What Would You Ask a Curator?
September 24, 2021
What’s the weirdest object in your collection? Is your museum haunted? These are just a few questions that have been asked on Ask a Curator Day.
From Gallery Walls to the Mall: The Art of Francie Bishop Good
September 13, 2021
Art is meant to be seen, and so the Allentown Art Museum was pleased to accept an invitation to bring a work from the collection out into our community this summer.
Video-Art Series Debuts
August 28, 2021
As part of the New American Galleries renovation revealed in August 2022, Goodman Gallery has been converted into a dedicated screening room for time-based media, featuring first the video works recently donated to AAM by Francie Bishop Good and David Horvitz.
A Collector’s Commitment to Art Connects Two Lehigh Valley Communities
July 12, 2021
A rare 17th-century painting that spent the last six decades with the Northampton School District has been reunited with other Old Master works at the Allentown Art Museum.
Paul Kania’s Collecting and Giving Spirit
November 9, 2020
Found in the Allentown Art Museum’s collection are more than 400 works Paul Kania has donated since 1996. In 2017, the Museum curated A Collecting Spirit: Gifts of Paul Kania to showcase his passion for art’s aesthetic, emotional, and spiritual impact, and an even greater passion for sharing it.
Molas: Indigenous Textile of Panama
July 20, 2020
Explore this indigenous textile tradition of Panama through our online gallery:
Happy Birthday, Rembrandt!
July 15, 2020
July 15 is Rembrandt van Rijn’s birthday, and in honor of the day we’re sharing educational videos about his piece in our collection, Rembrandt inspired activities, and more information on our upcoming Rembrandt exhibition.
LGBTQ+ Artists at AAM
June 26, 2020
Explore works by LGBTQ+ artists from our collection in our online gallery:
Recent Acquisition: Alison Saar’s mami wata (or how to know a goddess when you see one)
June 22, 2020
Alison Saar made mami wata (or how to know a goddess when you see one) as part of a larger body of work that explores the relationship between African Americans, rivers, and floods.