What does it mean to picture a place as “wilderness”? Join Carolyn Hauk, doctoral candidate in Art History at University of Delaware, for a gallery talk that examines the relationship between tourism and 19th-century landscape painting. Through celebrated views of Niagara, the Adirondacks, South America, and the American West, she will explore how ideas of […]
Transcendent guided tours take place each Saturday from 1:00 pm to 1:45 pm. Led by a trained Museum Educator, the tour examines exhibition highlights and pays close attention to the ways featured artists pictured nature as the primary locus of the divine. Image: Donner Lake from the Summit, 1873. Albert Bierstadt (1830–1902). Oil on canvas. […]
Graffiti takes center stage at the 4th Annual Hip Hop Cultural Summit: Art as Activism, presented in partnership with AllHipHop and Guerrilla Republik in conjunction with Stop the Violence Coalition, Inc. This free, all-ages event brings together artists, Hip Hop legends, performers, and community leaders to celebrate Hip Hop’s five elements and explore its deep […]
Join Katherine Feldkamp, Curatorial Associate and Curator of Pyle and the Pre-Raphaelites, and Rachael DiEleuterio, Librarian and Archivist, to see and discuss the books, photographs, and archival materials that almost made it into the exhibition.
Take a behind-the-scenes look at the Delaware Art Museum’s fall special exhibition, Transcendent: Landscapes of the Hudson River School. Drawn primarily from the rich collections of The New York Historical and supplemented with key loans from public and private collections, the show introduces visitors to the tradition of landscape painting that flourished in the United […]
Join us for a wonderful day of art, learning, lunch and a little early holiday shopping at the Delaware Art Museum! This special day trip offers something for everyone, with fascinating museum tours, a delicious, boxed lunch and plenty of time to explore our galleries. Your day begins at 8:30 a.m., with departure from the Lowe’s parking lot […]
This program is designed specifically for visitors with early-stage Alzheimer’s or dementia and their care partners. Led by a specially-trained guide in an environment that encourages conversation, exchange, and storytelling. Join us from 1-1:30pm in East Court for snacks and social time. At 1:30pm, we will head into the galleries for a discussion-based tour. Themes change monthly. South American Landscape, […]
Celebrate the season at our Harvest Dinner Gala, an extraordinary evening of community, connection, and seasonal charm. Join us for a magical evening of seasonal elegance and celebration while supporting the Museum’s mission through one of its most important fundraising events of the year. The evening begins with a private viewing of Transcendent: Landscapes of […]
Come and learn about Pyle and the Pre-Raphaelites, an exhibition that brings together two of the Delaware Art Museum’s signature collections: the founding collection of work by Howard Pyle, the artist who created an American illustration tradition, and Samuel Bancroft’s collection of British Pre-Raphaelite art, which is the largest concentration of Pre-Raphaelite work outside of […]
Join Katherine Feldkamp, Curatorial Associate and Curator of Pyle and the Pre-Raphaelites, to discuss the stylisitic influences Pyle took from British illustrator Walter Crane. Associated with the wider circle of the Pre-Raphaelites and the Arts and Crafts Movement, Crane was one of the formost illustrators of his day. Cinderella, Toy Book. Walter Crane (1845–1915). London: […]
In conjunction with Transcendent: Landscapes of the Hudson River School, this gallery talk explores Frederic Church’s singular place within nineteenth-century landscape painting. Maggie Dimock, Associate Curator for The Olana Partnership, will consider Church’s approach to travel, observation, and the sublime, and how his paintings helped expand the ambitions and geographic reach of the Hudson River […]
Join us for a new, multisensory experience of Transcendent: Landscapes of the Hudson River School led by Laura Plaster, an educator at Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library. During this guided one-hour discussion, paintings from the exhibition will be paired with curated fragrances from independent perfumers to explore the scents inherent to the landscapes captured in […]
Join us for a gallery talk on Transcendent: Landscapes of the Hudson River School. South American Landscape, 1873. Frederic Edwin Church (1826–1900). Oil on canvas, 31 x 48 1/2 inches. Delaware Art Museum, Gift of the Friends of Art, 1964.
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