Art, Belmont Estate, Gari Melchers Home and Studio, Gari and Corinne Melchers, Historic House Museum, Studio and Galleries
The Early Modern Masterpiece That Might Have Been Ours
May 9, 2020
When the National Gallery of Art opened the exhibition Degas at the Races in 1998, Peter Stroh, Gari Melchers’ great nephew, got to wondering if his uncle’s Degas painting would be included in the display. He wrote me to inquire about what I mig …
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Dialogic Method, Frank Vagnone, Historic House Museum, Re-imagined House Tour
New Historic House Museum Tour Unveiled
July 14, 2019
We have recently turned our traditional historic house tour on its ear. The standard 30-minute, guided docent monologue has been torn apart and put back together in a whole new way. One of the best preserved artist homes and working studios …
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