October 2012: Three for Five
Three for Five, John George Brown, 1890 Child labor was common in large urban areas in the second half of the 19th century. Parents often forced their children to work […]
Collections
Museum Acquires Four Videos by Young African-American Artists
The Museum recently acquired four new works of contemporary video art, gifts of Birmingham collectors Jack and Rebecca Drake. The videos were created by Kalup Linzy, Kambui Olujimi, Dave McKenzie and Jefferson Pinder, all African American artists born after 1970.
Limewood Sculpture Enters the Museum’s Collection
A rare and important work has entered the Museum’s collection. The Murder of King Edward the Martyr at Corfe Castle is one of just three sculptures known by the artist […]
A Giant Discovery of Miniature Proportions
In early February, Philadelphia miniatures expert and dealer Elle Shushan, a contributor to the catalogue for the popular exhibition The Look of Love, visited the BMA. Curator of American Art Graham Boettcher invited Shushan into collection storage to examine the Museum’s small and little-studied collection of American portrait miniatures. Opening the drawer of a storage cabinet, a portrait of a woman in early-19th-century attire caught Shushan’s eye.