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Current Exhibitions
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Friend or Faux: Imitation and Invention from Innocent to Fraudulent November 11, 2009 – July 11, 2010; return to see newly installed objects beginning March 16, 2010!
Explore the notion of authenticity across a range of periods and media in the museum’s collections. From innocent copies of artwork made as family mementos, to illegal forgeries intended to fool even the most seasoned scholar, there are stories to be told. How do we know the difference between illegal and innocent? Who is an expert? How does a museum value each kind of copy over time, and does the marketplace value them differently? Are stories about fakes more appealing to the public than those about originals?
This exhibition will bring together approximately forty paintings, manuscripts, books, and decorative arts objects from the museum’s collections in five sections across two galleries. Visitors will be able to guide themselves through each section at their own speed with the assistance of both curatorial texts and five selected experts who enhance the discussion through audio, additional text, and three-dimensional models. To protect the objects from exposure to the environment, the objects in this exhibition will be changed and new ones will be placed on display beginning March 16. Please return to see a new selection of objects after that date! Too Many Thoughts to Chew: A Sendak Stew
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| Final drawing for We Are All in the Dumps with Jack & Guy. © Maurice Sendak, 1993. All rights reserved. | ||||||||||
Dig into this exhibition all about food, eating, and being eaten in the books of Maurice Sendak. This exhibition presents more than 40 original Sendak illustrations that show how food brings his characters together, helps kids forge new friendships, and nourishes us emotionally and intellectually. Drawings for classics such as Chicken Soup with Rice (1962), Where the Wild Things Are (1963), and In the Night Kitchen (1970) will be on display along with dummy books, sketches, and storyboards for dozens of other books. Too Many Thoughts to Chew is curated by the Rosenbach’s Traveling Exhibitions Coordinator Patrick Rodgers. The exhibition is appropriate for families and kids of all ages. |
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Moore Adventures in Wonderland September 23, 2009 through June 6, 2010
This Marianne Moore and Alice in Wonderland inspired installation, created by Rosenbach Artist-in-Residence Sue Johnson, investigates the Rosenbach’s extensive Lewis Carroll and Marianne Moore collections and uncovers unexpected connections between the two. |
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