Hirshhorn opens interactive exhibition by Rirkrit Tiravanija
(Artdaily.org)

The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden is presenting the museum’s first-ever exhibition of works by contemporary Thai artist Rirkrit Tiravanija. Organized by Mark Beasley, the museum’s Robert and Arlene Kogod Secretarial Scholar, Curator of Media and Performance Art, the exhibition titled “Rirkrit Tiravanija: Who’s Afraid of Red, Yellow, and Green,” transforms the Hirshhorn’s galleries into a communal dining space in which visitors are being served curry and invited to share a meal together. The installation includes a large-scale mural, drawn on the walls over the course of the exhibition, which references protests against Thai government policies. Additional historic images speak to protest and the present. The exhibition also includes a series of documentary shorts curated exclusively for the Hirshhorn by Thailand’s leading