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The Care and Preservation of Art Composed of Plastic

Conservation Sustainability and the natural world

RISD Museum conservator Ingrid Neuman discusses the challenges in caring for objects made from this ubiquitous material

“The best portrait Joseph Blackburn [never] painted”

John Singleton Copley’s Portrait of Theodore Atkinson, Jr.
Curator

In the January 1920 Bulletin of the Rhode Island School of Design, RISD Museum director L.

Ancient Panel Paintings: Examination, Analysis, and Research

Conservation

Examining and documenting four Fayum portraits as part of a larger study directed by the J. Paul Getty Museum

The Head in Focus

Benin Art and Visual History
How did this get here?

The discovery of these treasures resembles that of a valuable manuscript. They are a new “Codex Africanus,” not written on fragile papyrus, but in ivory and imperishable brass.

A black, curved abstract shape lies at the center of a piece of wrinkled tissue paper. Zig-zagging lines of thread intersect over and beyond the shape.

The Rejection of Closure

College Student Voices

Curatorial intern Grace Xiao reflects on viewing artwork that embraces instability, disruption, and restlessness, making room for open interpretations in the gallery.

A watercolor drawing of bluebells and white primroses surrounded by lush green leaves and grasses. In the front left of the image there is a nest full of blue eggs.

Brief Biography of Jane Ogden

Drawing

Artist Jane Ogden (British, ca. 1845–1928) painted flowers and other still-life subjects in oil and watercolor.

Sandy-toned, weathered stone slab with evenly spaced etched inscriptions filling the tablet and a broken-off bottom corner piece.

Reading Inscribed Letters from Roman Macedonia

RISD Museum’s important Greek inscription dates to the period when Rome dominated the Eastern Mediterranean.

An ornate silver desk with a matching chair, both adorned with intricate floral inlay and curved legs. The desk features drawers and a central mirror framed in elaborate silverwork.

The Long Road Home

The Gorham Writing Table and Chair
Curator

After a half-century's journey, Gorham's magnificent writing table and chair made for the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair returned home to Providence.

An intricately painted ceramic bowl with a bustling city scene, featuring colorful buildings, trees and figures, and including a gold rim.

On the Other Side

College Student Voices

A glimpse into the lives of international merchants in Canton, China.

Diana Mantuana, Renaissance engraver

Curator

A rare female artist, Diana Mantuana's engraving of Atilius Regulus in a Barrel plays an important role in the history of the practice of printmaking and its reception in Renaissance Italy.

Inuit Printmaking and the Concept of Purity

College Student Voices

This article explores the concept of purity in criticisms of Inuit prints by briefly introducing the history of printmaking in Cape Dorset and looking at 1970s Western art historians' expectations of Inuit art.

Christ in the House of Simon the Jew?

Contemporary Perceptions of Pharisees in Germany
College Student Voices

This article argues that Simon the Pharisee would have been viewed as an explicitly Jewish character by sixteenth-century viewers.

I Can Taste It Now: Savoring the New Installation in the Porcelain Gallery

Curator

This fall the RISD Museum Lucy Truman Aldrich Porcelain Gallery reopened with its cabinets filled with engaging figures and a diverse array of tableware. Comprising nearly 180 objects from the museum's collection, this new installation focuses on the role that porcelain played in eighteenth-century life.

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RISD Glass Visiting Artist Lecture

Preston Singletary
March 22, 2023 / 1:10-2:30 pm

upcoming exhibition

The Art and Design of Spider Silk
September 27, 2019 - April 19, 2020
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A Conversation about Repair

with Jorge Otero-Pailos
April 25, 2019 / 1-2:30 pm
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Decolonizing Design, Imagining Alternative Futures

April 18, 2019 / 6:30-8 pm
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Global Dialogues

Reparative Cultures
March 12, 2019 / 12-1 pm
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Gallery Conversation

Head of a King (Oba)
March 6, 2019 / 12-1 pm
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Stitching Alive Her Unseen Desires

January 18, 2019 / 10:30 am-3 pm
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Stitching Alive Her Unseen Desires

January 17, 2019 / 10:30 am-8 pm
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Stitching Alive Her Unseen Desires

January 16, 2019 / 10:30 am-3 pm
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Stitching Alive Her Unseen Desires

January 15, 2019 / 10:30 am-3 pm
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Third Thursday

October 18, 2018 / 5-9 pm

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