Wednesday, August 26, 2020

How WAM Spent a Fun “Summer Together” with Worcester’s School Children

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A summer without camps? As the school year was coming to an end last spring, parents, students, and organizations were realizing that t...
Tuesday, August 18, 2020

Making Art During the Coronavirus: A Chat with Artist Randy LeSage

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Each year, WAM's Central Massachusetts Artist Initiative (CMAI) invites two artists who live or work in the greater Worcester area to ha...
Friday, August 7, 2020

Carefully Conserving a Museum Treasure: the Worcester Hunt Mosaic

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The Worcester Hunt Mosaic is one of the most impressive and iconic objects within the Worcester Art Museum. In addition to being among the ...
Wednesday, August 5, 2020

A Near-Disaster Meets a Fortunate Ending for Three Orantes at WAM

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What is an orante figure and why are three so special to the Museum? To find out, let's take a closer look at these rare sculptural...
Tuesday, July 21, 2020

The Global Influence of Blue and White Ceramics

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The breadth of blue and white ceramics spans cultures and time periods. First seen in the ninth century in the Middle East, ancient Mesopota...
Friday, July 17, 2020

A Masterful Manipulator of Theatricality: Greuze and French Genre Painting

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In the 18th century—in the decades leading to the demise of the French monarchy, or Ancien Régime —Jean-Baptiste Greuze’s portraits and genr...
Monday, July 13, 2020

Art and the Creation of Modern Day Paris

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The city of Paris as we know it today is the product of an immense urban renewal project begun under the direction of Emperor Napoleon III i...