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Clark Art Joins 2023 Blue Star Museum Initiative| 12:22PM / Tuesday, May 23, 2023 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Clark Art Institute is one of more than 2,000 museums nationwide participating in the Blue Star Museums initiative, a program that provides free admission to active-duty U.S. military personnel and their families this summer. The 2023 program begins on Armed Forces Day, Saturday, May 20, 2023, and ends on Labor Day, Monday, September 4, 2023. "We look forward to welcoming U.S. military personnel and their families to the Clark this summer and to thanking them for their service and commitment," said Olivier Meslay, Hardymon Director of the Clark Art Institute. "We have been so inspired by our participation in the Blue >> Read More |
Clark Art Research and Academic Program Fellowships| 11:02AM / Friday, May 19, 2023 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Clark Art Institute's Research and Academic Program (RAP) announces the appointment of its 2023–2024 class of Fellows for summer 2023 and the upcoming academic year. The Clark is one of a small number of institutions globally that is both an art museum and a center for research, critical discussion, and higher education in the visual arts. Through RAP, the Clark hosts a residential fellowship program that welcomes top international scholars for periods ranging from two to nine months. To date, the community of Clark Fellows numbers more than 400 individuals hailing from thirty countries, forming a global network of scholars united >> Read More |
Clark Art Screens 'Blade Runner'| 08:01AM / Tuesday, May 16, 2023 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Thursday, May 18 at 6 pm, the Clark Art Institute screens "Blade Runner" in its auditorium, located in the Manton Research Center. Presented in conjunction with the Clark's exhibition "Portals: The Visionary Architecture of Paul Goesch," this is the final event in the Clark's five-part series Visionary Architecture on Film. The film series explores themes related to Paul Goesch's life and work in early twentieth-century Germany. According to a press release: Once the wealthy have left for other planets, Los Angeles becomes a home to the outcasts who remain on Earth. In Blade Runner (1982; 1 hour, 50 >> Read More |
Clark Art Airs Met Production of 'Don Giovanni'| 08:37AM / Monday, May 15, 2023 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Metropolitan Opera's broadcast production of "Don Giovanni" airs at the Clark Art Institute on Saturday, May 20 at 12:55 pm in the latest installment of the 2022–23 season of The Met: Live in HD. The award-winning series of live, high-definition cinema simulcasts features the full live performance along with backstage interviews and commentary. The Clark broadcasts the opera in its auditorium, located in the Manton Research Center. According to a press release: Tony Award-winning director Ivo van Hove makes a major Met debut with a new take on Mozart's tragicomedy, re-setting the familiar tale of deceit and >> Read More |
Clark Art Acquires Three Paintings | 08:29AM / Sunday, May 14, 2023 | |
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Clark Art Institute recently added three new paintings to its permanent collection, enhancing its holdings of works by women artists. The paintings, two by Marguerite Gérard and one by Evelyn De Morgan, are the first by either artist to enter the Clark's collection. "Working more than a century apart, Marguerite Gérard and Evelyn De Morgan used their paintings to reflect on the lives of women and the politics of their days," said Esther Bell, Deputy Director and Robert and Martha Berman Lipp Chief Curator of the Clark. "We are making a concerted effort to expand the Clark's permanent collection to >> Read More |
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