Anne d’Harnoncourt, Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, died on Sunday. d’Harnoncourt was important in the art world not only for her scholarship and impressive long list of acheivements, but also as the second woman to serve as director of a major American art museum (the first was her predecessor, Jean Sutherland Boggs).
Easthampton-based photographer James Gerht left a comment on our post about Local Historical Museums, where we’d mentioned that the Skinner Museum in South Hadley is one of our favorite small museums. It’s filled with so many weird and wonderful things.
Gerht commented that the Skinner Museum is one of his favorite places to photograph, and he’s [...]
We had posted about this a few months back, when the winner of the Easthampton City Arts mural competition was announced. Tom Pappalardo and friends completed the mural in two days, and it looks fantastic. It’s located on the side of Whiskerz Pub, next to the public parking lot. Pappalardo has posted photos of the [...]
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