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Landscapes for Learning - The Arnot Museum uses its Hudson River School collection to anchor its educational programming

Continuing the mission of its founder, education remains major focus of the Arnot Art a Museum in Elmira, New York. The museum's founding donor, Matthias H. Arnot (1833-1910) was a wealthy banker who believed everyone should have access to fine art and arts learning opportunities. Each weekend, he would open his home to share his collection with the local community. Arnot also emphasized the importance of building an art library, which became part of the museum when it opened in 1913, and now contains nearly 1,000 volumes.

American Beauty - The impressive Osher Collection of American Art is unveiled at the de Young Museum

The promised substantial gift of paintings, works on paper and sculpture by Bernard and Barbro Osher are on display at the de Young museum in San Francisco. The well-known philanthropists helped fund the construction of the de Young, and their generosity is commemorated through the named Bernard and Barbro Osher Wing and the Barbro Osher Sculpture Garden.American Beauty: The Osher Collection of American Art, featuring the works of 39 prominent artists, continues at the de Young through October 20.

Economic Engines - The following is excerpted from "Museums as Economic Engines," conducted by the AAM & Oxford Economics in 2017 with post-pandemic data from the "2023 Annual National Snapshot of United States Museums," conducted by AAM and Wilkening Consulting For more information visit www.aam-us.org

The following is excerpted from "Museums as Economic Engines," conducted by the AAM & Oxford Economics in 2017 with post-pandemic data from the "2023 Annual National Snapshot of United States Museums," conducted by AAM and Wilkening Consulting For more information visit www.aam-us.orgMuseums play an essential role in cultural and social life across the United States by collecting. preserving, researching and interpreting objects, living specimens and historical records. In doing so, museums enrich our lives, providing forums for learning and support, as well as a variety of services to our communities. Museums preserve and protect more than a billion objects and help the public better understand and appreciate cultural diversity.

Urban Reflections - An exhibition showcases works by urban realist Everett Shinn and his contemporaries

An exhibition showcases works by urban realist Everett Shinn and his contemporaries. Ashcan painter Everett Shinn’s fascination with the stage was a focus throughout his career. His ability to capture movement and drama in theatrical and urban settings distinguishes his work.

Beauty in the Commonplace - CW American Modernism explores the history of precisionism through an exhibition of 30 artworks.

CW American Modernism explores the history of precisionism through an exhibition of 30 artworks. Bringing together nine artists and 30 bodies of work, CW American Modernism, based in Los Angeles, presents the special exhibition, The Neo Immaculates. The title, coined by the gallery, encapsulates a unique style that’s clean and minimalistic, “with clearly defined lines and smooth—almost machinelike—surfaces,” describes gallery owner, Chris Walther.

Norman Rockwell - The most recently acquired piece, "Whig and Tory", executed in 1938 by the famous American painter and illustrator, Norman Rockwell, was hosted at the Norman Rockwell Museum

Recently hosted at the Norman Rockwell Museum, closing in June, was the exhibition Mystery and Wonder: Highlights from the Illustration Collection. Within the collection was the museum’s highlight, and the most recently acquired piece, Whig and Tory, executed in 1938 by the famous American painter and illustrator, Norman Rockwell (18941978). This oil on canvas illustration is quite significant in that it remained unpublished in any magazines the artist was known for working with—most famously The Saturday Evening Post.

AFFINITY COMEDY

The state of the Netflix standup special.

BE HER GUEST

The plush ambience of Ina Garten's good fortune.

WILD THING

MJ Lenderman resists the smoothing, neutering effects of technology.

THE HEM OF HIS GARMENT

An audience with the Pope.

LUCK OF THE DRAW

Nate Silver argues that poker can help us game our uncertain world.

GREEN SLEEVES

“What I want to know,” the woman said to the therapist, “is why the voices always say mean, terrible things.

EVERY OBITUARY'S FIRST PARAGRAPH

Alfred T. Alfred, whose invention of the plastic fastener that affixes tags to clothing upended the tag industry and made him one of America’s youngest multimillionaires—until he lost his plastic fastener fortune in a 1993 game of badminton, as depicted in the Lifetime original movie “Bad Minton”— died on Saturday. He was eighty-one.

DUTY DANCING

How Seamus Heaney wrote his way through a war.

DESPERATELY SEEKING

The supreme contradictions of Simone Weil.

SPREADING THE WEALTH

Why a young heiress asked fifty strangers to redistribute her fortune.

Through Her Eyes

Lincoln Glenn shines a spotlight on artist Georgina Klitgaard's contributions to American modernism

Historic and Contemporary

DuMouchelles brings works by Tiffany and Frank Stella under the umbrella of one sale

American Atmosphere

Louis Ritman’s Hollyhocks leads Christie’s online-only auction of important 19\" and 20\" century works

Works of Prominence

Bonhams Skinner presents important 19thand 20th-century American art in its upcoming September sale

Poignant Pieces

Several watercolors by prominent American artists are among the highlights in Swann Auction Galleries’ American Art sale

Southwest Ties

New Mexico Museum of Art showcases highlights from its 20\" Century Collection

The Unlikeliest Collectors

The Springville Spring Salon celebrates its 100th anniversary by looking back at its unusual origins

VISIONS in FORMATION

Yale University Art Gallery showcases the figurative studies used to elevate the grandeur of civic spaces in America

THE ART OF ELEGY

The dusks and dawns of Frederic Church's Jamaican landscapes illuminate the nuances of grief in an exhibition at the artist's former home.

A Promising Sale

Historic American art figures prominently in Shannon's October sale

Nature Drawn

The Amon Carter Museum celebrates the beauty of nature through its collection of works on paper

Art History

The Fairfield Museum explores American manufacturing practices in the paintings and murals of Robert Lambdin

A Healthy Market

Freeman’s Hindman’s American Art and Pennsylvania Impressionists sale achieved 1.8 million in total sales

Tracing History

The Arts and Crafts Conference returns for the 26\" year to enlighten and educate the masses on the Arts and Crafts movement