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.…
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A Curator’s Eye: Masterworks on View

February 1, 2020

Youth Eternal by Evelyn Beatrice Longman has the distinction of being the artwork on longest continuous view in The Heckscher Museum.  The fountain takes center stage in the Museum lobby,…
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An Artist You Can’t Refuse: Mort Künstler

Newsday
September 6, 2019

Making a slight adjustment to his jawline — by stuffing cotton wool in his cheeks — Marlon Brando snagged the lead in “The Godfather,” and arguably gave his greatest performance.…
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Call to Artists: Emerging Artists Series 2020

MUSEUM PRESS RELEASE / September 1, 2019

Long Island artists are invited to apply to the 2020 Emerging Artists Series at The Heckscher Museum of Art.  The series gives established and up and coming artists the opportunity…
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Long Island Biennial: Call for Entries 2018

MUSEUM PRESS RELEASE
February 2018

The Heckscher Museum of Art is accepting entries for the 2018 Long Island Biennial beginning February 1, 2018. Inaugurated in 2010, the Long Island Biennial is a juried competition offering…
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