Loeb brings Buddhist art to fore
What could attract a crowd large enough to fill the spacious lecture hall of Taylor 102? One such event was “Many Faces, Many Names: The Bodhisattva of Compassion,” a special…
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Beneath the Loeb, hidden treasures
It is finally spring at Vassar. After a particularly brutal winter, students are choosing the quad and the Retreat patio over indoor spaces, long boards have risen from the depths,…
XL exhibit displays Loeb familiars in new arrangement
Although many of the exhibitions on view at the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center are often loaned to the museum through external galleries and collections, XL, the Loeb’s exhibit beginning…
Often overlooked sculpture garden a hidden campus gem
Tucked away in the great labyrinth of paintings, drawings and long corridors that comprises the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center is a mysterious and oft-forgotten hideaway filled with artwork and…
Cascading Loeb installation no water under the bridge
A 26-foot-tall wall of fabric, the Frances Lehman Loeb Art center’s newest installation is not so much a patch worked tapestry as it is a pendent waterfall, rippling with color…
Sidibé captures ’60s Malian new Africanism in Loeb exhibit
Entering the exhibition space at the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center (FLLAC), the viewer immediately confronts a wall teeming with photographs encased in a variety of painted frames that shimmer…
From curation to exhibition: an inside peek at the Loeb
Often when we walk into museums, we become so absorbed in our own thoughts that we overlook those who helped bring the art in front of us to life. Often…
Student-curated exhibition brings Native American art to forefront
Many scholars believe that Native American culture currently finds itself in a troubling situation: too many people think of it only in the past tense...
Artist lectures on basics of abstract art
On Friday September 6, the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center hosted Thomas Nozkowski, a celebrated painter, Vassar parent, and art donor, as he gave a talk on abstract art and…
Alumnus Mundy positions art over business at FLLAC
Director of the Francis Lehman Loeb Art Center James Mundy ’74 loves art. And with his extensive museum knowledge and passion for artwork, he is seen by many students as…