Category: Museums
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Clark Institute image resource
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute in Williamstown MA was started as a museum to house their extensive art collection, and now includes a library and research center. The museum has recently made over 2,700 images of works from their collection available for download. They’re not exactly “high resolution” but large enough to browse and…
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Reciprocal Museum Membership Programs
This is a time of year when many people join or renew art museum memberships, or receive them as gifts. Most art museums offer membership at various levels, each of which comes with perks to encourage the purchase of more expensive membership levels. What’s not always obvious is that some of those levels often include…
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The Frick Collection, NYC
I was in New York over the weekend and I took the opportunity to visit the Frick Collection, which I haven’t been to for a few years (it’s often hard for me to get past the Met and the Morgan Library to other museums when I’m in NYC). The Frick is based on the collection…
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Museum Day 2017
Tomorrow, Saturday, September 23, 2017 is “Museum Day” here in the U.S. Organized by Smithsonian magazine, participating “Museum Day Live” institutions offer a free pair of admission tickets for the day. You just need to order your tickets in advance (today), print them out and take them with you. Hundreds of museums are participating, but…
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The Original Mad Man: Illustrations by Mac Conner at the Delaware Art Museum
As I mentioned in a post in 2014, I’ve long been impressed by the mid-20th century illustrations of MacCauley “Mac” Conner, an influential artist whose work was a prime example of the Madison Avenue advertising culture showcased in the Mad Men television series. This was a period that also represented last great heyday of magazine…