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9 Art-Filled Summer Day Trips from New York

by Jillian Steinhauer June 29, 2017July 3, 2017

Hyperallergic staffers pick their favorite destinations within three hours of the city.

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Thrills, Fantasy, and Nightmares in 150 Years of Art Inspired by Coney Island

Avatar photo by Allison Meier January 11, 2016January 13, 2016

Coney Island has a history as dizzying as any of the roller coasters, carousels, sideshows, and other frenetic attractions that have operated on its piece of Brooklyn shore.

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A Worthy Renovation for the Wadsworth Atheneum’s European Art Galleries

Avatar photo by Benjamin Sutton September 18, 2015September 22, 2015

HARTFORD, Conn. — The Wadsworth Atheneum’s fixed-up and rehung Morgan Great Hall, a soaring gallery filled with paintings and sculptures spanning 300 BCE to 1891 CE, reopens to the public Saturday after being closed for six years.

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A Folk Art Desk Mourns the US Civil War’s Bloodiest Day

Avatar photo by Allison Meier March 13, 2015March 17, 2015

The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Hartford, Connecticut, announced this week the acquisition of a curious memorial from the US Civil War that stands eight feet tall and is embedded with bone.

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Two Exhibitions Examine the Art of the American Side Show

by Laura C. Mallonee March 4, 2015March 3, 2015

Long before Desperate Housewives, Honey Boo Boo, or any of those viral BuzzFeed lists, there was the American side show.

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Connecticut Museum Acquires Rare Artemisia Gentileschi Self-Portrait

by Mostafa Heddaya March 28, 2014April 1, 2014

The Wadsworth Atheneum has acquired a significant self portrait by Artemisia Gentileschi, “Self-Portrait as a Lute Player” (c. 1616–18).

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On Painting, the Melting Pot, and Making Soup: An Interview with Iraqi Artist Ahmed Alsoudani

by Samuel Rowlett November 28, 2012November 28, 2012

After living through two wars and emigrating from his native Iraq, Ahmed Alsoudani began his study of art in the U.S. shortly before the events of 9/11. Talk about timing. To say this history has influenced his work would be an understatement — it may well be its defining characteristic.

Pratt Manhattan Gallery Presents Amazonia
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Pratt Manhattan Gallery Presents Amazonia

Curated by Berta Sichel with Patricia Capa, this group exhibition centered on the Amazonian rainforest, its native societies, and ecologies is on view in NYC.

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