KNOW/NOW: Contemporary Interrogations

For the purpose of these interrogations, the Museum has developed a series of questions for exhibiting contemporary artists in an attempt to enliven and explore the discourse between the artist and the institution – with specific focus on site, interpretation, relevance, process, and sources. Michael Conti, whose Don Quixote-inspired absurdist and tragicomic video installation Slapstick is on view [...]

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KNOW/NOW: CONTEMPORARY INTERROGATIONS

For the purpose of these interrogations, the Museum has developed a series of questions for exhibiting contemporary artists in an attempt to enliven and explore the discourse between the artist and the institution – with specific focus on site, interpretation, relevance, process, and sources. Marc Swanson, whose NEW/NOW exhibition (on view until this Sunday, May [...]

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Captured Romanticism: Photographs of the American West

This post comes to us from Lacy Gillette, former curatorial intern and current visitor services assistant supervisor. Searching the Horizon: The Real American West 1830-1920 (Art from the Bank of America Collection) is on view in the McKernan Gallery until March 4, 2012 and has already drawn large crowds to the exhibition devoted to the [...]

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Moving Forward

The New Britain Museum of American Art is excited to announce that in the coming months we will be posting on this blog, updating our Flickr, and even ”Tweeting” on a regular basis! Please follow us and comment on our posts! Let us know what you want to hear about, and we will get back to [...]

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