When it reopens in a redesigned state at the end of October, the Hirshhorn Museum’s Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C., will be home to a curious new work by the Berlin-based Scandinavian artist duo Elmgreen & Dragset—in the form of a vacant swimming pool. “Upended, empty, and eternally unswimmable, the 28-foot-tall sculpture emblematizes the artists’ mastery of displacement—excerpting familiar objects from people’s surroundings and presenting them as new and strange,” reads a press release announcing the museum’s new acquisition. Related Articles The outdoor sculpture—“cast in stainless steel with a lacquered cyan interior, and furnished with a diving board, ladder, and lights”—is titled Eight and counts as the fourth such swimming pool in a series that Elmgreen & Dragset has installed in other locations including Miami and New York. The Hirshhorn has deemed it “a crowning installation” for its Sculpture Garden, which is scheduled to reopen October 31 after a four-year, $68 million “revitalization” designed by the artist Hiroshi Sugimoto. In a statement, Elmgreen & Dragset said, “For us, swimming pools can be synonymous with public …