Volume 22, Number 9 · May 29, 1975
Haul Casts Pall on Mall
By Douglas Cooper
The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
edited by Abram Lerner
Abrams, 770, 1,019 illus. pp., $40.00
Culturally, Washington has been until quite recently one of the most underprivileged of the world's major capital cities. But during the last ten years, and especially since the opening of the Kennedy Center, Washington's cultural amenities have increased in volume with a rush. Nor has the art life of Washington, hitherto so quiet and provincial, failed to respond. The National Gallery is being enlarged and its collections added to, especially in the field of twentieth-century art. The Phillips Collection, select, staid, personal, and predominatly European in outlook, maintains an honorable activity. The National Portrait Gallery and the National Collection of Fine Arts, both wholly American, have taken hold of the public's interest. Admittedly the so-called Institute of Contemporary Art folded, but a number of newly installed dealers now offer frequent exhibitions of assorted contemporary wares.
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