Montclair Art Museum Presents New York to New Mexico: New Acquisitions
(MONTCLAIR, NJ) Since its founding in 1914, Montclair Art Museum (MAM) has actively collected historic, modern, and contemporary art, growing its collection to more than 15,000 works. The 2021 spring exhibition,
New York to New Mexico: New Acquisitions, highlights 12 new acquisitions of American and Native American art entered into the collection since 2017. Curated by Gail Stavitsky,
New Acquisitions: New York to New Mexico will be on display in MAM’s Lehman Court through June 13, 2021.
Ranging from the early 20th century to the present, this exhibition includes New York-based modern art dealer and photographer Alfred Stieglitz’s
Montclair Art Museum Presents Fragile Freedoms: Maggie Meiners Revisits Rockwell
(MONTCLAIR, NJ)
Fragile Freedoms: Maggie Meiners Revisits Rockwell, a new thought-provoking photography exhibition at Montclair Art Museum (MAM), reimagines the iconic work of early to mid-century painter and illustrator Norman Rockwell through the lens of modern America. With stunningly vivid detail, Meiners’s carefully constructed photographs turn nostalgia on its head and rework Rockwell’s familiar imagery to address contemporary issues including racism, sexuality, gender roles, and the impact of technology. The exhibit runs from February 7 through June 13, 2021.
In our current environment of social and political unrest, a global pandemic and renewed activism, MAM’s new installations, and supporting discussions, programs, and banners, are particularly relevant and will engage visitors in new ways. The hope is that it will encourage new dialog in the community about how to protect our f
Getting Creative
How arts, culture and entertainment will evolve as they recover from the pandemic and how they will help society heal.
Emily Shur
“Culture gives us a way to properly grieve that the daily news cannot give us,” says Peter Sellars, distinguished professor in the UCLA Department of World Arts and Cultures/Dance. John Harlow | Photography by Emily Shur |
December 10, 2020
In the forthcoming movie
Songbird, Hollywood producer Michael Bay flashes forward to Los Angeles in 2024, a city stricken by COVID-23 and locked down under violent martial law.
It’s just one of several pandemic-themed films currently in the works. And while some of these movies might be dismissed as tone-deaf and quickly forgotten, the COVID-19 pandemic will continue to have a profound effect on the worlds of storytelling, art and entertainment.