Embracing His Work: Rembrandt’s Goldsmith
Today’s post comes from Alec Aldrich, class of 2015 and Art Center volunteer.
Rembrandt van Rijn’s The Goldsmith (1655) was the smallest work in the Art Center’s
winter exhibition, Recent Acquisitions: Works on Paper, but it was well worth the
viewer’s attention. The intaglio print joins the ranks of numerous other intaglio prints
by the artist that are at...
Laylah Ali: Bridging the Gap Between Two- and Three-Dimensional Space
Today’s post comes from Olivia Zisman, class of 2016 and Art Center Student Docent.
Laylah Ali’s print, Untitled, in the Recent Acquisitions: Works on Paper exhibition, brings three-dimensional motion to a two-dimensional space. The image itself suggests flatness, showing round creatures suspended in space right up against the picture plane. The creatures—although somewhat simple-looking—are meticulously rendered...
Post-War Culture of the Defeated
At the conclusion of World War I, Germany suffered terrible financial and social backlash from the rest of Europe. Veterans and civilians alike struggled to pick up the pieces and move on from wartime. War profiteers in Berlin lived sumptuously, in high contrast with the wounded veterans and families who outlived their primary breadwinner. Impoverished...
Photography, Environment, and Politics: Sawdust Mountain
The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center actively encourages faculty and students from across all departments and programs to view the art collection as a teaching tool and the galleries as a learning site. Perhaps this is nowhere more evident than in this fall’s half-semester course, “Photography, Environment, and Politics: Sawdust Mountain.” The course, which is...
Opening Night of Sawdust Mountain
Today’s post comes from Erin Gallagher, class of 2013 and Art Center Student Docent.
Friday, September 7, was the opening of the exhibition, Eirik Johnson: Sawdust Mountain. The evening kicked off with a lecture, “Wanderings Along the Makeshift Landscape,” by the artist. As he took us through his early formative experiences with photography, sharing a tale...
Migrations and Excavations: Rohatyn Gives Lecture on Mehretu
Today’s post comes from Kristina Arike, Class of 2014 and Art Center Student Docent.
Friday, April 13, was the opening of the exhibition, “Excavations: The Prints of Julie Mehretu.” The opening lecture, entitled “Julie Mehretu: Migrations,” was presented by Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn ’89. Rohatyn is a gallerist, art advisor, independent curator, and collector, and even served...
![[Extended through June 10th!] "Mapping Gothic France"](http://pages.vassar.edu/fllaceducation/files/2012/04/10-290x290.jpg "[Extended through June 10th!] \"Mapping Gothic France\"")
[Extended through June 10th!] “Mapping Gothic France”
Take a look at some photographs of one of our current exhibitions, Mapping Gothic France, featuring students from Professor Andrew Tallon’s spring seminar on French gothic architecture.
© Vassar College / Photographer Andrew Tallon
A City Without Signposts
Today’s post comes from Kevin Choe, Class of 2012 and Art Center Student Docent.
When visitors drive through the Main Gate of Vassar College, they are usually struck by the imposing façade of Main Building as it slowly comes to view. However, for the next month, that view will be interrupted by a large, brightly colored banner...
Behind the Scenes: The Making of Lentissimo
Curatorial Assistants Joanna Kloppenburg ’14 and Deborah Steinberg ’14 take part in the assemblage of the red “hotbed,” a key piece part of Marco Maggi: Lentissimo, the new exhibition at the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center of Vassar College. On view until April 1st, 2012.
Opening Night! Marco Maggi: Lentissimo
Some photographs from the opening night of the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center’s new exhibition! Come and experience it for yourself, Marco Maggi: Lentissimo on view until April 1, 2012.
© Vassar College / Photographer Lee Ferris
An Interview With Mr. James Mundy
Today’s post comes from Julie MacDonald, Class of 2012 and Art Center Student Docent.
The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center is proud to present A Pioneering Collection: Master Drawings from the Crocker Art Museum. The exhibition features an exquisite collection of European drawings and will be on display in the Art Center through December 11, 2011. James...
Insights from William Breazeale: Curator at the Crocker Art Museum
Today’s post comes from Julie MacDonald, Class of 2012 and Art Center Student Docent.
The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center is proud to present A Pioneering Collection: Master Drawings from the Crocker Art Museum. The exhibition features an exquisite collection of European drawings and will be on display in the Art Center through December 11, 2011....
