Matthew Hargraves
@matthewhargraves.bsky.social
Director, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art — Hartford, Connecticut
(all opinions my own)
(all opinions my own)
Congratulations to the Frick on a great reopening tonight. A spectacular expansion and stunning reinstallation of masterpieces in all media.
April 4, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Congratulations to the Frick on a great reopening tonight. A spectacular expansion and stunning reinstallation of masterpieces in all media.
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"they hate our beef because our beef is beautiful and theirs is weak"
our beef:
our beef:
April 3, 2025 at 2:43 PM
"they hate our beef because our beef is beautiful and theirs is weak"
our beef:
our beef:
NEW ACQUISITION! Hartford-born Frederic Church’s oil on paper study of a meteor procession seen over the skies of Catskill, NY in July 1860 — the finest Church in private hands and now at The Wadsworth • Frederic Church, ‘The Meteor,’ 1860, oil on paper, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art.
April 1, 2025 at 1:21 AM
NEW ACQUISITION! Hartford-born Frederic Church’s oil on paper study of a meteor procession seen over the skies of Catskill, NY in July 1860 — the finest Church in private hands and now at The Wadsworth • Frederic Church, ‘The Meteor,’ 1860, oil on paper, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art.
Fabulous loan from the Palazzo Barberini while Caravaggio’s ‘St Francis in Ecstasy’ is in Rome, Holbein’s (with workshop) portrait of Henry VIII from 1540, now on view at the Wadsworth.
March 30, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Fabulous loan from the Palazzo Barberini while Caravaggio’s ‘St Francis in Ecstasy’ is in Rome, Holbein’s (with workshop) portrait of Henry VIII from 1540, now on view at the Wadsworth.
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In a new show of portraits and nature scenes, we find Celia Paul exploring time, memory and the ghosts of Freud and co., writes Matthew Sperling
Celia Paul faces the ghosts of her past | Apollo Magazine
In recent portraits and seascapes the painter ponders time and memory, and the legacy of Lucian Freud and co., writes Matthew Sperling
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March 29, 2025 at 9:26 PM
In a new show of portraits and nature scenes, we find Celia Paul exploring time, memory and the ghosts of Freud and co., writes Matthew Sperling
The Wadsworth’s Van Gogh self-portrait, now on temporary loan to MFA Boston for its exhibition “Van Gogh: The Roulin Family Portraits” opening March 30.
March 28, 2025 at 11:31 PM
The Wadsworth’s Van Gogh self-portrait, now on temporary loan to MFA Boston for its exhibition “Van Gogh: The Roulin Family Portraits” opening March 30.
New Acquisition! Louise (Mayer) Ochsé’s mask of Claude Debussy, probably made for the Debussy Festival held in Paris in 1932. Tragically, Ochsé and her husband were murdered in Auschwitz by the Nazis • Louise Ochsé (Belgian, 1884–1944),
“Mask of Claude Debussy, probably 1932, cast by Claude Valsuani
“Mask of Claude Debussy, probably 1932, cast by Claude Valsuani
February 17, 2025 at 11:20 PM
New Acquisition! Louise (Mayer) Ochsé’s mask of Claude Debussy, probably made for the Debussy Festival held in Paris in 1932. Tragically, Ochsé and her husband were murdered in Auschwitz by the Nazis • Louise Ochsé (Belgian, 1884–1944),
“Mask of Claude Debussy, probably 1932, cast by Claude Valsuani
“Mask of Claude Debussy, probably 1932, cast by Claude Valsuani
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February 2, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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Yesterday we toured the A. Everett "Chick" Austin House in Hartford, CT. It is 86 feet wide and only 18 feet deep. It is part of the Wadsworth Atheneum's collection.
#Hartford #WadsworthAtheneum #HistoricHomes #NationalHistoricRegister
#Hartford #WadsworthAtheneum #HistoricHomes #NationalHistoricRegister
November 22, 2024 at 2:43 PM
Yesterday we toured the A. Everett "Chick" Austin House in Hartford, CT. It is 86 feet wide and only 18 feet deep. It is part of the Wadsworth Atheneum's collection.
#Hartford #WadsworthAtheneum #HistoricHomes #NationalHistoricRegister
#Hartford #WadsworthAtheneum #HistoricHomes #NationalHistoricRegister
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New at the Wadsworth Atheneum: Delft boar’s head tureen (c1750-60). The look of resignation on the boar’s face! 🙄 #18thc
October 3, 2023 at 10:36 AM
New at the Wadsworth Atheneum: Delft boar’s head tureen (c1750-60). The look of resignation on the boar’s face! 🙄 #18thc
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Francisco de Zurbaran
The Martyrdom of St Serapion
1628
Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford
The Martyrdom of St Serapion
1628
Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford
February 5, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Francisco de Zurbaran
The Martyrdom of St Serapion
1628
Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford
The Martyrdom of St Serapion
1628
Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford
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It never gets old.
July 19, 2024 at 4:49 PM
It never gets old.
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Confira a capa alternativa do álbum “Melodrama", da Lorde, criada por Sam McKinniss e exposta no Wadsworth Atheneum em Connecticut, Estados Unidos.
March 9, 2023 at 4:39 AM
Confira a capa alternativa do álbum “Melodrama", da Lorde, criada por Sam McKinniss e exposta no Wadsworth Atheneum em Connecticut, Estados Unidos.
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Divine Geometry: Islamic Art at the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford CT www.thewadsworth.org/explore/on-v...
