Escape to Adventure: Focus on Arthur E. Becher
Delaware Art Museum
March 19, 2011 – December 31, 2011
WILMINGTON, DE (March 14, 2011) – The Delaware Art Museum presents Escape to Adventure: Focus on Arthur E. Becher, featuring 40 paintings and drawings from the Museum’s celebrated collection of original illustrations, on view March 19, 2011 – December 31, 2011. The exhibition features scenes of adventure ranging from historical exploits in exotic locales, romantic entanglements, and personal dramas stemming from contemporary crises, such as the sting of discrimination and the shame of unemployment.

Battle of the Sexes
Delaware Art Museum
March 5, 2011 – May 22, 2011
The Delaware Art Museum is excited to present Battle of the Sexes, a unique participatory exhibition that tests gender preconceptions about art, on view March 5, 2011 – May 22, 2011. Organized by The Philadelphia Women’s Caucus for Art, this exhibition is part of the Museum’s Outlooks Exhibition Series, which aims to encourage community involvement in the creation and exhibition of art.

Fred Comegys Photographs
Delaware Art Museum
February 12, 2011 – May 1, 2011
For more than 50 years, photographer Fred Comegys has captured international celebrities and local kids for the pages of The News Journal, Delaware’s most prominent newspaper. His distinctive images present national news and local interest stories, and perhaps most memorably, the intersection of the two. Born and raised in Delaware, he comes by these local angles naturally. The Delaware Art Museum is pleased to present Fred Comegys Photographs, featuring 60 images taken by Comegys over the last four decades, on view February 12, 2011 – May 1, 2011.

Ultra-Realistic Sculpture by Marc Sijan
Delaware Art Museum
November 13, 2010 – January 16, 2011
The Delaware Art Museum presents Ultra-Realistic Sculpture by Marc Sijan, featuring 17 startlingly lifelike sculptures, on view from November 13, 2010 through January 16, 2011. Based on individuals Sijan knows well, his faces and figures capture movement and human emotion, as well as the minute details of individual appearance. Although the artist draws inspiration from the idealized anatomy of classical sculptures, such as Michelangelo’s David, his contemporary interpretation of the human form illustrates the gritty imperfections of average people.

The Delaware Art Museum is pleased to announce that Dr. Margaretta Frederick has been appointed as the institution’s Chief Curator, a position that has been vacant since 2002. Dr. Frederick serves as the Curator of the Museum’s Samuel and Mary F. Bancroft Collection of Pre-Raphaelite Art. As part of her expanded position, she will lead the curatorial vision for the Museum’s upcoming Centennial celebration, which includes a major exhibition of the works of Howard Pyle. Dr. Frederick’s new position is effective immediately.