WASHINGTON, DC.- One of the 20th century’s
most
influential artists, Yves Klein (French, b. Nice, 1928; d. Paris, 1962)
took the
European art scene by storm in a prolific but brief career that lasted
only from
1954 to 1962. “Yves Klein: With the Void, Full Powers,” on view at the
Hirshhorn
Museum from  May 20 through September 12, 2010, is the first major
retrospective of the artist’s work in the United States since 1982.

Co-curated by the Hirshhorn’s deputy director and chief curator Kerry
Brougher
and Dia Art Foundation director Philippe Vergne, formerly chief curator
and
deputy director at the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, the exhibition is

co-organized by the Hirshhorn and the Walker and developed in full
collaboration
with the Yves Klein Archives in Paris.