, Roy Lichtenstein, Henry Moore, Bruce Nauman, Pablo Picasso, and Rachel Whiteread is included.

Roy Lichtenstein, Temple, 1964 © Estate of Roy Lichtenstein

Henry Moore, Reclining Figure, 1929, Leeds Museums & Galleries © The Henry Moore Foundation 2017

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Becoming Henry Moore

April 14–October 22, 2017
Henry Moore Studios & Gardens, Perry Green, UK
www.henry-moore.org

Discover how Henry Moore developed from a promising schoolboy into Britain’s foremost modern sculptor. Featuring works by Picasso, Rembrandt, Michelangelo, and Modigliani, Becoming Henry Moore is a rare opportunity to see Henry Moore’s early works alongside that of the artists who inspired him.

Henry Moore, Reclining Figure, 1929, Leeds Museums & Galleries © The Henry Moore Foundation 2017