This Week’s Top Headlines Include Rockwood Park and Museum asks what it should be and do Here’s the buzz: No big Cicada deal for Delaware Jamie Wyeth: Back on the walls at the Brandywine Appo VP: ‘Ugly cuts,’ 45 kids in class if referendum fails On the Pitch: Week 3 girls soccer top 10 Click on the image below to …
Jamie Wyeth: Back on the walls at the Brandywine
As you walk into “Jamie Wyeth: Unsettled” at the Brandywine Museum of Art, you are greeted by an experience designed to let you know immediately that this is not a typical Wyeth exhibit. An automaton, a hidden music box spreading sinister tinkling tones and a taxidermied doglike critter on a vintage flotation device stand across from a projection portraying the …
MBNA’s ‘Wyeths’ become The Biggs’ biggest exhibition yet
“The Wyeths” took their darn sweet time getting to Dover. But now through Feb. 11, an exhibition of 70-plus works by the famous family of artists will fill nine rooms at the Biggs Museum of American Art and spark lots of other events. It is the biggest exhibition yet for the Biggs, which focuses on MidAtlantic art, said Michael Dudich, …
Somerville Manning forced to move anniversary show because of flooding
Somerville Manning Gallery’s owner and director rushed to ready its temporary location on Kennett Pike for the 40th anniversary show. When Somerville Manning Gallery sent out invitations to a “surprise exhibition” for its 4oth anniversary show, owner Vickie Manning was hoping to create a little drama to stir patron interest. “Be careful what you ask for, right,” said Rebecca …