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NRM Hosts Anita Kunz’s “Original Sisters,” Portraits of Women Who Shaped The World — "Original Sisters" portrait collage. © Anita Kunz. All rights reserved.

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NRM Hosts Anita Kunz’s “Original Sisters,” Portraits of Women Who Shaped The World

“Original Sisters” is a growing collection of over 450 acrylic portraits of women both historical and contemporary.

By Julia Dixon

Norman Rockwell Museum Uses The Power of Illustration To Inspire Voting — Clockwise, from top left: "The Future is in Your Hands, by Edel Rodriguez; "How To Vote Now," by Timothy Goodman; "Vote," by Lisk Feng; "VOTE — It's Your Right," by Shar Tui'asoa; "Curtain, 2024," by Gary Taxali; "Use Your Vote," by Monica Ahanonu

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Norman Rockwell Museum Uses The Power of Illustration To Inspire Voting

The Museum's Unity Project 2024 commissioned six illustrators for its viral campaign featuring voting messages.

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Jill Duffy Colors Her World With Handmade Pigments At Farm & Field — Jill Duffy in her studio

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Jill Duffy Colors Her World With Handmade Pigments At Farm & Field

Jill Duffy makes her own pigments and paint using the bounty from her farm in Chatham.

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“Marilyn Uncovered” — The Bert Stern Family Collection At Sohn Fine Art — "Marilyn and Bert in the Mirror," 1962. 12.5"x18.5" Photograph. Archival pigmen print. Signed by artist. Image courtesy Sohn Fine Art.

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“Marilyn Uncovered” — The Bert Stern Family Collection At Sohn Fine Art

The gallery debuts the family collection of Bert Stern's last photographs of Marilyn Monroe prior to her death.

By Julia Dixon

The Stissing Center Brings World-Class Performances To Pine Plains — The Wildwoods

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The Stissing Center Brings World-Class Performances To Pine Plains

An iconic building in Pine Plains has been restore to its former glory and is a center of cultural activity.

By Chronogram Media Branded Content Team

Welcome to the Berkshires, Alfred E. Neumann — Alfred E. Neuman and Norman Rockwell, Richard Williams, oil on canvas, 2002, cover illustration for Mad Art: A Visual Celebration of MAD Magazine and the Idiots Who Create It (Watson Guptill, 2002),.

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Welcome to the Berkshires, Alfred E. Neumann

"What, Me Worry?" The Art and Humor of MAD Magazine" features iconic illustrations and cartoons by the Usual Gang of Idiots.

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“The Plastic Bag Store,” Multimedia With A Message At MASS MoCA — The back of a box of “Italy’s #1 Plastic Bags,” a spoof on Barilla pasta. Photo: Julia Dixon

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“The Plastic Bag Store,” Multimedia With A Message At MASS MoCA

Through a store made of plastic grocery items, plus puppets and film, MASS MoCA explores the foreverness of plastic.

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Season Preview 2024: Art Shows

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Season Preview 2024: Art Shows

Consider our exhibition suggestions, then take an epic north-to-south museum and gallery road trip.

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First A Forager, Then A Welder: Sculptor David Skora Transforms Discarded Steel — David Skora works on a piece for an upcoming show. Photos: Jeannette Brodeur

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First A Forager, Then A Welder: Sculptor David Skora Transforms Discarded Steel

The acclaimed Litchfield County sculptor transforms steel into a dialogue between form and motion.

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September Gallery Offers The Thrill Of Peeking Into Someone’s “Me” — "Are You Looking for Secrets?" Taylor Morgan, oil on canvas, 2023, 24"x24"

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September Gallery Offers The Thrill Of Peeking Into Someone’s “Me”

Two concurrent exhibitions by women artists express the adventures of our shared humanness.

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Rituals, Talismans, And Divination: Artists Search For Meaning In “Like Magic” — Cate O’Connell-Richards, “Flail Broom,” 2022, brass, red brass, wood, broomcorn, twine, hemp. Photo: Kaelan Burkett

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Rituals, Talismans, And Divination: Artists Search For Meaning In “Like Magic”

The artists in MASS MoCA’s latest exhibition combine technology and magic in ways that reflect a belief system.

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All The Wonders Right Here In The Berkshires (A Collection of Eccentricities)

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All The Wonders Right Here In The Berkshires (A Collection of Eccentricities)

Buried deep in the Berkshire Museum's archives, a collection of curious objects sees the light of day.

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