New Royal Portrait exhibit by Morgan Asoyuf underscores significant role of Indigenous matriarchy, emphasizes tribal system and environmental custodianship During a week in which the Pope, in Canada,…
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This article originally appeared in Volume I, Issue II of StoryBoard Memphis Quarterly in March 2022. Lamps do not have names – at least, most do not.…
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Inside the Keeler Gallery – the first exhibition space behind the Metal Museum’s visitor desk – large, curving steel sculptures hang on walls and sit…
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Metal Museum poised for growth with expansion to Overton Park, transformation of Rust Hall A lease agreement appointing the Metal Museum the new tenant of…
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Fifth-generation steelworker Thomas Campbell melds tradition, innovation in Tributaries: Thomas Campbell | Corollary Fifth-generation steelworker and sculptor Thomas Campbell’s boundary-bending Tributaries exhibition opened May 22, 2022,…
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In the second-floor gallery of the National Ornamental Metal Museum, light glints off the wearable art arranged in a series of long, low cases. RINGS!…
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Selected as the third national stop for a traveling exhibition of contemporary jewelry, the Metal Museum opens RINGS! 1968 – 2021 on March 27, showcasing…
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Artist’s modern twist on reliquaries kicks off this year’s Tributaries Series at Metal Museum Becky McDonah elevates COVID-19 essentials, other objects in exhibition opening March 13 The newest additions to…
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Funds will support the acquisition of metal artworks by living artists The Metal Museum has received a $1 million gift from the Windgate Foundation (Little…
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