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Tag Archives: The Art of Empathy

The Cummer Receives NEA Grant to Support an Exhibition of Medieval Art

by , Guest Services & Marketing in Education

Dec

04

National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Chairman Rocco Landesman has announced that the Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens is one of 832 non-profit organizations nationwide to receive an NEA Art Works grant. The Cummer is…

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Lecture at Brown University based on Cummer Painting

by , Registrar in Art, Education

Nov

18

David Areford, Associate Professor of Art History at the University of Massachusetts and guest curator of The Cummer’s 2013 exhibition “The Art of Empathy: The Cummer Mother of Sorrows in Context,” recently gave a lecture at Brown University.

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Madonna of Sorrows Back on View

by , Registrar in Behind the Scenes, Exhibitions

Dec

17

The Madonna of Sorrows was recently examined at Harvard University’s Straus Centre for Conservation in Cambridge, Massachusetts.  Scientists  conducted a number of tests, including ultraviolet light examination, x-ray photography, and wood analysis, in order to learn more about the construction of this small panel painting. This scientific study will culminate in an exhibition at The Cummer [...]

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