A Note from the Gallery Team:
"As the Registrar of Exhibitions and University Collections here at DePauw University, I take care of over $3,500 objects ranging from paintings to sculptures. Besides collections, I handle shipping of traveling and in-house exhibitions in our 5 galleries. I really enjoy my job because I get to see and handle wonderful works of art."
-Christie Anderson, Registrar of Exhibitions and University Collections
Thank you Christie!
We are also pleased to announce the receipt of a $24,946 grant award from the Institute of Museum & Library Services. More information regarding this competitive award, which will enable DePauw Univeristy to upgrade access and storage for its painting collection can be found here.
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September 8 – December 9, 2016
Peeler Art Center, University Gallery (lower level)
Where Do We Migrate To? explores diverging ways in which forms of migration, experiences of displacement, and questions of belonging have been addressed by artists in recent years. Displaying a multiplicity of migratory encounters, the exhibition presents multiple perspectives about its subject matter, opening up a range of political, psychological, poetic, and pragmatic manifestations of the contemporary migrant experience.
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Master William Bellingham
oil on canvas
Sir Thomas Lawrence
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"prints, finisterrea" 2007
Isola & Norzi
wood, sawdust
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Object of the Month
Master William Bellingham is an oil painting on canvas created by Sir Thomas Lawrence in 1793. Being the leading British portrait painter of the early 19th century, Lawrence painted most of the important personalities of the day in his personal, self-taught style.
-nationalgallery.org
For more information about the DePauw University Permanent Art Collection, click here!
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