Sculpture Garden of the National Gallery of Art
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Constitution Ave NW &, 7th St NW, Washington, DC 20408, USA
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Though small, the sculpture garden belonging to the National Gallery of Art contains iconic pieces by some of the world’s greatest sculptors, including Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen’s "Typewriter Eraser," Sol LeWitt's "Four-Sided Pyramid," Louise Bourgeois’s "Spider," Robert Indiana’s "Amor," Roy Lichtenstein’s "House I," Roxy Paine’s Graft, and Marc Chagall’s "Orphée," a 10 by 17-foot mosaic made out of glass and stone. Interestingly, the garden also displays one of French architect Hector Guimard’s original Art Nouveau-style Parisian Métro entrances, made out of cast iron in 1913 and restored by the museum.
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Art Omi Sculpture & Architecture Park
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1405 Co Rte 22, Ghent, NY 12075, USA
PHONE +1 518-392-4747
While Storm King in New York gets a lot of recognition, this outdoor art park just a little bit further north is also worth a trip. Art Omi is spread across 300 acres of open fields and forest in the Hudson Valley. There are more than 60 works of art and architecture, including sculptures by Oliver Kruse, Tony Tassett, Donald Lipski, Beverly Pepper, Dewitt Godfrey, and Will Ryman. A separate part of the park is dedicated to architecture, which facilitates projects exploring the intersection of architecture, art, and landscape by architects, including pieces by Cameron Wu, an architecture professor at Princeton University, and Steven Holl, of Steven Holl Architects, whose piece made from robotically-cut CLT serves as a sun gauge.