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Congratulations to “Long Island’s Best” Exhibiting Artists 2020!

March 19, 2020

The Museum is thrilled to announce that Long Island’s Best: Young Artists at The Heckscher Museum 2020 exhibiting artists have been determined! In honor of our 100th Anniversary in 2020, Museum Curator Dr.…

HECKSCHER HISTORY: August Heckscher: Visionary

March 1, 2020

August Heckscher (1848-1941) was born in Hamburg, Germany, and immigrated to the United States at age 19. He made his fortune in coal, zinc, copper, and real estate. The New…

“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,…

Putting The Heckscher Museum of Art “On the Map”: The Legacy of Eva Ingersoll Gatling

January 5, 2020

“For me, the challenge of The Heckscher Museum of Art was the opportunity to make a small museum fully professional, my dream was to have the collection in excellent condition,…

Heckscher Museum Magazine: Jan Feb March 2020

Check out the Jan Feb March 2021 issue of The Heckscher Museum Magazine! Read about the important artists featured in the Women’s Voices gallery of Locally Sourced!

Curator Tour of Locally Sourced

December 12, 2020

Earlier today, Dr. Karli Wurzelbacher, Curator, led members and sponsors on a special tour of The Heckscher Museum’s current exhibition, Locally Sourced: Collecting Long Island Artists. Touching on important works…

A History of Art on LI: “Locally Sourced” at Heckscher Museum

Newsday
By Deidre S. Greben

December 6, 2019

Hans Namuth’s iconic shots of Jackson Pollock at work in his Springs studio gave the world a critical behind-the-scenes glimpse of the Abstract Expressionist’s seminal drip painting technique. Now another…

“Adopt” a Work of Art Today!

December 2019

One of the principal responsibilities of a museum is the care and preservation of its permanent collection. Even in the best of circumstances, objects age. Exposure to light and atmospheric…

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…

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