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Smith College Museum of Art.
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Outside the Box: Frames to Focus on During Your Next SCMA Visit
Kay Horak ‘24 is a self-designed Art Conservation Major with a Mathematical Sciences Minor and Museums Concentration.
Portrait Gallery of Distinguished American Citizens
The Cunningham Center owns a particularly interesting set of silhouettes, done by an artist named William Henry Brown.
Look at Me, Me, Me! The Art of Narcissism
Narcissism is not a new thing. Just read from Shakespeare or the classics and you come across many a picture perfect narcissist.
Student Picks: Interior, Exterior - Parisian Harmony vs. Discord, 1876-2009
"Interior, Exterior: Parisian harmony versus discord, 1876-2009" explores tensions in the portrayal of French culture.
The Grand Tour
Canaletto created contemporary land- and cityscapes, or vedute, which appealed to the travelers’ desire for reminders of their travels—the picture postcard of their day.
Martin Parr: British Food
In the mid-1990s, long before everyone had a food blog, Martin Parr shot British Foods,a series of meals, side-dishes and sweets with a decidedly different vibe.
In Space
Munch’s body of work went through several phases of experimentation but most pieces adhered to his lost sense of self and melancholic understanding of life.
Cupid and Psyche
Drawings such as Cupid and Psyche reveal a moment in this artistic process, frozen on a page for us to see.
Student Picks: Human Connections - Manifestations of the Mundane
This exhibition brings our ordinary lifestyles into the limelight.
Surreal Dreams and Nightmares
Though he was a contemporary of the Realists and Impressionists, Redon took a very different path, both in becoming an artist and what he created.
What’s your ART STORY?
This upcoming weekend, Smith College will formally welcome Kathleen McCartney as the 11th President of Smith College. The Museum is celebrating her inauguration with ART STORIES, a special exhibition featuring art that has left a lasting impression on the widespread Smith community.
Student Picks: Brahma Vihara - The Sublime States
Brahma Vihara is a show inspired by a series of four Buddhist virtues and the meditative practices that cultivate them.
Eye on the Street: Joel Meyerowitz
While at first Meyerowitz shot both black and white and color film, in 1972 he made the unconventional decision to devote himself exclusively to color photography.