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Exhibition Tour—Manet/Degas
Join Stephan Wolohojian, John Pope-Hennessy Curator in Charge, and Ashley Dunn, Associate Curator, to virtually explore Manet/Degas.
Ashley E. Dunn
October 10, 2023
Detail of Edgar Degas's "Monsieur and Madame Édouard Manet," with Edouard Manet lounging on his couch and his wife Suzanne at the piano. The painting has been cut in half vertically at Suzanne's face.
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Manet/Degas: A Podcast
Explore the legacy of Manet and Degas’s complicated relationship.
Ashley E. Dunn and Stephan Wolohojian
December 8, 2023
Arresting by Charles Little
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This relief of Jesus' final hours changed how sculptures tell stories
"Amongst the violence and the chaos, you have to dissect the beauty and the tranquility that’s taking place here."
Charles T. Little
August 21, 2013
Hipster by Jan Glier Reeder
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Why Charles James saw himself as a sculptor of fabric
"The construction defies any usual dress-making norms."
Jan Glier Reeder
December 6, 2013
A man with a cartoonish face is laden with objects, with a critical poem written beneath him.
A Brief History of Comic Valentines
They're not always love notes. Explore the history of the penny dreadful.
Nancy Rosin
February 14, 2024
Identity by Danielle Kisluk-Grosheide
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Why do some call this table seductive?
"This furniture allowed you to move in certain ways that might be seductive."
Daniëlle Kisluk-Grosheide
October 9, 2013
Paris-New York by Peter Kenny
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This avant-garde French table is a statement of arrival in America
"It wasn't for poker at night with the boys."
September 10, 2013
Cracking the Code by Dirk Breiding
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Is an inscription in Hebrew letters on this crossbow a secret code?
"Art history is very much like detective work, and if you’re lucky there’s even a mystery to be solved."
Dirk H. Breiding
April 3, 2013
Futuristic sculpture of a fragmented, abstract human form in stone against a neoclassical arch. The tone is dynamic and modern amidst classical architecture.
The Fierce Animacy of the (In)Human Ornament
Anne Anlin Cheng
May 16
Detail image of the volute-krater that shows the divine couple seated between two columns, flanked by a priestess and figures playing instruments.
Athenian Masterpieces in Etruscan Tombs
The magnificent volute-krater on loan from Ferrara.
Chiara Pizzirani and Delphine Tonglet
July 30, 2024