Collection Archives - The Heckscher Museum of Art

See ‘Eclipse of the Sun’ Through May 29 Before Its Historic Visit to German Exhibition

George Grosz’s Eclipse of the Sun (1926), one of the Museum’s most significant works of art, will be on view through May 29 before it is loaned for an important…

COLLECTION SPOTLIGHT: Richard Mayhew’s “Pescadero” (2014)

By Karli Wurzelbacher, Curator

I’m concerned with the spiritual sensitivity and the illusion of time and space. … I thought that nature was very important so I had to use some element, but that…

COLLECTION SPOTLIGHT: Alison Saar’s “Reapers”

By Justyce Bennett, Curatorial Assistant

I’ve always wanted my work not to just be angry but point toward some resolution or express some optimism. But it’s been harder and harder to come up with something…

Collection on Loan: Mayhew at Southampton Arts Center

The Heckscher Museum of Art’s current exhibition Richard Mayhew: Reinventing Landscape celebrates the work of a major American artist who spent his formative years in Amityville, Long Island. Mayhew (b.…

COLLECTION SPOTLIGHT: Asher B. Durand’s “Keene Valley”

by Justyce Bennett, Curatorial Assistant

The Museum’s founder, August Heckscher, loved landscape paintings. The founding collection is rich in work from Hudson River School artists who were captivated by the natural world, including Frederic Church,…

COLLECTION SPOTLIGHT: Esphyr Slobodkina’s “Still Life with Accordion” and “Levitator #1”

by Jacqueline Covey

In a career that spanned 70 years, Russian-American artist Esphyr Slobodkina (1908-2002) championed American abstraction. She was a gifted and innovative artist and is also well-known as the author and…

COLLECTION ON THE ROAD: Three Paintings in the Hall of New York at the State Capitol Building

by Jacqueline Covey

Experts regard the Empire State Plaza Art Collection as “one of the greatest public collections of modern American art outside of a museum.” The Heckscher Museum is pleased to have…

COLLECTION SPOTLIGHT: Robert Carter’s “Mama Taught Me Piano and Much More”

by Justyce Bennett, Curatorial Assistant

“…social experiences, political experiences, economic experiences. Almost whatever you’re going through personally, what the community is going through, find their reflection in the work.” Robert Carter, 2015 In 1973, Robert…

Heckscher Museum Launches Virtual Reality Tour

October 1, 2021

The Museum is thrilled to share a virtual reality tour of The Heckscher Museum! This highlights tour captures the important artwork and historic moments that tell the fascinating story of…

Watch Centennial Artwork Come to Life in Body Paint

Maris O’Brien, a 2021 Long Island’s Best exhibiting artist, has found a passion and a large following through an unique use of her art: body painting. The Museum immediately spotted…

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