[Essay] The Von Wagner Code
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Read more on the exhibition, The Von Wagner Code.
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In this video, Polk Museum of Art curator Dr. H. Alexander Rich speaks with conservator Rustin Levenson about the mysterious painting at the center of “The Von Wagner Code” exhibition and about the painstaking stabilization process being undertaken to preserve it.
Read More[Watch] Richard Heipp: Double Vision
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Richard Heipp shares his perspective on his retrospective exhibition, Double Vision: Photocentric Paintings.
Read More[Audio] Masters of Spain Audio Guide
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Masters of Spain: Goya and Picasso brings a rare showcase of work by two of the greatest Spanish painters of all time. Experience this exhibition as an audio tour.
Read More[Essay] Masters of Spain: Goya and Picasso Essay
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In keeping with our mission to offer incomparable world-class art experiences for the community, this exhibition brings to Polk County a rare showcase of work by two of the greatest Spanish painters of all time.
Read More[Audio] Painting a Nation: Hudson River School Landscapes Audio Guide
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Painting A Nation: Hudson River School Landscapesfrom the Higdon Collection was organized by the Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, South Carolina.
Read More[Audio] America | American Audio Guide
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In this exhibition of selected works from the Polk Museum of Art at Florida Southern College’s permanent collection, we will explore the concept of what it means to call something an American work of art.
Read More[Watch] Renoir: Les Études Lecture
/Dr. H. Alexander Rich, Curator and Director of Galleries & Exhibitions, discusses the exhibition, "Renoir: Les Études."
[Audio] Renoir: Les Etudes Audio Guide
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Long a household name, Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) is considered to be one of the great nineteenth-century masters.
Read More[Essay] America | American Essay
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In most official art historical accounts of American art, it is not until the 1940s that American art found and identifiable home-grown style with the advent of Abstract Expressionism.
Read More[Essay] Renoir: Les Études
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Long a household name, Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) is considered to be one of the great nineteenth-century masters.
Read More[Watch] Bill Rutherfoord: Allegory of No Region
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Artist Bill Rutherfoord speaks about his work featured in the exhibition Allegory of No Region.
Read More[Essay] Faces in the Crowd
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Faces in the Crowd is the second in a series of exhibitions showcasing the latest acquisitions of figurative American art in the collection of the Polk Museum of Art at Florida Southern College (FSC).
Read More[Essay] The Salon Style Hang
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The current exhibition, "Faces in the Crowd," is composed of a selection of the newest collection of Polk Museum of Art at Florida Southern College’s latest acquisitions of figurative American art. In order to display many of the works, our curatorial team choose to use the salon style hang. But what is the origin of the salon style hang?
Read More[Watch] Bound Ascension: Gino Miles
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Gino Miles speaks about the inspiration behind the work featured in his exhibition Bound Ascension.
Read More[Interview] Q&A with the Artist: Jason Myers
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Q&A with artist Jason Myers about his exhibition STATUS: fluid | dynamic.
Read More[Essay] The Polk Museum of Art Digitizes its Asian Collection
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Collections Manager and Registrar Loren Hicks photographs a piece of art from the Polk Museum of Art's Asian art collection.
Read More[Essay] Rembrandt's Academy
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Rembrandt van Rijn founded the most influential Academy that ever existed in the Dutch Republic (1581-1795), training dozens of painters to work in the “Rembrandtesque” manner.
Read More[Essay] The Figure in American Art
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The Figure in American Art offers but a mere introduction to the Museum’s newest works in the permanent collection.
Read More[Watch] New Perspectives: Reconsidering Renoir and “American” Art
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Dr. H. Alexander Rich, Curator and Director of Galleries & Exhibitions, discusses the exhibition, "Renoir: Les Études."
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