Academic Museums and Galleries
The Sochi Project: An Atlas of War and Tourism in the Caucasus at DePaul Museum of Art
Photographer Rob Hornstra and journalist Arnold van Bruggen are documenting the rapidly-changing region around Sochi, a former Soviet resort on the Black Sea, which is preparing to host the 2014 Winter Olympics. The exhibition at the DePaul Art Museum shows extraordinary photos, together with interviews and films, recording a complicated mix of parallel realities as…
Read MoreAudubon and the Art of Birds
The Bell Museum will debut Audubon and the Art of Birds, an exhibition that explores the human fascination with birds, and showcases one of the museum’s most valuable treasures: a double-elephant folio edition of John James Audubon’s Birds of America. The rare collection of hand-colored engravings was donated to the Bell Museum in 1928. John James Audubon (1785-1851) is…
Read More101st CAA Book and Trade Show in New York City
We are delighted to have a booth at the College Art Association Book and Trade Fair this year in New York City. We have been a member of the CAA for many years and always look forward to talking with the participants of the show. If you or any or your colleagues are going to the show,…
Read MoreBeat Memories: The Photographs of Allen Ginsberg
Poet, mystic, and spokesman for the Beat generation, Allen Ginsberg also photographed his friends and lovers over the years. He made albums of these photos, with elaborate hand-written captions. Allen Ginsberg’s photographs will be on view at the Grey Art Gallery at NYU from January 15 – April 6, 2013. Beat Memories: The Photographs of Allen…
Read MoreCollectors make a difference
The South Dakota Art Museum has received an extensive, growing donation of valuable fine art prints that offer visitors an encyclopedic collection of printmaking from the 1960s, 1970s and early 1980s. The collection includes impressive examples of pop, op, abstract, color field and photo-realist art. The donation comes from Neil C. Cockerline, a former preservation services director and senior conservator with the Midwest Art Conservation Center in…
Read MoreLines Etched with the Weight of Life: Georges Rouault’s Miserere at The Snite Museum of Art
In response to the ravages of World War I, French artist Georges Rouault (1871–1958) produced a portfolio of drawings, which were reproduced as heliogravures, a process combining engraving and photography. Dissatisfied with the results of the reproductions, the artist continued to modify the plates using a variety of printmaking techniques in un-conventional ways. What he…
Read MoreYing Li: No Middle Way at Haverford College
Ying Li has been a customer for many years. I had the pleasure of doing a studio visit with her in New York City in February of 2011. Ying Li Studio visit. She was and is deeply engaged in her work. Her current exhibit is at Haverford College where she is a professor of…
Read MoreRebecca Prato’s MFA Exhibition at Indiana State University
We just received this note from one of our customer’s who has officially graduated from Indiana State University with a Masters of Fine Arts. I think you will agree that she is very talented. “Thank you for making such beautiful frames! I had my MFA thesis show this past April and the frames were fantastic. I’ve…
Read MoreStudio Malick at DePaul Art Museum
Malick Sidibé’s (Malian, born 1935 or 1936) photographs offer a unique look at a time of political transition and cultural liberation. As Mali gained independence from France in 1960, the youth culture of music, dancing, and fashion exploded in this once-conservative West African nation and Sidibé’s ubiquitous lens chronicled it all. Photographing in nightclubs and…
Read MoreCollege Art Association Trade Show
Metropolitan is a long time member of the College Art Association. We will be exhibiting at their annual book and trade fair. We have been exhibiting at the fair for many years because we have many fine art instructors and students for customers. It is a good way to introduce new products as well as…
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