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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From The Times Beacon Record: “A Feast for the Eyes”

PRESS COVERAGE

A visual and virtual feast for the eyes opens in Huntington
By Melissa Arnold
May 1, 2020

As the Heckscher Museum of Art marks 100 years since its founding this year, they have taken time to explore both the past and future through art. Over the next…
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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.…
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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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