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More trees, fewer cars! Find out what our family visitors think London would look like if it was a truly green city. Watch the Eco Change Makers series on YouTube, filmed at the Museum in 2021 as part of our #ClimateCrossroads programme. #LCAW22 https://youtu.be/-owBag2dcko
We're taking a break for the day and will be out in the community enjoying the events our friends are putting on. The London Heritage Council and Dundas Place are having a night market (June 30), fireworks, food trucks, and performances — see you there! https://www.londonheritage.ca/canadadaylondon
Happy birthday Mr. Dunbar! Today marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of Dayton's own Paul Laurence Dunbar. This portrait, painted by Dayton artist Angelo Hopson, can be seen in our current focus exhibition, Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906): A Tribute.
This #PrideMonth, join @nyclgbtsites and The Met to learn about queer artists who have called the city home.
https://www.metmuseum.org/perspectives/articles/2022/6/queer-ny-walking-tour
Salute to America in Greenfield Village begins this weekend! In 2022, Salute to America features the most popular performance elements from previous years’ events, including a grand stage performance from the @DetroitSymphony
Get your tickets today! https://www.thehenryford.org/current-events/calendar/salute-to-america/
So we might have had some special guests at the museum today! And we agree, @PresKMJohnson, they ARE works of art!😃 #StateTourOSU
In my opinion, @TBDBITL and @Brutus_Buckeye are works of art!
Thank you to @DaytonArt for hosting us today and giving us a tour of your incredible exhibits. 👏🎨 #StateTourOSU
"Carousel State" and Gilliam's other works in The Met’s collections will continue to be a testament to how he expanded the possibilities of painting and charted a new course for abstraction.
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/786826
A stunning example of what #SamGilliam initially termed "sculptural paintings" or "suspended paintings," the work is now best known as a "drape painting" and marked a breakthrough in his practice.
© Estate of Sam Gilliam
We are saddened by the news of the passing of Sam Gilliam.
His 1968 work "Carousel State"—a generous gift from the artist himself in 2018—has become a beloved feature of The Met’s permanent collection galleries.
☀️ Virtual Educator Summer Camp 2022
Through July, join NMWA educators and guest instructors for our free, hands-on Virtual Educator Summer Camp! These sessions are designed for all educators - teachers, scout leaders, home school instructors, and more. https://bit.ly/3u1AwHl
We’re thrilled to see a banner, created in a workshop facilitated by @anthony_haughey, our Artist in Residence, flying during the #DublinPrideMarch. Learn more about Anthony’s projects here- https://www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Decorative-Arts-History/Projects/Artist-in-residence
"My drape paintings are never hung the same way twice. The composition is always present, but one must let things go, be open to improvisation, spontaneity, what’s happening in a space while one works."
Remembering #SamGilliam (1933–2022) with this 1970 work from our collection.
Congratulations to Sharvi D. of the Ohio Invention League for winning the Innovation in Mobility Award, presented by @Ford STEM, at this year’s
@RaytheonTech Invention Convention U.S. Nationals! #InventItForward #ICUSN2022
At this year's @RaytheonTech Invention Convention U.S. Nationals, the Innovation in Mobility Award, presented by @Ford STEM was awarded to Sharvi D. of the Ohio @InventionLeague for Rain-L-Speed, a device to encourage safer driving during heavy rainfall. Awesome job!
Built in 1830 and standing over 15 feet tall (with gold-leafed façade pipes!), this organ is the oldest and one of the finest extant artworks made by the renowned Boston craftsman Thomas Appleton. ✨ #MusicMonday
Learn more: http://met.org/3O9D7a5
🐝 Building for bees, bats, and birds…
Our Built Ecologies (@PrairieAnt) video series continues with Joyce Hwang, an architect who shows us how wildlife can and should be integrated into, rather than excluded from, built structures.
Watch → http://mo.ma/3Ao8ABJ
And while you're at it, any hot tips on what this fine fellow from our own collection is supposed to be? (Is it even a dog? Who's to say. 🤔)
Can anyone help our friends in @littlemuseumdub identify this grand dog?
