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Art Museum Day 2016

On May 18, the Birmingham Museum of Art will join with museums around the world to commemorate Art Museum Day 2016. Last year, over 150 museums, united by the Association of Art […]

Med Students Improve Practice With Art

Medical students undergo rigorous training before they can become doctors—years of internships, residencies and classes, all preparing them to know the human body and the many things that can go […]

Happy Women’s History Month

March is Women’s History Month, a month-long celebration honoring famous female heroines of the past, as well as recognizing the many women whom history has forgotten. Art has been one […]

Happy Presidents’ Day!

This Presidents’ Day, we look to our first president, as this year’s holiday falls just a few days before George Washington’s 284th birthday. This engraving depicts the Italian sculptor Antonio Canova’s massive […]

An Unconventional Love Story

Walking around our galleries, you are sure to find many examples of love: familial, romantic, unrequited, and many other interpretations. This Valentine’s Day, we are here to share the story […]

Happy Birthday, Lonnie Holley!

Happy birthday to Alabama artist Lonnie Holley, born February 10, 1950! Holley was born in Birmingham during the Jim Crow-era, as the seventh of 27 children. His story, although dubious […]

Happy Chinese New Year!

Although China has recognized the Gregorian calendar and January 1 as New Year’s Day since 1912, the Chinese calendar is still used to determine traditional holidays. The Chinese New Year, […]

Director Gail Andrews On The Loss Of Thornton Dial

Article from al.com; see the full article here. On Monday one of America’s great artists died, Alabama native Thornton Dial. Dial’s work ranged from small sculptures to large and ambitious […]

Happy Birthday, Thomas Cole!

Happy birthday to artist Thomas Cole, who was born on February 1, 1801. Measuring nearly six feet wide, this carefully delineated, panoramic view of Sicily’s Mount Etna by Thomas Cole […]

Happy Birthday, Robert Motherwell!

Born on January 24, 1915, Robert Motherwell, one of the most intellectually inclined Abstract Expressionists, studied philosophy at Stanford and Harvard Universities before moving to New York City in 1939. […]