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Visitors Choice & Virtual Choice Winners for Long Island Biennial Announced

January 17, 2023

Glen Hansen and Blue Ruthen have won the Visitors Choice and Virtual Choice awards, respectively for The Body Politic: Long Island Biennial 2024. More than 1,000 votes were cast in…

Eclipse of the Sun at the Neue Galerie; Last Chance to See It in 2025

The Neue Galerie in New York City will feature George Grosz’s masterpiece Eclipse of the Sun in the exhibition Neue Sachlichkeit / New Objectivity. The loaned painting will be on…

Tactile Objects, Verbal Descriptions Added to Accessibility Offerings

December 4, 2024

The Heckscher Museum has again expanded its visitor offerings to ensure even more accessibility for all Museum guests. The Museum has chosen select images from The Body Politic: Long Island…

Conference Day for Art Teachers Inspires

The Museum’s Annual Superintendent’s Day Conference for K-12 art educators on November 5, welcomed 102 teachers from 18 school districts across Nassau and Suffolk counties. The full day of…

Newsday: Art with a Message in The Body Politic: Long Island Biennial 2024

Annual Celebrate Achievement Gala a Smash!

October 2023

The Museum’s 2024 Celebrate Achievement Benefit was a roaring success. The event honored Kasmira Mohanty, Artist and Art Teacher, Artist Han Qin, and Huntington Town Historian Robert Hughes, for their…

Bring Art and People Together Through the Museum’s 2024 Annual Appeal!

Donate Now As the giving season approaches, consider putting The Heckscher Museum at the top of your contributions list. Here are just a few examples of who will benefit…

Soundwalk at Dove/Torr Cottage Wins Award of Excellence

The Heckscher Museum was granted an Award of Excellence for the Soundwalk at the Arthur Dove & Helen Torr Cottage in Centerport, NY. The award was presented by the Greater…

Richard Mayhew 1924-2024

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 was…

Bill Titus, 1948-2024, First Heckscher Museum Registrar

Bill Titus (1948-2024), the very first registrar employed by The Heckscher Museum of Art, and a long-time Town of Huntington employee, passed away recently. During a 43-year tenure at the…

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