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Richard Mayhew 1924-2024

I’m concerned with the spiritual sensitivity and the illusion of time and space…I thought that nature was very important so I had to use some element, but that was…

Collection Spotlight: Deborah Buck’s They Had Stars in Their Eyes

July 9, 2024

In a far-reaching recent interview, artist Deborah Buck recently spoke about her work and process, particularly They Had Stars in Their Eyes featured in The Rains are Changing Fast: New…

COLLECTION SPOTLIGHT: Stella Waitzkin’s Sculpture

Compiled by Jacqueline Covey

In 2021, the Heckscher Museum acquired sixteen sculptures by Stella Waitzkin (1920−2003). The collection of glass, cast resin, and found objects will be on view for the first time in…

COLLECTION ON THE ROAD: Betty Parsons’s “Tugboat”

Compiled by Jacqueline Covey

The Heckscher Museum of Art shares work from its Collection with institutions across the country and around the world. This summer, seven of our artworks are on view close to…

COLLECTION SPOTLIGHT: Richard Mayhew’s “Pescadero” (2014)

By Karli Wurzelbacher, Curator

I’m concerned with the spiritual sensitivity and the illusion of time and space. … I thought that nature was very important so I had to use some element, but that…

COLLECTION SPOTLIGHT: Alison Saar’s “Reapers”

By Justyce Bennett, Curatorial Assistant
February 2022

I’ve always wanted my work not to just be angry but point toward some resolution or express some optimism. But it’s been harder and harder to come up with something…

COLLECTION SPOTLIGHT: Asher B. Durand’s “Keene Valley”

by Justyce Bennett, Curatorial Assistant

The Museum’s founder, August Heckscher, loved landscape paintings. The founding collection is rich in work from Hudson River School artists who were captivated by the natural world, including Frederic Church,…

COLLECTION SPOTLIGHT: Esphyr Slobodkina’s “Still Life with Accordion” and “Levitator #1”

by Jacqueline Covey

In a career that spanned 70 years, Russian-American artist Esphyr Slobodkina (1908-2002) championed American abstraction. She was a gifted and innovative artist and is also well-known as the author and…

COLLECTION ON THE ROAD: Three Paintings in the Hall of New York at the State Capitol Building

by Jacqueline Covey

Experts regard the Empire State Plaza Art Collection as “one of the greatest public collections of modern American art outside of a museum.” The Heckscher Museum is pleased to have…

COLLECTION SPOTLIGHT: Robert Carter’s “Mama Taught Me Piano and Much More”

by Justyce Bennett, Curatorial Assistant

“…social experiences, political experiences, economic experiences. Almost whatever you’re going through personally, what the community is going through, find their reflection in the work.” Robert Carter, 2015 In 1973, Robert…

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