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Emerging Artists Instagram Takeovers 9/2 – 9/30

The Emerging Artists series celebrates contemporary artists and has been re-envisioned as an Instagram virtual series. The Museum is pleased to announce that Emerging Artists Lisa Petker-Mintz, Marybeth Rothman, Pamela…

COLLECTION SPOTLIGHT: George Romney’s “Portrait of Mrs. St. George and Child”

By Karli Wurzelbacher, Curator

After a delay of five months, Portrait of Mrs. St. George and Child (1791) has come home to The Heckscher Museum of Art. The George Romney (1734–1802) painting was on…

Emerging Artists Instagram Takeovers July 8 – 22

As part of the “Heckscher at Home” initiative, this program celebrating contemporary artists has been re-envisioned as an Instagram virtual series. The Museum is pleased to announce that Emerging Artists…

COLLECTION SPOTLIGHT: Emma Stebbins’s “Industry” and “Commerce”

By Karli Wurzelbacher, Curator

She finally resolved on an exclusive consecration of her talents to art, making it the sole business of her life. She determined to go to Rome … It is probably…

COLLECTION SPOTLIGHT: Hans Hokanson’s “Little Gull”

By Emily A. Finan, Curatorial Intern

I am influenced by the volume and the availability of the wood … The wood itself kicks me off, encourages me, speaks back to me. I am in direct confrontation…

COLLECTION SPOTLIGHT: Howardena Pindell’s “Relationships (Kandinsky #1)”

By Karli Wurzelbacher, Curator

In Relationships (Kandinsky #1) (1996), Howardena Pindell blends varied artistic languages to create a multimedia work bursting with energy and meaning. The diamond-shaped acrylic on canvas painting will be a…

From the Studio: Amanda Valdez

By Amanda Valdez, Artist

When The Heckscher Museum temporarily closed to the public, we were installing the exhibition Amanda Valdez: Piecework. Originally scheduled to open on March 21, the show debuted virtually instead. The…

BEHIND THE SCENES: Art Conservation for “The Heckscher Celebrates 100” Exhibition

By Karli Wurzelbacher, Curator
and Christine M.A. Marzano, Registrar

The Heckscher Museum may be temporarily closed to the public, but our mission of preserving and interpreting our collection of 2,300 objects continues. We are now finalizing arrangements for next…

COLLECTION SPOTLIGHT: Thomas Moran’s “The Woods in Autumn”

By Michael W. Schantz, Ph.D., Executive Director & CEO

The Woods in Autumn (1864) by Thomas Moran (1837-1926) was an instant favorite of mine when I first arrived at the Museum in the Fall of 2010. Indeed, at first…

Dove/Torr Cottage Featured in Two New Books

May 20, 2020

The Dove/Torr Cottage, the historic studio and home of American artists Helen Torr (1886-1967) and Arthur Dove (1880-1946), is highlighted in two new books published this spring. The Dove/Torr Cottage…

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