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Discovering the Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, SC

Posted on July 30, 2024 (August 23, 2024) by ArtGeek

Perhaps the best way to begin this piece about the Gibbes Museum of Art is to reflect on the expository words of the museum curators themselves … “An active seaport in the 1700s, Charleston was a melting pot of cultures, religions and traditions. Powered by the labor of enslaved peoples in the rice and indigo […]

Art of Native America: An exhibition of masterworks of indigenous art

Posted on December 17, 2019 (March 26, 2020) by ArtGeek

A spectacular collection of Native American art is on long-term view at New York’s Metropolitan Museum. We couldn’t ask for more in an exhibition, for the purely aesthetic pleasure these objects give, for gaining a fuller understanding of their cultural significance, and for seeing indigenous art in the context of American art history. […]