August 2020

A collage featuring a reddish-brown skeleton laying in a filed of green and yellow grass, surrounded by patches of plaid, dominoes, and playing cards. Blue butterflies, a bouquet of blue flowers, a vase, and a blue handprint separate the skeleton from a white cat in the bottom right corner.

Sunday Puzzle – Summer

Detail: Jennifer Bartlett, Summer, 1993; full image below 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 play on your computer, smartphone, or tablet. This week’s puzzle is Jennifer […]

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A monochrome tan painting of an old woman with a hat in a white dress. A child in a diaper lays across her lap, covered by a newspaper.

Sunday Puzzle – Mother with Child under Newspaper

Detail: Crawford Gillis, August–Mother with Child under Newspaper, 1935; full image below 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 play on your computer, smartphone, or tablet. This

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An Appreciation: William Sidney Arnett (1939–2020)

From left to right: Louisiana Bendolph, Thornton Dial Sr. (seated), Richard Dial, and Bill Arnett William Sidney Arnett May 10, 1939 – August 12, 2020 The Museum wishes to celebrate the life and contributions of Bill Arnett, an early champion and collector of exceptional works of art by self-taught African American artists from the American

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Poetry or Prose: Inspired by “New York Office”

Overview Last month, the Museum’s reading group Art + Letters revisited a favorite title: In Sunlight or Shadow: Stories Inspired by the Paintings of Edward Hopper. Senior Curator of Art Margaret Lynne Ausfeld led a discussion of the book, and we invited your prose and poetry inspired by our Edward Hopper painting. He created some of the

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