2020

Two-dimensional fruit in shades of red, yellow, and green on an off-white background

Sunday Puzzle – Fruit

Detail: Mose Tolliver (American, ca. 1920–2006), Fruit, ca. 1978–1980, acrylic on plywood, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Anonymous gift, 1990.4.3 Overview Each week we will share a new puzzle featuring an artwork from the Museum’s collection. Whether a solo personal challenge or joint family effort, we make it easy for you to get started solving—simply […]

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Bearing Witness: One Year Later

Presentation by Dr. Richard J. Powell, Duke University. Overview This week (December 14, 2020) marks the 201st birthday of the state of Alabama. A lot has happened since commemorating our bicentennial a year ago: Governor Kay Ivey has kept us informed about our safety, Mayor Steven Reed has appeared on the national news speaking about

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A large, dark, vase-shaped form, flanked by three small human figures gesturing to the right

Sunday Puzzle – Simple Forms—Lamp

Detail: Bill Traylor (American, 1853–1949), Simple Forms–Lamp, ca. 1940–1942, charcoal, watercolor, and graphite on cardboard, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Gift of Charles and Eugenia Shannon, 1982.4.20 Overview Each week we will share a new puzzle featuring an artwork from the Museum’s collection. Whether a solo personal challenge or joint family effort, we make it

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The posters for The Painter and the Thief, The Liberators, and The Art of the Heist, on a background of yellow, dark brown, and lighter brown rectangles.

Film Recommendations – December 2020

Overview Following last month’s selection, December’s selections tell the true stories of art heists from around the world, the artworks that were recovered and the others that are still missing. The Painter and the Thief Not Rated | 1hr 47min | 97% Rotten Tomatoes Desperate for answers about the theft of her two paintings, Czech

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A woman laying on a couch, as a large meteorite breaks through the ceiling of the room.

Sunday Puzzle – November 30, 1954

Detail: Laquita Thomson (American, born 1947), November 30, 1954, 1990, from the series Celestial Happenings–Stars Fell on Alabama, color lithograph on paper, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts Association Purchase, 1995.12.5.6a-d Overview Each week we will share a new puzzle featuring an artwork from the Museum’s collection. Whether a solo personal challenge or joint family effort,

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