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Decorative Arts Curator Mel Buchanan discusses the “Second Line” Cocktail Set with its creator, designer Geoffrey Mann, who incorporated sound waves from jazz and street conversations into the commissioned glassware

 


The duet of Cindy Scott and Brian Seeger perform as part of NOMA’s Musicians from Home Series

 

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Apr 24

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The sculptures grouped on this platform in "Wangechi Mutu: Intertwined" are macroscopic impressions of viruses. 🦠⁠ ⁠ Reminiscent of pottery, they are made from the distinctive and highly fertile red volcanic soil found in the highlands region of Kenya—a lifegiving material that is the source of the region’s dense forests and abundant horticulture.⁠ ⁠ Enlarging their scale highlights their geometry, symmetry, and distinctive textures, which evolved over millennia to facilitate the viruses’ infiltration of and reproduction within human, plant, and animal cells.⁠ ⁠ Mutu has specifically chosen to represent viruses that have historically been deployed as bioweapons of colonization (like measles and smallpox) as well as those that are tied to specific geopolitical contexts (like Zika and Dengue) or are otherwise interwoven with human societies (the common cold). ⁠ ⁠ Such pathogens cause sickness and disease but also speak to⁠ fears, vulnerabilities, and experiences that unify humanity.⁠ ⁠ "Wangechi Mutu: Intertwined" is on view at NOMA through July 14.⁠ —⁠ 🎨: Wangechi Mutu, various works, 2016–22. Red soil, paper pulp, and wood glue. Courtesy the artist, Gladstone Gallery, and Prout-Lara Collection, Vancouver.⁠ 📍: First floor, Ella West Freeman Galleries⁠ 📸: @annrowsonlove

The sculptures grouped on this platform in "Wangechi Mutu: Intertwined" are macroscopic impressions of viruses. 🦠⁠
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Reminiscent of pottery, they are made from the distinctive and highly fertile red volcanic soil found in the highlands region of Kenya—a lifegiving material that is the source of the region’s dense forests and abundant horticulture.⁠
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Enlarging their scale highlights their geometry, symmetry, and distinctive textures, which evolved over millennia to facilitate the viruses’ infiltration of and reproduction within human, plant, and animal cells.⁠
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Mutu has specifically chosen to represent viruses that have historically been deployed as bioweapons of colonization (like measles and smallpox) as well as those that are tied to specific geopolitical contexts (like Zika and Dengue) or are otherwise interwoven with human societies (the common cold). ⁠
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Such pathogens cause sickness and disease but also speak to⁠
fears, vulnerabilities, and experiences that unify humanity.⁠
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"Wangechi Mutu: Intertwined" is on view at NOMA through July 14.⁠
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🎨: Wangechi Mutu, various works, 2016–22. Red soil, paper pulp, and wood glue. Courtesy the artist, Gladstone Gallery, and Prout-Lara Collection, Vancouver.⁠
📍: First floor, Ella West Freeman Galleries⁠
📸: @annrowsonlove ...

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Apr 22

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No better way to celebrate #EarthDay than with a walk outside through the Besthoff Sculpture Garden. 🌿🌞🌍 ⁠ —⁠ 🎨: Arnaldo Pomodoro, "Una Battaglia (A Battle: For the Resistance Fighters)," 1971. Bronze and stainless steel. Gift of the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Foundation, 98.144.⁠ 📍: Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden⁠ 📸: @crazymajax

No better way to celebrate #EarthDay than with a walk outside through the Besthoff Sculpture Garden. 🌿🌞🌍 ⁠
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🎨: Arnaldo Pomodoro, "Una Battaglia (A Battle: For the Resistance Fighters)," 1971. Bronze and stainless steel. Gift of the Sydney and Walda Besthoff Foundation, 98.144.⁠
📍: Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden⁠
📸: @crazymajax ...

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Apr 21

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Thank you, Councilmember Oliver Thomas (@otforus), for speaking to some of the pre-K students who are part of NOMA’s Mini Masters program, which combines in-school instruction and museum visits to bolster learning through the arts. 🎨🏛️✍️

Thank you, Councilmember Oliver Thomas (@otforus), for speaking to some of the pre-K students who are part of NOMA’s Mini Masters program, which combines in-school instruction and museum visits to bolster learning through the arts. 🎨🏛️✍️ ...

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Apr 20

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Scenes from Symphony of the Sown, a runway presentation by @odaomo in the Besthoff Sculpture Garden ✨🌿🪡 — 🎥: @_tkcollins_ @toneontop

Scenes from Symphony of the Sown, a runway presentation by @odaomo in the Besthoff Sculpture Garden ✨🌿🪡
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🎥: @_tkcollins_ @toneontop ...

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Apr 19

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Feliz cumpleaños, Fernando Botero! 🎉 Museum Educator Laura Moreno discusses the artist’s work “Mother and Child” in the Besthoff Sculpture Garden. — 🎨: Fernando Botero, “Mother and Child,” 1988. Bronze. Museum purchase, Sydney and Walda Besthoff Foundation Fund, 2003.157.

Feliz cumpleaños, Fernando Botero! 🎉 Museum Educator Laura Moreno discusses the artist’s work “Mother and Child” in the Besthoff Sculpture Garden.
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🎨: Fernando Botero, “Mother and Child,” 1988. Bronze. Museum purchase, Sydney and Walda Besthoff Foundation Fund, 2003.157. ...

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