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The conservation of Joan Mitchell’s “Blue Tree”
This year marks the centennial of American artist Joan Mitchell’s (1925–1992) birth. To celebrate, the Joan Mitchell Foundation is supporting numerous exhibitions, lectures, and events in her honor. The Worcester […]
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Delicate and detailed: preparing tapestries “from the vault”
The Worcester Art Museum has been collecting tapestries for over one hundred years, but due to their fragile nature, sensitivity to light, vulnerability to shifts in temperature and humidity, and large size, they have rarely been on view in recent decades.
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Japanese printmakers’ unique connection with the Worcester Art Museum
Shin hanga (新版画, “new prints”) emerged in early 20th-century Japan as a revival of traditional woodblock printmaking. This movement blended time-honored techniques with Western influences drawn from impressionism and art nouveau.
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A quilt with a story
Faith Ringgold’s Picasso’s Studio (1991) is a cornerstone of the Worcester Art Museum’s collection. Acquired directly from the artist via her gallery in 1998, the work is one of the […]
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Nyeema Morgan on exploring identity through text in art
The 2022 exhibition Us Them We | Race Ethnicity Identity featured 45 contemporary artists exploring diverse perspectives and experiences around identity. Organized around four formal artistic devices used since the […]
