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Museum News October 16, 2026 |
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Eclipse of the Sun Now Spotlight Rufino Tamayo, Perro aullando a la luna (Dog Howling at the Moon) |
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Rufino Tamayo believed that “the artist is an antenna. . . . Art is fundamentally a message, a means of communication.” In this painting, he transmits the anguish of World War II. As in George Grosz’s Eclipse of the Sun, Tamayo’s composition features a celestial body, bones, the color red, and a claustrophobic sense of space. The howling dog references Pablo Picasso’s anti war painting Guernica (1937) and Mesoamerican funerary statuettes that served as guides to the underworld. |
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Día de los Muertos Family CelebrationSunday, November 1, 12 - 5 pm |
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Families are invited to learn about how this holiday is celebrated around the world. Meet and create works of art inspired by this celebration with artists Filiberto Perez-Mendoza, Sueey Gutierrez and Manuel Alejandro Macarrulla. Bring your own photographs or other personal items to leave at the ofrenda to honor and remember your loved ones. Activities throughout the day will include Mexican style calaveras, maraca decorating, mask making, face painting, flower crowns, and more! |
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Awards, Videos, Travelling Show Highlight Stebbins |
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Portfolio Review Night for High School StudentsThursday, October 22, 6 – 9 pm |
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Each October, the Museum offers this event for high school students preparing for the college admissions process. Gain insight and receive invaluable feedback from admission counselors. Bring your portfolio for one-on-one review by representatives from top colleges and universities. |
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The Heckscher Museum of Art, located in Huntington, NY, creates opportunities for everyone to experience art that broadens our understanding of the past, fosters community connections to our present, and creates diverse possibilities for our future. |
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Your support brings art and people together, allowing the Museum to serve as a catalyst for discovery, imagination, the exchange of ideas, and the sharing of experiences. Donate today. |
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Generous support for Eclipse of the Sun Now provided by Andrea B. & Peter D. Klein and Art Bridges. |
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Free admission for the community is made possible by through a generous grant from Bank of America. |
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The Heckscher Museum of Art is grateful to The Town of Huntington and the Town of Huntington Board of Trustees and Suffolk County Department of Economic Development & Planning for their generous support of the arts. |
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ASL, Braille, and Spanish language translation made possible by a generous grant from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature. |
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Images, from top: Rufino Tamayo, Perro aullando a la luna (Dog Howling at the Moon), 1942, oil on canvas. Art Bridges; Gallery view of Emma Stebbins: Carving Out History (2025); George Grosz, Eclipse of the Sun, 1926 [detail], oil on canvas. The Heckscher Museum of Art, Museum Purchase; Jan Matulka, Cubist Still Life, c. 1928, watercolor on paper mounted on board. Gift of Madeleine and Jeffrey Grant.
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