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“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.

A black-toned painting with ominous abstract, elongated forms, faint linear details, small geometric white details, and a small cluster of green, blue, and red color.

Troubled Earth

College Student Voices

RISD Museum Summer researcher discusses Wifredo Lam's 1959 painting Près des Îles Vierges as a reflection of his complicated relationship with revolutionary Cuba and evolving understanding

a group of people on scooters wearing pink and red ponchos

Interview with artist UuDam Tran Nguyen

Curator Student Voices Studio Notes

Editor of publications Amy Pickworth, intern Joanna Cortez, and curatorial assistant of contemporary art A. Will Brown interview UuDam Tran Nguyen about his single channel video Waltz of The Machine Equestrians--The Machine Equestrians (2012).

Arlene Shechet Interviewed by Judith Tannenbaum

Curator Studio Notes Artist

Arlene Shechet discusses the production of works for and the installation design of Arlene Shechet: Meissen Recast with the exhibition's curator, Judith Tannenbaum.

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 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.

Rediscovering Diasporic

Student Voices

A student in a RISD course on pan-African aesthetics, inspired by a photograph in the collection, explores Black youth occupying space in movements from La Sape to Noirwave.

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.

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.

American Drawings and Watercolors

Charles Burchfield
Curator Drawing

Five works on paper in the RISD Museum’s collection follow the arc of Charles Burchfield’s career, introducing and reprising themes that reveal his desire for artistic unity with nature.

American Drawings and Watercolors

Reginald Marsh
Curator Drawing

Reginald Marsh, the son of American artists Fred Dana Marsh and Alice Randall Marsh, was born in Paris in 1898.

A nude woman chained to a rocky cliff looks up towards a red-caped, sword-wielding warrior on horseback descending from the sky while a sea monster emerges from the waves below.

As Is Painting, So Is Poetry

Myth and Metamorphosis in the RISD Gallery
College Student Voices

Curatorial intern Anthony Stott explores the journey of the myths of Ovid—from text to visual medium—in three objects in the neoclassical galleries.

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Ballads And Crankies For This Upside-Down World

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Saturday, November 15 / 6:30-7:30 pm
A single tone print of a newspaper page featuring a person in a strapless, long-sleeve, bridal gown and veil holding flowers in their left hand and staring out of the frame. The top of the page reads “The New York Times International Sunday, July 19, 1992" with the following headlines: “Vatican Condones Discrimination Against Homosexuals" and "Youth Works Held in Death of Son, 9”. The bottom of the pages reads “Saks Fifth Avenue bridal wear.”

Process Work

Intersections of Photography and Print ca. 1825 to Today
February 1 - July 20, 2025
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