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...20th-century art; you think Liu Guosong. Okay, so maybe that’s a stretch. Granted, your introduction to modern art course probably didn’t cover contemporary Chinese painters. All the more reason to head to the Sackler Museum and see them for yourself. “20th-Century Chinese Ink Paintings From the Collection of Chu-Tsing Li,” which opened last Saturday and runs through Jan. 28, 2008, is the first exhibition of its kind. For the first time, it presents a comprehensive look at the development of the genre and includes many...
It’s difficult not to be taken aback by the infusion of hues in “Gods in Color,” one of the latest exhibits to fill the rooms of the Arthur M. Sackler Museum, running from Sept. 22, 2007 to Jan. 20, 2008. The presupposed norm of white marble sculptures representing the purity of ancient Greece and Rome is washed away by the brilliant, bold, and rich colors that are now bestowed on replicas of these sculptures. EVERYDAY PEOPLE Obviously, color is pivotal in experiencing this collection, making “Gods in Color?...
...Indian Painting” are more important in Islamic literature than their small number implies.This new exhibit is organized by Mary McWilliams, the Calderwood curator of Islamic and later Indian art, and Sunil Sharma, a senior lecturer at Boston University, and will be on display at the Arthur M. Sackler Museum until Feb. 10, 2008.Rather than relaying the famous tale of ill-fated lovers Layla and Majnun in its entirety, “On the Path of Madness” focuses exclusively on Majnun, portraying him as he was understood in three countries—with differing degrees of clarity...
Night at the Sackler Sackler Museum...
...high tech. If only he could see the museums of today, complete with automatic temperature and lighting controls, computer catalogs—and, now, iPods?Yes, iPods. Alexandra M. Hays ’08-’09 is creating a podcast for the Arthur M. Sackler Museum—a twenty-first century audio guide geared towards the student body. The project, funded by a grant from the Office of the Arts, is intended to encourage student visitorship at the Sackler.Students who volunteered to contribute to the podcast were asked to choose an object in the museum and reflect...