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News Posts
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Schmucker Art Gallery in Gettysburg Connection
Pitch Blackness / Off Whiteness, Hank Willis Thomas (born 1976), 2009, Neon sign, 58 1/8 in. × 33 in. × 6 in. (147.6 × 83.8 × 15.2 cm).
This fall, Schmucker Art Gallery at Gettysburg College presents an exhibition of text-based works by significant artists of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, including Elizabeth Catlett, Deborah Dancy, Nekisha Durrett, Guerrilla Girls, Glenn Ligon, Carl Pope, Jr., Faith Ringgold, Hank Willis Thomas, and Carrie Mae Weems. Confuse the Issues: Art, Text, and Identity is on view from August 31 through December 10, 2022. Generous support for this project provided by Art Bridges. Read the Article
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MFA, St Petersburg and CLP in TBN Weekly
Henry Inman, Collection of Joslyn Art Museum, Museum purchase from the Edward R. Trabold and Lulu J. Trabold Fund with additional funds from the Durham Center for Western Studies Art Endowment Fund
The Museum of Fine Arts St. Petersburg — participating in the Art Bridges Collection Loan Partnership dedicated to American Art — is showcasing 11 contemporary, modern and 19th century works from Joslyn Art Museum. Titled “In Dialogue: Unexpected Visual Conversations,” the installation debuted Aug. 6 in the MFA’s collection galleries. The exhibition will be on view into June 2023. Read the Article
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Hudson River Museum and CLP in Westfair Online
Rendering of the Hudson River Museum’s West Wing capital improvement project, which opens this fall. Courtesy Archimuse.
The largest cultural institution in Westchester County, the Hudson River Museum in Yonkers, is about to get bigger — in more ways than one. The museum is near the end of a two-year, $12.3 million West Wing capital improvement project expanding the museum’s footprint from approximately 40,000 square feet to 52,000 square feet. “We’re very excited about the dedicated Special Exhibition Galleries,” says Masha Turchinsky, the museum’s director and CEO. “What this means is the spaces traditionally used for special exhibits will be able to feature more of the permanent collection.” Those holdings include nearly 18,000 paintings, sculptures, works on...
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Delaware Art Museum in Native News Online
Will Wilson, Nakotah LaRance, Citizen of the Hopi Nation, 6-Time World Champion Hoop Dancer, Member, Dancing Earth, Indigenous Contemporary Dance Creations,
Diné photographer Will Wilson uses the very tin type and sepia that froze Native Americans in the past to shatter the myth and bring Natives very much into contemporary, modern art. Wilson’s latest exhibition, In Conversation: Will Wilson, investigates the legacy of historical photographs on the representation of Native peoples in North America. It opened on July 9 at the Delaware Art Museum. Read the Article
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Delaware Art Museum in Delaware Public Media
Will Wilson, Raven Knight, Citizen of the Jicarilla Apache Nation, Dancer, Dancing Earth, Indigenous Contemporary Dance Creations, 2012
Indigenous culture is being celebrated in a summer exhibition at the Delaware Art Museum in Wilmington. In Conversation: Will Wilson opens this weekend. The exhibit is being paired with a pow wow of arts and culture scheduled for later this month. The national tour of In Conversation: Will Wilson is supported by the Art Bridges Foundation. Read the Article
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Peoria Riverfront Museum in WCBU
An exhibit opening Saturday at the Peoria Riverfront Museum marks the beginning of a partnership aimed at expanding access to American art nationwide. The museum is one of 12 charter members participating in the Art Bridges Collection Loan Partnership, a initiative announced this week by the Arkansas-based Art Bridges Foundation established by billionaire philanthropist Alice Walton, heiress to the Walmart fortune. Read the Article
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