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Emerging Artists Instagram Takeovers May 6 – 27

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 Tom…

Student Awards Announced for Long Island’s Best Young Artists 2020

Times Beacon Record

April 26, 2020

The Heckscher Museum in Huntington has announced the top prize winners for its 2020 Long Island’s Best: Young Artists show. Now in its 24th year, Long Island’s Best is the only juried exhibition for…

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.…

View “Amanda Valdez: Piecework” Online Today!

April 3, 2020

Browse images of all of the artwork, explore the digital exhibition brochure, and read Curator Karli Wurzelbacher’s essay on the artist and her work. This exhibition features 20 works of…

“Adopt” Masterpieces and Materials from the Arthur Dove Archive

February 15, 2020

The Heckscher Museum is fortunate to hold an extraordinary number of masterpieces and archival materials by the renowned Huntington artist Arthur G. Dove. Now, these important artworks and historical objects…

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,…

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…

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.…

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…

Famous Oyster Bay painter Mort Künstler puts works on display in Huntington

News12 Long Island
August 29, 2019

One of America’s most accomplished painters hails from Oyster Bay and is putting some of his career’s works on display. Danger, adventure and mystery are just a few words to…

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