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Using Holes to Reveal History's Blindspots2 comments

curatorialintern wrote 1 year ago:   Gentleman with Negro Attendant, ca. 1785-88. Ralph Earl (1751-1801). Oil on Canvas. New Brita … more →

Tags: Current Exhibitions, Contemporary Art, museum ethics, New Acquisition, portraiture, Ralph Earl, Colonial America, Titus Kaphar

Andy Warhol: Saving the American Art Market Single-handedly?1 comment

curatorialintern wrote 2 years ago: Man Ray, 1974. Andy Warhol (1928-1987). Acrylic polymer and silkscreen on canvas, 14 ¼ x 11 in. New … more →

Tags: Collection Highlights, man ray, Pablo Picasso, tate modern, andy warhol, Jackson Pollock, art market, China, France

Table Tennis & Art Forgeries

curatorialintern wrote 2 years ago: One of Efremoff's artworks Efremoff is on the forefront of New Media art. He obtained his MFA f … more →

Tags: Current Exhibitions, Collection Highlights, museum ethics, New Media, Frank Benson, Ted Efremoff, Russia, Stalin, Apartment #34

Putting the "American" in American Art

curatorialintern wrote 2 years ago: A bust of Bryson Burroughs, by his wife Bryson Burroughs (1869-1934) worked as a curator at the Metr … more →

Tags: Collection Highlights, museum ethics, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New Britain Museum of American Art, NBMAA, Paul Cézanne, American Art, Contemporary American Art, New Britain Institute

Frieseke: Under the French Influence

curatorialintern wrote 2 years ago: The Green Parasol, 1915. Frederick Carl Frieseke (1874-1939). Oil on Canvas, 31 3/4 x 32 in. The Jac … more →

Tags: Current Exhibitions, Exhibitions, Collection Highlights, Impressionism, New Britain Museum of American Art, Claude Monet, Frederick Carl Frieseke, James Abbott McNeill Whistler, An American Odyssey: The Warner Collection of American

Washington Square Park: Artistically Inspiring

curatorialintern wrote 2 years ago: Washington Square Park, New York City New York City has hundreds of iconic landmarks, parks, monumen … more →

Tags: Collection Highlights, Illustration, art students league of new york, bennington college, Childe Hassam, Clancy made her way south across Washington Square, Dean Cornwell, George Washington, Georgia O’Keeffe

The Last Man to Paint The First President1 comment

curatorialintern wrote 2 years ago: George Washington, 1824. Rembrandt Peale (1778-1860). Oil on canvas, 30 x 25 in. New Britain Museum … more →

Tags: Press Releases, Collection Highlights, New Acquisition, permanent collection, portraiture, New Britain Museum of American Art, Gilbert Stuart, George Washington, Charles Willson Peale

Minimalist George Washington & Benedict Arnold

curatorialintern wrote 2 years ago: General George Washington Resigns, 2002. Mary Dwyer (b. 1959). Acrylic on Wood, 26 x 23 in. New Brit … more →

Tags: Collection Highlights, Contemporary Art, Illustration, George Washington, Benedict Arnold, David Blossom, WomanArtists@NewBritain, Foeiqua, American Independance

(Painted) Patented Pigs and Genetic Debates2 comments

nbmaa wrote 2 years ago: Patented Pigs, 2008. Marcus Antonius Jansen (b. 1948). Oil enamel collage on canvas, 48 x 60 in. New … more →

Tags: Collection Highlights, Contemporary Art, New Acquisition, permanent collection, New Britain Museum of American Art, Marcus Jansen

Contemporary Artwork, Classic Materials

nbmaa wrote 2 years ago: Mad Meg (detail), 2010. Judith Schaechter (b.1961). Stained Glass Lightbox, 52 x 21 in. New Britain … more →

Tags: Collection Highlights, Contemporary Art, New Acquisition, permanent collection, Alexis Peskine, Nails, New Britain Museum of American Art, Judith Schaechter, stained glass

Contemporary/Interactive Crazy Quilts2 comments

nbmaa wrote 2 years ago: Love the Eats, 2010. Carol Padberg (b. 1964). Mixed media, 36 x 36 in. Collection of the artist. Vic … more →

Tags: Current Exhibitions, Exhibitions, New/Now, Contemporary Art, Exhibition Tours, New Britain Museum of American Art, New Media, carol padberg

A 21st Century "Peep-Show"

nbmaa wrote 2 years ago: Perspective Box, Studio in Florence, 2007. Jimmy Sanders (b. 1963). Oil on panel, housed in a custom … more →

Tags: Collection Highlights, Contemporary Art, New Acquisition, Trompe l'oeil, New Britain Museum of American Art, New acquisition, Samuel van Hoogstraten, Perspective Box, Jimmy-Sanders

Beyond Whistler's Mother

curatorialintern wrote 2 years ago: The Beach at Selsey Bill, ca. 1881. James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834–1903). Oil on canvas, 24 x 1 … more →

Tags: Collection Highlights, museum ethics, James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Whistler, The Beach at Selsey Bill, Rosa Frances Corder, charles augustus howell, blue and silver, Dieppe

A Reluctant Impressionist?

curatorialintern wrote 2 years ago: The Bird Cage, 1910. Frederick Carl Frieseke (1874-1939). Oil on canvas, 32 x 32 in. New Britain Mus … more →

Tags: Collection Highlights, Impressionism, Childe Hassam, The Bird Cage, Frederick Frieseke, James Abbot McNeill Whistler, Venus in the Sunlight, Celia Thaxter in Her Garden, NBMAA

Classical Tragedies and Contemporary Issues: The Art of Benjamin West

curatorialintern wrote 2 years ago: Pylades and Orestes Brought as Victims before Iphigenia, 1766. Benjamin West (1738–1820). Oil on can … more →

Tags: Collection Highlights, museum ethics, Benjamin West, Royal Academy, Homer, The Illiad, hetis Bringing Armor to Achilles

The Changing Landscape

curatorialintern wrote 2 years ago: The Clove, Catskills, 1826. Thomas Cole (1801-1848). Oil on canvas, 25 1/4 x 35 1/8 in. New Britain … more →

Tags: Hudson River School, Current Exhibitions, Collection Highlights

"Carrying" on Tradition

curatorialintern wrote 2 years ago: View of Nantucket Lightship Baskets: Carrying on Tradition. Davis Gallery, New Britain Museum of Ame … more →

Tags: Current Exhibitions, Exhibitions, Contemporary Art, Exhibition Tours, Captain Andrew J. Sandsbury, Captain Charles Ray, Clinton Mitchell Ray, Jose Formoso Reyes, Lightship

A Dynasty of Artists: The Peale Family

curatorialintern wrote 2 years ago: Staircase Group (Portrait of Raphaelle Peale and Titian Ramsay Peale), 1795. Charles Willson Peale ( … more →

Tags: Current Exhibitions, Collection Highlights, New Britain Museum of American Art, John Singleton Copley, Benjamin West, Sarah Miriam Peale, james peale, Charles Willson Peale, Raphaelle Peale

Classical Realism Today: Christopher Pugliese1 comment

curatorialintern wrote 2 years ago: Eve, 2005. Christopher Pugliese (b. 1968). Oil on linen. Collection of the Artist. Christopher Pugli … more →

Tags: Current Exhibitions, Exhibitions, New/Now, Contemporary Art, Exhibition Tours, Christopher Pugliese, EVE, Ulysses, Sirens


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