Here at the Samek Art Museum, a few of our staff are missing their favorite sports (and a few are...not). Here to fill the void is a museum-style March Madness competition! Whether you love sports, or … [Read more...]
Archives for March 2020
Ivory Study of a Dog with an Awabi Shell Netsuke, n.d.
Netsuke are ornamental toggle like pieces, usually carved from ivory, used to attach a medicine box, pipe, or tobacco pouch to the obi (sash) of a Japanese man’s traditional dress. During the Tokugawa … [Read more...]
Untitled (life mask of Abraham Lincoln), n.d.
Leonard Wells Volk (November 7, 1828 – August 19, 1895) was an American sculptor. He's famous for making one of two life masks of United States President Abraham Lincoln. Clark Mills made the other in … [Read more...]
Birds, Bloody Foreland, Donegal, 1967
Happy St. Patrick's Day! While we are practicing social distancing, we still wanted to celebrate the Feast of Saint Patrick with a shout out to Dublin born artist Alen MacWeeney. Mr. MacWeeney began … [Read more...]
The importance of Catalogues Raisonnés!
Theresa Engelbrecht, Registrar & Exhibition Manager at the Samek Art Museum, had the opportunity to look at the Catalogues Raisonnés for Dali's graphic works, and compare the information … [Read more...]