The Polk Museum of Art is a small museum with the resources to seem bigger than it is. Mid-way between Tampa and Orlando. it’s worth the drive! […]
Discovering the Polk Museum of Art
Marcel Duchamp’s Surprise
A small group of five of Marcel Duchamp’s early oil paintings in the collection of the Ringling Museum of Art surprises those who know Duchamp only by his “readymades.” […]
Discovering the John and Mabel Ringling Museum of Art
The Ringling Museum of Art — located in a beautiful setting on Sarasota Bay — is an extravaganza of art, architecture, history, gardens and landscape. Get to know this exceptional museum.
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Circus Impresario Leaves Art Museum to “the People”
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all ages … step right up to see the greatest show on earth! From 1840 to 1940, the circus was the most popular form of entertainment in the country. Americans were beginning to have extra money to spend and a half-day off on Saturdays, and everyone got […]
The Kimbell: A Small Museum with an Out-Sized Reputation
The Kimbell Art Museum is distinguished by its architecture and a collection of exceptional artistic quality and importance. The collection of fewer than 350 works, has developed around representative pieces of notable aesthetic value that define a master, period, style, or area. […]
YALE UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY
The Yale University Art Gallery — associated with one of the top art history programs in the world — is the oldest university art museum in the western hemisphere. An encyclopaedic art collection is held in a living history of architecture. […]
Carl Rungius at the National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson WY
Carl Rungius — avid sportsman, ethical hunter, outdoors-man, and superb painter of the North American Western landscape and wildlife –was the most important big game painter and the first career wildlife artist in North America in the early 20th century. […]
National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson, WY
The “National Museum of Wildlife Art of the United States” displays paintings, sculpture, and works on paper by more than 550 artists, ranging from early American Tribes through contemporary masters. […]
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Recognized worldwide as one of America’s finest art museums, the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art is an architectural marvel with a world-class collection of art. […]
100 Plaster Casts + 125 Years = 42,000 Art Objects
One of the oldest art museums in the United States and the oldest in the Pacific Northwest, the Portland Art Museum in Portland, Oregon stewards a collection of some 42,000 objects, reflecting the history of art from ancient times to today. […]