Hirshhorn Museum to Present First Yves Klein Retrospective in 30 Years
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 May 20 through Sept. 12, 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 c, former chief curator and deputy director at the
Walker
Art Center in Minneapolis, the exhibition is co-organized by the
Hirshhorn and
the Walker and developed in full collaboration with the Yves Klein
Archives in
Paris.