Earlier this year, Tina Oldknow, the Museum’s curator of modern glass, asked me to research 16 glass panels affixed to light boxes in the Museum’s permanent collection. The panels, made in the 1950s and 1960s, came to the museum in … Read more →
by Tina Oldknow, Curator of Modern Glass The Museum has recently acquired an extraordinary work: a large vase, titled Les Hommes Noirs (The Dark Men), designed by Emile Gallé (French, 1846‒1904) and his childhood friend, the painter and sculptor Victor … Read more →
This week’s object is a favorite of Tina Oldknow, Curator of Modern Glass One of my favorite works in the contemporary collection is a 1992 wall piece by Larry Bell, titled Window Bkd #6, that was acquired by the Museum … Read more →