5 Tips for Smart Art Collecting
November 2, 2021
Meet Lauren Bradley, the Chair of the Allentown Art Museum’s Cocktails & Collecting 2021 fall fundraiser.
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
A new installation in Trexler Hall showcases time-based media 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.
Remembering: John Clem Clarke (1937–2021)
July 1, 2021
On Monday, June 28, 2021, the New York Times published an obituary of John Clem Clarke, a Pop artist who drew critical comparisons to Warhol, Lichtenstein, and Rauschenberg.
Remembering: Samuel B. Saxton
June 23, 2021
The staff and Trustees of the Allentown Art Museum are deeply saddened by the passing of Sam Saxton, who had a significant impact on the growth of the Museum’s structure as well as its stature in our community.
Reminiscing in the Galleries: A Visit by Christopher Hirsch
June 1, 2021
The AAM welcomed a special guest back to the galleries recently. Christopher Hirsch, son of the Museum’s first full-time director, Richard T. Hirsch, stopped in to revisit and reminisce about his earliest experiences with art and with the staff of the Museum back in the early 1960s.
ROAM the World to These Museums
May 18, 2021
The Allentown Art Museum invites visitors to see your world through works from all over the world that span hundreds of centuries.
Remembering: Ellen Grim Harter
April 12, 2021
The AAM community notes the passing of longtime Museum member and artist Ellen Grim Harter of Bethlehem. Ellen and her husband Michael’s more than three decades of support is part of a legacy that stretches back to her grandfather, Museum founder Walter Baum.
Allentown Art Museum Reopens First Week of January 2021
January 4, 2021
With the announcement by Governor Wolf that special COVID-19 mitigation restrictions put in place on December 12, 2020 will expire on Monday, the Allentown Art Museum confirms that it will reopen to the public on Friday, January 8, 2021.