NCMA Recommends
While the Museum is now open, Museum from Home programming continues. Through the NCMA Recommends virtual offerings below, inspired by the Museum collection, we hope to foster contemplation, meditation, and creativity. Subscribe and get NCMA Recommends delivered to your inbox each month.
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Young Artists Exhibition Goes Virtual
There was going to be the exhibition, events were planned around the exhibition, and we were all excited. Then came March 2020 and the coronavirus.
Bacchus after the Makeover
Curious about Bacchus’s transformation? Take a look at this video clip documenting the entire conservation treatment, and see Bacchus transform before your eyes.
The Art of Healing: Desperate Measures
GSK Curatorial Research Fellow Ãngel Gonzalez describes the role of “the flayed one,” a Mesoamerican god that could both send or cure sickness.
The Art of Healing: Faith and Affliction
Artist José Bedia portrays a saint of health and healing often described as showing no mercy to the arrogant but providing solace to the afflicted.
The Art of Healing: African Fusion
Many African artists and spiritual practitioners are more than willing to incorporate other ideas into their practice to strengthen their potency.
The Art of Healing: Cat Power for Egypt
The lioness-headed Sekhmet, like many Egyptian deities, had a dual nature: She could not only bring pestilence but also ward off epidemics and illness.
The Art of Healing: NCMA Caregivers Are Saints
The twin brothers portrayed in a treasured early Italian painting in the NCMA’s collection were surgeons who gave free medical care during times of plague.
Stuck at home? Find art inspiration around you!
If cabin fever has you feeling cooped up, feed your creative outlet with a few household items and these gems from the NCMA’s collection.
Park Flowers Inspire Louise Jones Mural
The site-specific installation is part of the exhibition The Beyond: Georgia O'Keeffe and Contemporary Art.
Bacchus Gets a Scientific Checkup
The Bacchus Conservation Project continues with an engineering analysis and marble sampling.
Bacchus under Structured Light
Before the statue gets taken apart, curators and conservators want to be certain just how it was put together.