Divine Geometry | Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
Islamic Art at the Wadsworth Atheneum November 27, 2024–April 13, 2025 Divine Geometry is a multimedia exhibition that explores the Islamic arts
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December 17, 2024 at 10:01 AM
Divine Geometry: Islamic Art at the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford CT www.thewadsworth.org/explore/on-v...
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An Astonishing, Rarely Seen Islamic Art Collection Goes on Display at Connecticut’s Wadsworth Atheneum
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An Astonishing, Rarely Seen Islamic Art Collection Goes on Display
At the oldest public art museum in the United States, miniatures, glassware and other intricately created works transport visitors around the world
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November 29, 2024 at 1:36 AM
An Astonishing, Rarely Seen Islamic Art Collection Goes on Display at Connecticut’s Wadsworth Atheneum
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Hey Bluesky, what are three of your favorite museums?
1. The Prado, Madrid
2. Galleria Borghese, Rome
3. a five-way tie among my favorite small museums: Frick Collection & Morgan Library, NYC; Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford; Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston; & Phillips Collection, Washington
1. The Prado, Madrid
2. Galleria Borghese, Rome
3. a five-way tie among my favorite small museums: Frick Collection & Morgan Library, NYC; Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford; Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston; & Phillips Collection, Washington
October 11, 2024 at 1:23 AM
Hey Bluesky, what are three of your favorite museums?
1. The Prado, Madrid
2. Galleria Borghese, Rome
3. a five-way tie among my favorite small museums: Frick Collection & Morgan Library, NYC; Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford; Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston; & Phillips Collection, Washington
1. The Prado, Madrid
2. Galleria Borghese, Rome
3. a five-way tie among my favorite small museums: Frick Collection & Morgan Library, NYC; Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford; Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston; & Phillips Collection, Washington
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Pablo Picasso (Spanish, active in France, 1881–1973), The Painter, Boisgeloup, 13 May 1934, oil on canvas, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, The Ella Gallup Sumner and Mary Catlin Sumner Collection Fund, 1953.215
#PicassoCelebration
#pablopicasso
#picasso
#wadsworthatheneum
@thewadsworth
#PicassoCelebration
#pablopicasso
#picasso
#wadsworthatheneum
@thewadsworth
September 23, 2024 at 3:03 AM
Pablo Picasso (Spanish, active in France, 1881–1973), The Painter, Boisgeloup, 13 May 1934, oil on canvas, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, The Ella Gallup Sumner and Mary Catlin Sumner Collection Fund, 1953.215
#PicassoCelebration
#pablopicasso
#picasso
#wadsworthatheneum
@thewadsworth
#PicassoCelebration
#pablopicasso
#picasso
#wadsworthatheneum
@thewadsworth
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looking through some old photos, really appreciating the big mood on this Neoroman statue at the Wadsworth Atheneum. The figure on the right especially—I feel ya
September 22, 2024 at 3:14 PM
looking through some old photos, really appreciating the big mood on this Neoroman statue at the Wadsworth Atheneum. The figure on the right especially—I feel ya
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“Young Man with a Sword”, c.1645 by Eustache Le Sueur (1616–1655). French artist. Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut. oil on canvas
March 30, 2024 at 12:42 PM
“Young Man with a Sword”, c.1645 by Eustache Le Sueur (1616–1655). French artist. Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut. oil on canvas
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Photographs from my time at Wadsworth Atheneum, in Hartford Connecticut.
January 19, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Photographs from my time at Wadsworth Atheneum, in Hartford Connecticut.
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Photographs from my time at Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford, Connecticut.
January 19, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Photographs from my time at Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford, Connecticut.
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Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (French, 1780-1867), Portrait of Louis-Pierre Haudebourt. Pencil on paper. Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Bequest of Susannah Shickman, 2023.53.12.
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January 12, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (French, 1780-1867), Portrait of Louis-Pierre Haudebourt. Pencil on paper. Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Bequest of Susannah Shickman, 2023.53.12.
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Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford
The Wallace Collection, London
City Museum, St. Louis
The Wallace Collection, London
City Museum, St. Louis
Hey Bluesky, what are three of your favorite museums?
Here's mine:
1. The Met Cloisters (New York)
2. National Air and Space Museum (Washington DC)
3. Stedelijk Museum (Amsterdam)
Here's mine:
1. The Met Cloisters (New York)
2. National Air and Space Museum (Washington DC)
3. Stedelijk Museum (Amsterdam)
August 31, 2024 at 3:28 PM
Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford
The Wallace Collection, London
City Museum, St. Louis
The Wallace Collection, London
City Museum, St. Louis
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Claude Monet
The Beach at Trouville, 1870
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford (Connecticut)
Nitess💤
The Beach at Trouville, 1870
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford (Connecticut)
Nitess💤
February 22, 2024 at 2:55 AM
Claude Monet
The Beach at Trouville, 1870
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford (Connecticut)
Nitess💤
The Beach at Trouville, 1870
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford (Connecticut)
Nitess💤
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Daniel Maclise, “The Disenchantment of Bottom,” 1832 (Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford), portraying a scene from "A Midsummer Night’s Dream" in which Nick Bottom, who had been given a donkey head by the mischievous Puck, is released from his spell
November 21, 2023 at 12:26 AM
Daniel Maclise, “The Disenchantment of Bottom,” 1832 (Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford), portraying a scene from "A Midsummer Night’s Dream" in which Nick Bottom, who had been given a donkey head by the mischievous Puck, is released from his spell