Dec 27, 2007
Go Home Already: Lounge Lizard
>> Clinton Portis’ performance in last week’s game against the Vikings got him the NFC Offensive Player of the Week award. [Washington Redskins Official Site] >> Pepto Bismal threw up inside the Carville-Matalin home. [DC Metrocentric] >> Hosiery Warehouse finally gets the Cease and Desist order handed down as developers prepare to make way for condos. [City Paper] >> The Hirshhorn Museum’s Chief Curator Kerry Brougher has been appointed acting Director until a permanent…
Oct 11, 2007
Arts Agenda
The Smithsonian announced yesterday that they’ve officially formed the committee to find the replacement for Olga Viso as the new Director of the Hirshhorn. The group of eight includes local art collectors and Hirshhorn trustees, a couple Smithsonian officers, and the Director of SFMoMA, though we can think of at least one more loud voice that might want in on the decision. We’ll be interested to hear who they come up with before Viso leaves…
Sep 18, 2007
Photo of the Day: September 18, 2007
Flickr user krisetya has been nailing it lately, and it was hard to resist this homage to Olga Viso, who will be stepping down as the Hirshhorn’s director in a few months. Click through to read his kind words, as well as the commenters who rightly call the photo, “Clean, fluid, and minimalist with a fantastic richness of color.” The Hirshhorn Museum is open every day from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., or stop…
Sep 12, 2007
Hirshhorn Leader Steps Down
Olga Viso, who has served as director of the Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden for two years, announced today she’ll be stepping down at the end of the year. Viso will be taking her experience and successes in running the Hirshhorn to the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. The expert on contemporary Latin American art began as an assistant curator at the museum 12 years ago, and quickly climbed the ladder as her skill…