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Marcelle Couto | Tuesday, November 1, 2022
To me, a museum is an incomparable location and it eludes precise description: it is a confluence of beauty, culture and history. One of my favorite activities is going to museums, and I immediately look for one whenever I am somewhere new. As such, I decided to argue this hobby should be actively cultivated. The
Caroline Collins | Tuesday, August 30, 2022
“Ongoing Matter: Democracy, Design and the Mueller Report” is a project created to educate and help people interact with the information presented in the “Report On The Investigation Into Russian Interference In The 2016 Presidential Election”, also known as the Mueller Report. The exhibit is presented by the department of art, art history and design
Megan Fahrney | Friday, March 18, 2022
Since April 2021, passersby will have noticed the construction of a new building on the northwest corner of the Charles B. Hayes Family Sculpture Park. This structure, called the Raclin Murphy Museum of Art, will soon be home to Notre Dame’s expansive art collection. The new museum will be constructed in two phases. The first
Willoughby Thom | Wednesday, March 24, 2021
The Snite Museum of Art’s latest exhibition is breathtaking. The day the Snite announced they were hosting Kevin Beasley’s 2016 work, “Chair of the Ministers of Defense,” visiting was the first thing I did when I got back in February. On the second floor of the Snite, in the Contemporary Art Gallery, sits the powerful
Hanna Kennedy | Monday, September 9, 2019
“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars,” writes Oscar Wilde in the play Lady Windermere’s Fan, first performed on the London West End stage in 1892. From this quote, the Snite Museum of Art takes its inspiration for the recently opened exhibition, “‘Looking at the Stars’: Irish
Hanna Kennedy | Monday, February 18, 2019
You may have seen the posters on campus — they’re hard to miss. In the black and white photographs reproduced on the posters, images of Native American men have been annotated, edited and — quite literally — revised in red ink. These images depict a series of works by the artist Wendy Red Star (Apsáalooke/Crow),
Observer Staff Report | Tuesday, October 9, 2018
The Snite Museum has appointed Joseph Antenucci Becherer as its next director, the University announced in a press release Tuesday. Becherer previously served as head curator at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He has worked at Meijer Gardens since 1999, according to the release, and in 2009 took on the
Charlotte Edmonds | Monday, January 22, 2018
The Snite Museum of Art opened two new exhibits this past Friday: “Money Worries” and “Modern Women’s Prints”. They are on display in the special exhibition O’Shaughnessy galleries through March. “When deciding our curatorial calendar we always consider the current conversations in society,” Gina Costa, director of public relations and marketing, said. “Artists don’t live
Grace Weissend | Monday, October 2, 2017
To commemorate the 175th anniversary of the University’s founding, the Snite Museum of Art is displaying their extensive collection of original Rembrandt etchings. Art collectors and Elkhart residents Jack and Alfrieda Feddersen first loaned the collection of Rembrandt prints to the Snite in conjunction with the museum’s new building opening in 1981. The Feddersens officially donated the
Courtney Becker | Wednesday, December 7, 2016
One of the advantages of having a top university museum on Notre Dame’s campus is the exposure to a wide range of artwork. Each semester, the Snite Museum of Art features new exhibitions for community members and visitors to explore. Snite Museum public affairs representative Gina Costa said two of the three new exhibitions scheduled for