Archive for December, 2015
Newly updated for the New Year
In September, we received some financial support from the framers Eli Wilner in New York City to create a beautiful, handmade replica frame for one of our most important 19th-century French paintings, Interior of a Mosque by Jean-Léon Gérôme. We just installed it today, and it makes so much difference! Gérôme was the most popular and […]
Posted: December 29th, 2015 under Collection.
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Rick Hock’s 1980s Duchamp Codex
Currently on view in the Hurlbut Gallery, Rick Hock’s 1980s Duchamp Codex is a 7-by-4 grid of photographic portraits. Most of the subjects are unknown, and even recognizable portraits, such as the Mona Lisa, appear manifestly mediated. To make these images, Hock filtered and transferred pictures from the negatives of peel-apart Polaroid film. White negative […]
Posted: December 7th, 2015 under Exhibitions.
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