Judaic Art Gallery Closes to Expand
The gallery, the first and finest permanent display of Jewish ceremonial art in an American art museum, is undergoing a major renovation…
Behind the Scenes
Motherwell’s Mistakes
Motherwell wrote, “I begin painting with a series of mistakes. The painting comes out of the correction of mistakes by feeling.”..
Museum Celebrates 20 Years with Larry Wheeler
Conversations that shaped the two decades of his tenure
The Story behind Harpo Marx’s Benton
Years after witnessing the “dread realities of flood misery” in Missouri, Thomas Hart Benton returns to a sketch he made of a struggling family…
A Clear Look at Ancient Glass
An outside expert assesses the NCMA’s glass collection, with some surprising discoveries.
Where Did Bacchus Go?
Conservators have removed this composite sculpture in order to detach its rare ancient torso.
A Hair-Raising Experience
This high rooster-tail ‘do truly defies gravity. “You need a product for that,†observed Dr. Tania String, art history professor at UNC—Chapel Hill…
A Scott Family Who’s Who
The art of early modern England has elicited a labyrinth of wishful attributions and false identities: enter the NCMA’s Scott-Jacobean project…
Under the Iceberg: Planning a Student Exhibition
“The submerged bit of the museum is much more of an iceberg than [a] picture gallery.â€â€”Neil MacGregor, Director, British Museum..
Great Scotts!
Paintings of the Scott family dating to the Jacobean/Elizabethan era are the focus of an in-depth research project.
Name Dropping
Night Flight of Dread and Delight. Homage to the Square. A Peasant Spreading Manure. Who comes up with the titles for visual art?