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COLLECTION SPOTLIGHT: Photographs by Joe Constantino

By Karli Wurzelbacher, Curator
and Kerrilyn Blee, Assistant Curator

The Museum’s Curatorial Department is always working to preserve, research, and share our collection. This week, Assistant Curator Kerrilyn Blee recorded an oral history interview with photographer Joe Constantino (b.…

April/May/June Issue of Heckscher Museum Magazine Available Now

April 2, 2020

Check out the latest issue of The Heckscher Museum Magazine! Read about Long Island’s Best, and our signature show: The Heckscher Museum Celebrates 100! Please note: any program dates featured…

IMPORTANT NOTICE: Temporary Closure due to COVID-19

MUSEUM PRESS RELEASE
March 13, 2020

As a precautionary measure to ensure the safety and health of our guests, staff, and volunteers, the Museum will close beginning March 14th until further notice. All programs and events…

HECKSCHER HISTORY: August Heckscher: Visionary

March 1, 2020

August Heckscher (1848-1941) was born in Hamburg, Germany, and immigrated to the United States at age 19. He made his fortune in coal, zinc, copper, and real estate. The New…

Amanda Valdez: Piecework Exhibition Introduces Artist Amanda Valdez in First Long Island Show

MUSEUM PRESS RELEASE
February 2020

Contemporary artist Amanda Valdez launches her first show in a New York art museum with an exhibition featuring brilliantly colored, patterned, and textured abstract paintings. Valdez achieves her unique style…

COLLECTION SPOTLIGHT: George Grosz and “Eclipse of the Sun”

October 2019

George Grosz’s Eclipse of the Sun is among the most significant paintings in a public collection on Long Island and one of the masterpieces of 20th-century art. The Heckscher Museum…

Locally Sourced: Collecting Long Island Artists

MUSEUM PRESS RELEASE
October 1, 2019

On View November 23, 2019 to March 15, 2020, Locally Sourced: Collecting Long Island Artists tells the compelling story of art on Long Island through The Heckscher Museum’s Permanent Collection. Long…