Whether as rebellion or protest, as spectacle and release, or as an essential component of re-creation and restoration, destruction has for generations of artists served as an essential means of considering and commenting upon important artistic and social issues. "Damage Control: Art and Destruction Since 1950" offers an overview of this pervasive motif in contemporary culture.

Exhibition Tour: Damage Control: Art and Destruction Since 1950

The Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden is a leading voice for contemporary art and culture and provides a national platform for the art and artists of our time.  We seek to share the transformative power of modern and 
		contemporary art with audiences at all levels of awareness and understanding by creating meaningful, personal experiences in which art, artists, audiences and ideas converge. We enhance public understanding and appreciation of contemporary art through 
		acquisition, exhibitions, education and public programs, conservation, and research.

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The Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden is a leading voice for contemporary art and culture and provides a national platform for the art and artists of our time. We seek to share the transformative power of modern and contemporary art with audiences at all levels of awareness and understanding by creating meaningful, personal experiences in which art, artists, audiences and ideas converge. We enhance public understanding and appreciation of contemporary art through acquisition, exhibitions, education and public programs, conservation, and research.

The Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden is a leading voice for contemporary art and culture and provides a national platform for the art and artists of our time.&nbsp; We seek to share the transformative power of modern and 
		contemporary art with audiences at all levels of awareness and understanding by creating meaningful, personal experiences in which art, artists, audiences and ideas converge. We enhance public understanding and appreciation of contemporary art through 
		acquisition, exhibitions, education and public programs, conservation, and research.

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