If you’ve been in our galleries recently, you might have noticed that labels for artworks by unidentified artists list the maker as “artist once known” rather than the more traditional “artist unknown.” The difference is subtle but important. “Artist unknown”…
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Imagine entering an art museum or gallery and finding every work of art lying on the floor. Disturbed? What I’ve just described is a world without mounts or mount makers. Thankfully, this is not the world we live in, unless…
Leave a CommentFlow. It’s uncanny how well Tod Williams and Billie Tsien anticipated the many needs of the new Hood Museum during the design process that led up to the 2019 opening of the expanded and renovated building. Every day, the staff…
Leave a CommentUnlike the work of mathematicians, that of most museum staff is not meant to be seen. The results must instead appear effortless, almost as though the building itself manifested the art in the galleries without the help of human hands.…
One CommentThe Hood Museum of Art is home to 65,000 objects, many of which were acquired by Dartmouth College long before the museum was even a thought in anyone’s mind. They were moved from building to building for decades, until they…
Leave a CommentOver the last five years, the Hood Museum of Art has been collaborating with the Dartmouth Sugarplum Dance Group, offering the galleries as a space for them to have periodic photoshoots. When the museum galleries are closed to visitors, Sugarplum…
Leave a CommentThe Hood Museum of Art’s exhibition current exhibition, ¡Printing the Revolution! The Rise and Impact of Chicano Graphics, 1965 to Now, traces the history of printmaking and the vital role Chicano graphics played in early social movements. The exhibition, originally…
Leave a CommentThe Advancing Pathways grant is a distinctive project developing new synergies between the Hood Museum of Art and Dartmouth College Library. The grant sets a trajectory for long-term partnership through shared governance, linked technological infrastructure, and the creation of innovative…
Leave a CommentIn early September, the Hood Museum of Art welcomed Mellon Fellow, Associate Professor African and African American Studies Trica Keaton who is also affiliate faculty in the Departments of Sociology and Film & Media Studies. With funding from the Andrew…
Leave a CommentIn the winter of 2022, the Hood acquired its first medieval reliquary. Purchased with the support of a grant from the Henry Moore Foundation, this sculpture filled an important gap in the Hood’s collection of medieval and Renaissance sculpture. Popular…
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