Calling all dog people. We are trying to figure out what breed this good boy/girl is meant to be. Can you help?
Today’s #MarineMonday highlights PFC Harold G. Epperson, USMCR who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle of Saipan on 25 June 1944.
Read more on our FB & IG: @usmcmuseum
Semper Fi, Marine.
#USMCMuseum #military #Marines #USMC #SemperFi
Tickets to our Depot Open Days are selling fast, but we still have good availability for afternoon slots. Book now and get ready to 'Act-on It!' https://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/whats-on/depot/summer
[ Philip Guston, Slope, 1979 Oil on canvas, 48 x 60 in. Bequest of Musa Guston, 1992 92.243 ]
Happy birthday to Philip Guston, who was born #onthisday in 1913!
Guston started out as a representational painter before becoming interested in abstraction. However, in the late 1960s & 1970s, he returned to representational painting, but with a more cartoonish approach.
Op vrijdag 1 juli, doen ook wij, Amsterdam Museum, mee aan Free Heri Heri for All!
Je bent van harte welkom om bij het Amsterdam Museum in de tuin aan Amstel 51 om een gratis Heri Heri maaltijd af te halen.
Meer info: http://amsterdammuseum.nl/events/free-heri-heri-for-all/39444
#amsterdammuseum #freeheriheri
Thank you to all our members and guests who joined us this weekend for the opening of Heroes & Villains: The Art of the Disney Costume, presented by @keybank. Share and tag your favorite photos from the exhibition with us! #WDACostumeExhibit
@TWDCArchives
Anyone for tennis? #Wimbledon starts today!
We've got a lot of amazing poster designs in our collection celebrating this classic tournament - some also available to buy in our @ltmuseumshop https://www.ltmuseumshop.co.uk/catalogsearch/result/?q=+Wimbledon+Posters
#ICYMI The 1972 Tube stock entered service on the London Underground on 26 June, 50 years ago! The driving motor car in our collection, number 3530, was one of the original 30 built and used on the Northern line. See it at the Museum Depot this weekend https://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/collections/collections-online/vehicles/item/1999-22944
🖼️: "Web" (1975), The Museum of Modern Art. © The Estate of Philip Guston, courtesy Hauser & Wirth. Digital Image © The Museum of Modern Art/Licensed by SCALA / Art Resource, NY.
Learn more about the artist through The Guston Foundation: https://bit.ly/3NQ4rKC
🗣️ “I think, from Guston, I learned a lot about the language of painting, how an artist can change and push themselves.” — Matt Saunders
🗣️ “As an artist, I just swoon over that paint and I can feel so close to him because those brushstrokes are manifest and left in every painting so that we can see them and know them right now. We can be in that moment with him.” — Arlene Shechet
🗣️ “I think about him every time I approach a canvas. I start my canvases with scribbles in attempt at getting in my subconscious because I’m looking for that inner voice which Guston gave me—or at least showed me how to use it. I carry that some 40 years later.” — Robert Freeman
#PhilipGuston has given contemporary artists permission to break the rules and paint what, and how, they want. On his birthday, we’re sharing reflections from three artists who contributed their voices to our exhibition “Philip Guston Now”:
🖼️ Rembrandt’s Son Titus in a Monk’s Habit, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1660
🚨 Discover the stories of the Rijksmuseum: http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/stories
The silence is almost palpable. 🙏 We recognise Titus, Rembrandt’s son. He’s wearing a simple habit, characteristic of the Franciscans order. These monks served God by living in poverty and by withdrawing in nature, which explains the green and brown leaves in the background.
.@AbellioLondon are bringing one of their best-in-class route 63 buses to our Depot Open Days in Acton Town thi weekend! Families can jump aboard the bus and speak to the Abellio team to learn all about the technology under the hood! #LCAW22 https://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/blog/discover-abellios-electric-bus-our-summer-depot-open-days
In the summer of 1888, Van Gogh painted many landscapes close to Arles in the South of France. The hill of Montmajour Abbey was a favourite spot.
