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An Interview with Maggie Bell, Assistant Curator

An Interview with Maggie Bell, Assistant Curator

Assistant Curator Maggie Bell discusses her interests in the visual arts, upcoming projects, and how several Covid-19-related delays reshaped her thinking about The Expressive Body, her first exhibition at the Museum

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An Interview with Maggie Bell, Assistant Curator

An Interview with Maggie Bell, Assistant Curator

A Look Back at Whistler’s Mother

A Look Back at Whistler’s Mother

Meditative Moments

Meditative Moments

Judy Dater and the Photographic Portrait

Judy Dater and the Photographic Portrait

Fostering Experiences with Art for Students

Fostering Experiences with Art for Students

Brancusi’s “Bird in Space” Soars Again

Brancusi’s “Bird in Space” Soars Again

Solace through Sculpture: Uncovering the History of a Plague Saint

Solace through Sculpture: Uncovering the History of a Plague Saint

Parsing Picasso’s 1932 Retrospective

Parsing Picasso’s 1932 Retrospective

Assemblage as Poetry

Assemblage as Poetry

The Colors of Van Gogh’s “Mother”

The Colors of Van Gogh’s “Mother”

Monitoring Bodhisattva Maitreya

Monitoring Bodhisattva Maitreya

Caring for Clodion’s "Bacchante"

Caring for Clodion’s "Bacchante"

A Fascination with Tulips

A Fascination with Tulips

Paint Surfaces & Dutch Paintings

Paint Surfaces & Dutch Paintings

Seismic Safety of Sculptures

Seismic Safety of Sculptures

LED Lighting and Blue Pigments

LED Lighting and Blue Pigments

Looking Is Not Seeing

Looking Is Not Seeing

Indigo or Is it?

Indigo or Is it?

In Their Own Words: Letters by 19th-Century Artists in the Norton Simon Museum

In Their Own Words

Caring for the Museum's Pastels

Caring for the Museum's Pastels

Art from a Distance

Art from a Distance

Women Artists in the Collection

Women Artists in the Collection

Reframing Raphael

Reframing Raphael

A Conversation with Sara Campbell, Senior Curator

A Conversation with Sara Campbell, Senior Curator

A Conversation with John Sudolcan, Director of Operations

A Conversation with John Sudolcan, Director of Operations

Conservation of Jack Youngerman’s "Red-Vermillion"

Conservation of Jack Youngerman’s "Red-Vermillion"

Conservation of "Death of Dido" Tapestry

Conservation of "Death of Dido" Tapestry

A Conversation with Tim Street-Porter, Photographer

A Conversation with Tim Street-Porter, Photographer