Curator’s Tour of The Color of the Moon: Lunar Painting in American Art

Look through the curatorial lens at The Color of the Moon with co-curator Bartholomew Bland, Executive Director, Lehman College Art Gallery, The City University of New York.

The Color of the Moon: Lunar Painting in American Art is the first major museum examination of the moon as it relates to the story of the American nNocturneas it developed from the early 1810s through the late 1960s. The exhibition commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission with works from museums and private collections across the United States. Artists include: Susie M. Barstow, Albert Bierstadt, Ralph Blakelock, Frederic Edwin Church, Thomas Cole, Joseph Cornell, Jasper Francis Cropsey, Arthur Dove, Childe Hassam, Winslow Homer, George Inness, Roy Lichtenstein, Norman Rockwell, Edward Steichen, Jamie Wyeth, and Marguerite Zorach.

Free with Museum admission. This exhibition is organized by the Hudson River Museum and the Michener Museum