We open at 11am today, and you can see our summer exhibition #GiacomettiFromLife for free until 2pm.
Find out more and book your free ticket: https://www.nationalgallery.ie/art-and-artists/exhibitions/giacometti
Image: Alberto Giacometti, Annette assise, c.1965. © Succession Alberto Giacometti / Adagp, Paris, 2022.
What is @MrTimDunn up to this time...
Me? In @ltmuseum before opening time with no visible security or curators to chaperone me? With MY reputation…?
Our #ClimateCrossroads programme imagines a greener future for London and inspires our visitors to take action through school holiday family activities, green-themed events, and skills and employability support for young people #LCAW22 https://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/about/climate-crossroads
Why do some children find it harder than others to resist the temptations of unhealthy food? Join researchers as they discuss children's eating behaviour in our next Museums Victoria lecture: Kids, Food and Health.
📅 20 July, 6pm-7:15pm
🎟️ Buy now https://fal.cn/3pLDE
We've teamed up with @ABCaustralia & @phoriatech to learn more about community resilience through augmented reality.
Mt Resilience is helping educate communities about preparing, responding & recovering from the effects of climate change.
Learn more👉 https://ab.co/3yoNG3X
Grapes and Grills, anyone? 🍷 You don't want to miss this Wine by the Glass Pavilion on Friday, July 8.
Featuring summer's coolest wines and curated grilled food, this refreshing event still has seats available: https://bit.ly/3NBcgn4
Western Europe and its colonies in the Americas have long been fascinated with the Eastern cultures. Here is the first of two blog posts that examine the European and American fascination with Asia and how that was expressed in the decorative arts. https://www.thehenryford.org/explore/blog/the-china-trade-in-the-17th-and-18th-centuries
NOW ON VIEW—"Fictions of Emancipation: Carpeaux Recast" features depictions of Black enslavement, emancipation, and personhood, challenging the idea that representation in the wake of abolition constitutes a clear moral or political stance. #CarpeauxRecast
https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2022/carpeaux-recast
"Just like the kimono itself, the show’s power is its balance between clever simplicity and endless possibilities for interpretation."
#MetKimonos
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/06/13/met-exhibition-frames-the-kimono-is-a-global-transmitter-of-style-beyond-national-costume
We’re excited to partner with some of our favorite plant people from Dig It Gardens at the end of July for an in person and virtual Studio @ SMoCA event: Cactus Creations 🌵 Learn more & get your tickets to this fun workshop at https://sarts.co/3ygaUZT. #SMoCA
Experience a Fourth of July celebration at Salute to America in Greenfield Village, June 30-July 3. This year, we’re holding a special discount on youth tickets for June 30 and July 1, youth tickets are 50% off with the purchase of an adult ticket. https://www.thehenryford.org/current-events/calendar/salute-to-america/
"Wood now U.S. Marine Corps entirely." Maj Maurice E. Shearer, 26 June 1918
#OTD in 1918, the Battle of Belleau Wood ended. More Marines died in the month-long battle than in all previous Marine Corps battles combined.
#USMC #USMChistory #USMCMuseum #Marines
[ Robert Thompson, St. George and the Dragon, ca.1961-1962 Oil on canvas, 90 1/2 x 82 1/2 in. Purchase 1982 The Members' Fund 82.95 © Courtesy of Michael Rosenfeld Gallery LLC, New York, NY ]
Happy Birthday to artist, Robert “Bob” Thompson! Thompson was well-known for modern adaptations of historical and religious stories, often from reproductions of the Medieval and Renaissance painters.
Happy Birthday to Marine Corps legend "Chesty" Puller!
#USMC #USMCMuseum #Chesty #Marines
Today, w visit Yellowstone Lake Hotel, built in 1891 – the oldest surviving hotel in the park. During the first decade of the 1900s, tourists could take the park's Grand Tour by horse-drawn carriage. Look for an @CBSInnovationTV episode featuring the history of @YellowstoneNPS.
