On Saturday, The Hyde’s Curator of Museum Education and Programming Jenny Hutchinson will lead Open Studio: Bookmaking. From 10:30 am to 1 pm, learn to make a decorative book to present special mementos or pictures, or to give as a holiday gift. The workshop costs $15 for members and $20 for non-members, with all supplies…
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The elusive artist Banksy’s latest artwork draws attention to the issue of homelessness. A BBC article looks at the holiday-themed artwork on a street in Birmingham (in the West Midlands region of England), featuring two reindeer appearing to pull Ryan, a homeless man sleeping on a bench. During filming, the artist reports that locals were…
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Wednesday (December 4) is the last day you can see Artists of the Mohawk Hudson Region at The Hyde Collection. It’s a must-see showcase of the immense talent of our area’s artists. Several of the works have gotten a lot of attention from visitors and media, among them Daniel Buckingham’s White Wash, which is exhibited…
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The Hyde Collection is partnering with Glens Falls Symphony and Crandall Public Library to offer a special live armed services radio show as part of Glens Falls Collaborative’s Hometown Holidays event. Travel back to 1944 with a reproduction of Until It’s Over Over There, a live radio broadcast for soldiers and sailors stationed overseas. Featuring…
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In an era of digital communication, there is something thrilling about receiving holiday cards in the mail. We so infrequently get mail that isn’t trying to sell us something or remind us a bill is due. So opening bright-colored envelopes with messages of joy brightens the season. I always enjoy seeing how much children have…
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In a recent Ask the Expert question, Hyde Director of Curatorial Affairs and Programming Jonathan Canning explained why buttons were used in the follower of Titian Portrait of Doge Petrus Lando, ca. 1545, in the Music Room of Hyde House. Ties, Canning wrote, were more common and inexpensive than buttons. “Buttons often signified wealth and status,…
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When I shared a Post-Star blog post on social media a few weeks ago that mentioned Hyde Curator of Museum Education and Programming Jenny Hutchinson and, separately, The Hyde (at the time Baldwin wrote the book, Jenny worked at LARAC) were included in Christopher Baldwin’s graphic novel Glens Falls, I didn’t realize that a dozen…
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A recent Ask the Experts inquiry alerted Director of Curatorial Affairs and Programming Jonathan Canning to an error on the label for Portrait of a Young Man attributed to Raphael in the Music Room of historic Hyde House. According to Canning, it should read “transfer to canvas from panel.” Canning wrote: “It was quite a…
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An exhibition at Tate Modern in London is a retrospective of the works of Dora Maar, a lover and muse of Pablo Picasso’s. Included in the exhibition is The Conversation, a painting that addresses the complicated relationship the artist Maar had with Marie-Thérèse Walter, Picasso’s longtime lover. Walter ultimately had Picasso’s child in 1935, the…
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Earlier this month, the World Health Organization’s Europe office released a report that links art experiences to improved physical and mental health. Art promotes good health, prevents a range of mental and physical health conditions, and can help treat and/or manage acute and chronic conditions that occur throughout life, the report states. At The Hyde,…
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