Water—an essential element of life on Earth—has long played a vital role in shaping human civilization. In Japan, a country made up of islands, water is more than a natural resource. It is a constant presence that surrou…

Born in 1902 in a sugar-cane harvesting region of Cuba, Wifredo Lam (1902-1982) was a transatlantic artist whose mixed heritage as the son of a Chinese immigrant father and Afro-Cuban mother shaped his distinct Surrealis…

Coco Fusco’s The Empty Plaza/La Plaza Vacía (2012) layers sound and image as a way to reflect on Havana’s Plaza de la Revolución and its shifting meaning in Cuban public life. Combining contemporary footage with archival…

Making Art History

Making Art History

TOWN HALL ART GALLERY EXHIBIT Val Lewton (1937-2015) “To paint is to see”, August 31, 2026, through January 8, 2027 By Barbara Zeughauser – Town Hall Art Gallery Curator The Somerset...

Making Art History

TOWN HALL ART GALLERY EXHIBIT Val Lewton (1937-2015) “To paint is to see”, August 31, 2026, through January 8, 2027 By Barbara Zeughauser – Town Hall Art Gallery Curator The Somerset Town Hall Art Gallery is honored to p…

Exhibition on view August 31, 2026 – March 1, 2027.

Image (Left): Archival image of Tony Abeyta during the creation of A Place Where We Emerge at the Heard Museum, 2008. Source: Billie Jane Baguley Library and Archives.

In 2012, the Heard Museum created the first American Indian Veterans National Memorial honoring Indigenous warriors.