Vault Renovation Campaign What is a permanent collection? A permanent collection consists of the objects, artifacts, or pieces of art that are collected and owned by a museum. When a museum holds a permanent collection, it assumes legal, ethical, fiduciary, and professional responsibility for the artwork. This stewardship is a promise to keep the work …
History of the Marietta Cobb Museum of Art Permanent Collection By Elizabeth Mangone, MCMA Curatorial Intern, Summer 2020 The Marietta Cobb Museum of Art’s Permanent Collection began in 1989 with the accession of A Busy Square, Brussels. The watercolor painting depicts a square overlooked by a Renaissance-Baroque style cathedral. It was painted by Frank …
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“Metro Montage” Then and Now: Celebrating 20 Years of Tradition and Change By Elizabeth Mangone, MCMA Curatorial Intern, Summer 2020 The Marietta Cobb Museum of Art is proud to present the twentieth annual Metro Montage Exhibition this year. The exhibition will be on display from July 11th through September 6th, 2020. The annual juried exhibition, …
The History of Squares and Cubes in American Art By Elizabeth Mangone, MCMA Curatorial Intern, Summer 2020 Visual artists found many ways to cope with the events of the 20th century. Some, like the Surrealists or Dadaists, made art that reflected the chaos and confusion of war and unrest. Other movements, such as …
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Cubic Contemporaries By Elizabeth Mangone, MCMA Curatorial Intern, Summer 2020. Given the fact that cubes are one of the fundamental three dimensional shapes, it is not surprising that more than one artist has created art that revolves around them. What is more interesting, however, is that in the late 1970s …
