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Raclin Murphy Museum of Art: A Storied History, A New Beginning
With the landmark opening of the Raclin Murphy Museum of Art late this autumn, the university has much to celebrate. More than twenty galleries of exhibition and public display...
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Darkness and Light in Noël Coypel’s The Resurrection of Christ
by Maura Cotter, reprinted with permission from the Snite Museum of Art The Resurrection of Christ, by 18th century French painter Noël Coypel, depicts Jesus’glorious, but...
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From an Extraordinary Gift came an Exhibition – Jim Dine: American Icon
The Snite Museum of Art and the University of Notre Dame were honored to announce the exhibition Jim Dine: American Icon, which was on view from August to December 2021 at the...
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On Museum and Library Discovery
This episode is a little different from what we usually do, in that the focus isn’t one person’s work but rather a new tool designed to enhance knowledge access for everyone....
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The Nativity
Although we don’t know who painted this work, we do know it was created in the 1500s by an Italian artist who copied an original painting by Jacopo Bassano. At the time, Italy...
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Touchstones of the Twentieth Century: A History of Photography at the University of Notre Dame
The Snite Museum of Art at the University of Notre Dame has placed on view a landmark exhibition to coincide with the publication of a two-volume catalogue documenting the history...
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Pictographic War Record
Mee-nah-tsee-us or White Swan was a member of the Apsáalooke or Crow tribe which resides in what is today western Montana. It is believed he was born around 1851 and died when he...
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The Blue Carborundum Robe
Jim Dine has long been on the cutting edge of the Contemporary art scene from his early days in New York, working with artist Claes Oldenburg, his work on Happenings and...
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Covered Server
The ceramic artist Margarete Heymann-Marks Löbenstein or Margarete Heymann-Marks or Margarete Heymann-Löbenstein or Grete Marks may be known by many different names around the...
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Laocoön and His Sons
In the late 17th and 18th centuries, the craze for Greek and Roman antiquities was so intense that some sculptors made their reputations restoring fragments of ancient sculpture...
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To Be or Not to Be Free
Artist Faith Ringgold was born in 1930 in Harlem and began making art when she was very young. As a child, she was often sick, and making art helped her pass the time while...
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Albers: Master, Teacher
A special video series featuring Director, Joe Becherer To receive the collection in your inbox, join the Snite Museum’s mailing list.
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