Staff Picks

Staff Picks: Dieter Roth's "Small Sunset"

Curator Aprile Gallant discusses a print by Dieter Roth that uses unconventional materials.

round slice of sausage meat with large halo around it, its bottom half covered by translucent aqua blue color

Staff Picks: William Merritt Chase's "View of Fiesole"

A small landscape by the American painter William Merritt Chase in the SCMA collection holds personal resonance for Danielle Carrabino, Curator of Painting and Sculpture.

landscape with trees and green bushes; small buildings appear further away in the background

Staff Picks: Oskar Kokoschka’s “Scottish Landscape with Sheep”

Financial & Systems Coordinator Jess Henry-Cross reflects on Oskar Kokoschka's "Scottish Landscape with Sheep" and the memories of adventurous serenity it brings back for her.

landscape of fields with numerous animals, including pheasant and sheep, rendered with expressive brushstrokes

Staff Picks: Eric Avery’s “Blood Test”

Museum Store Manager Justin Thomas shares his thoughts on Eric Avery’s "Blood Test" and discusses the connections the print exposes between the COVID-19 pandemic and the AIDS crisis.

long vertical muscular arm showing interior veins and arteries, with rubber band tied around elbow

Staff Picks: Wood Gaylor's "Posters"

Jessica Nicoll, Director and Louise Ines Doyle ’34 Chief Curator, shares the history and present-day activity of a painting by Wood Gaylor.

interior with posters depicting nurses and calls to action on easels

Staff Picks: Milton Avery's "Gulls and Sea"

Assistant Preparator Matt Cummings reflects on a work in SCMA's collection by Milton Avery.

blue sea and sky with gulls on grey rocks set diagonally in center

Staff Picks: Anita Otilia Rodriguez's "Homenaje a Selena"

Henriette Kets de Vries highlights one of her personal favorites from SCMA's collection, Anita Rodriguez's "Homenaje a Selena."

skeleton in a flowered pink skirt dancing on a yellow and black checked floor under an arch with dark blue sky and trees behind