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Hood Museum to Open Satellite Gallery Downtown

April 27, 2016

by Hannah Silverstein, MALS '09

If you’re missing the Hood Museum of Art while it’s closed for renovation, good news: The museum has just signed a lease on a gallery space in downtown Hanover.

Recent Acquisitions: Fernand Léger, Le disque dans la vie, 1920

April 26, 2016

Hood Quarterly, winter 2003

A drawing by Fernand Léger (French, 1881–1955) entitled Le disque dans la vie (The Disk in the City, 1920) is just one of a number of superb modern works on paper recently given to the Hood Museum of Art by Elizabeth E. Craig.

The Hood's Frederic Remington painting Shotgun Hospitality (1908) is now on view at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art. Photo courtesy of Bowdoin College Museum of Art.

Where Will the Art Go?

March 09, 2016

Plan a road trip to see works from the Hood’s permanent collection.*

The Life and Legacy of Ota Benga

January 14, 2016

A Special Installation and Panel Discussion

Ota Benga (about 1883–1916) was a grossly mistreated and mostly neglected figure in the history of our country. He was taken prisoner in the Congo and transferred to the United States for display in the 1904 World’s Fair and then sent to live in the Bronx Zoo with the apes; he eventually committed suicide in 1916.

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In Memoriam: Will Owen

January 12, 2016

Honoring Will Owen through an Installation of Contemporary Art

Artist rendering of the north façade of the expanded Hood Museum of Art. Rendering by MARCH.

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Hood Museum of Art Prepares to Expand

December 15, 2015

by Hannah Silverstein, MALS ’09

Work is set to begin this spring on a $50 million expansion and renovation of the Hood Museum of Art.

Rendering of Center for Object-Based Inquiry

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The Hood: ‘Fully Engaged’ Throughout Construction

December 15, 2015

by Hannah Silverstein, MALS '09

Asked what he thinks about joining the Hood Museum of Art just before a $50 million expansion and renovation project begins, incoming Virginia Rice Kelsey 1961s Director John Stomberg laughs. “You mean, what’s wrong with me?”