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Category: September 2010 - Gibbes Museum of Art
Exhibitions • Permanent Collection
Face Lift: Caption This!Week Four: There was a Little Girl…
There was a little girl, Who had a little curl, Right in the middle of her forehead. When she was good, She was very good indeed, But when she was […]
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New Exhibitions, New Experiences
Hello everyone! My name is Andrew Ochsner and I’m the fall intern in the Gibbes Collections department. I thought I’d take advantage of the blog to share a little bit […]
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Face Lift: Caption This!Week Three: Charles and Louis Manigault—Father and Son
This week’s portraits depict a nineteenth-century father and son duo. Charles Izard Manigault and his son Louis Manigault shared an appreciation for art, but chose to explore their interests along different […]
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Artist Spotlight: William Halsey (American, 1915–1999)
When the first-ever public exhibition of Solomon Guggenheim’s collection of non-objective art debuted at the Gibbes in 1936, it brought shock and dismay to some in Charleston’s art circle. The […]
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Face Lift: Caption This!Week Two: Jimmie Daniels—Double Vision
These two portraits of performer Jimmie Daniels are the second set in our Face Lift: Caption This! contest. How do these two portraits—the photograph by George Platt Lynes and the […]
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Museum Mile Weekend: September 25 and 26
On September 25 and 26, 2010, the Gibbes will be partnering with other cultural institutions along and around Meeting Street to offer locals and tourists a single entry pass during […]
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Face Lift: Caption This!Week One: Ms. Johnson and Colonel Elliott
In conjunction with our Face Lift exhibition, we are launching a caption writing contest and we need your participation! Each week of the exhibition, curator Sara Arnold will present a set of […]
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