The Art of Collecting
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Lehigh University Art Galleries Main Gallery, 420 E. Packer Avenue, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18015
New Acquisitions 2011-2016 from the LUAG Teaching Museum Collection.
One exhibition in four galleries: LUAG Main Gallery, Zoellner Arts Center; Dubois Gallery, Maginnes Hall; Siegel Gallery, Iacocca Hall; The Gallery At Rauch Business Center.
Museum collections are alive. Like the culture around them, they grow and change, responding to new ideas and new circumstances ranging from iPhones to ISIS. The culture engine never stops, and likewise the collecting museum feels an urgency to reflect how the world is changing around it. By acquiring new objects
from the past and present, museums introduce diverse voices and points-of-view to the ongoing conversation. Collections grow through interpretation and reinterpretation as works connect with new audiences. In this way, the past is an active part of the present. At the LUAG Teaching Museum, we are indebted to alumni, parents, and friends who support the growth of the collection. Their generosity and vision are reflected in this exhibition, highlighting new acquisitions from the past five years. The exhibition includes works by: Henri Matisse, Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Georges Roualt, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Camille Pissarro, Irina Ionesco, Luis Gonzáles Palma, Joel Meyerowitz, Andy Warhol, and many others
Price: Free