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Tut is gone. The Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale isn’t.
As the Boy King packs his golden bags for northern parts, this seemed a good time to say farewell. And hello. Farewell to our royal visitor – it’s been great. Come again, if you’re not doing anything in another decade or two. Hello to the next world-class exhibit coming to town, which arrives later this year.
Though “Cradle of Christianity: Treasures from the Holy Land” doesn’t kick off until early December, I think it’s fairly astonishing that this museum has landed another huge exhibition directly on the heels of King Tut. That may say something about how this museum is perceived in the art world these days – and how Fort Lauderdale itself is seen outside the state.
This also is probably a good time to remind ourselves that the art museum doesn’t go away between now and December. Whether you’re a tourist or a local, the museum makes a great day-outing.
From June 1 through November, the gallery will feature the work of two key members of a group known as the Highwaymen, a loosely affiliated collection of 26 black landscape artists from around Fort Pierce. This exhibit will include 40 vintage works by Alfred Hair and Harold Newton. Aside from the Highwaymen show, other works on display at the museum include a permanent collection by William Glackens, considered among the most influential American impressionist painters of the early 20th century.
So there’s really no shortage of interesting work to enjoy at the art museum this summer. But the next big thing, the “Cradle of Christianity” exhibition, really should be something quite special.
The show will offer archaeological treasures that were dug up in Israel over the past 100 years. Curated and organized by the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, this exhibit will travel to only two venues in this country other than Fort Lauderdale.
There will be a variety of artifacts, including the Temple Scroll, one of the most significant Dead Sea Scrolls. That piece will be on display in Fort Lauderdale for the first time anywhere. Other highlights of the exhibit will be the burial ossuary of Caiaphas, the High Priest who is said to have turned over Jesus to the Romans, and the two largest three-dimensional menorahs ever uncovered by excavation. It doesn’t matter what your personal or religious beliefs are – this will be an exhibition worth marking on the calendar.
As Broward County bids the golden pharaoh a sad but grateful goodbye, we prepare to greet the scroll and all the rest enthusiastically in just a few months. A year from now, when “Cradle of Christianity” has packed up for another city, we’ll be saying adieu just as sadly. And no doubt, looking forward just as much to the next major exhibit that will be coming to town.
As the Boy King packs his golden bags for northern parts, this seemed a good time to say farewell. And hello. Farewell to our royal visitor – it’s been great. Come again, if you’re not doing anything in another decade or two. Hello to the next world-class exhibit coming to town, which arrives later this year.
Though “Cradle of Christianity: Treasures from the Holy Land” doesn’t kick off until early December, I think it’s fairly astonishing that this museum has landed another huge exhibition directly on the heels of King Tut. That may say something about how this museum is perceived in the art world these days – and how Fort Lauderdale itself is seen outside the state.
This also is probably a good time to remind ourselves that the art museum doesn’t go away between now and December. Whether you’re a tourist or a local, the museum makes a great day-outing.
From June 1 through November, the gallery will feature the work of two key members of a group known as the Highwaymen, a loosely affiliated collection of 26 black landscape artists from around Fort Pierce. This exhibit will include 40 vintage works by Alfred Hair and Harold Newton. Aside from the Highwaymen show, other works on display at the museum include a permanent collection by William Glackens, considered among the most influential American impressionist painters of the early 20th century.
So there’s really no shortage of interesting work to enjoy at the art museum this summer. But the next big thing, the “Cradle of Christianity” exhibition, really should be something quite special.
The show will offer archaeological treasures that were dug up in Israel over the past 100 years. Curated and organized by the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, this exhibit will travel to only two venues in this country other than Fort Lauderdale.
There will be a variety of artifacts, including the Temple Scroll, one of the most significant Dead Sea Scrolls. That piece will be on display in Fort Lauderdale for the first time anywhere. Other highlights of the exhibit will be the burial ossuary of Caiaphas, the High Priest who is said to have turned over Jesus to the Romans, and the two largest three-dimensional menorahs ever uncovered by excavation. It doesn’t matter what your personal or religious beliefs are – this will be an exhibition worth marking on the calendar.
As Broward County bids the golden pharaoh a sad but grateful goodbye, we prepare to greet the scroll and all the rest enthusiastically in just a few months. A year from now, when “Cradle of Christianity” has packed up for another city, we’ll be saying adieu just as sadly. And no doubt, looking forward just as much to the next major exhibit that will be coming to town.
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