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Who NEU? This blog by Museum Director Tracy Fitzpatrick keeps our members and friends informed of the 'backstory' behind all t... Who NEU? For more than five years (and 250 posts), Museum Director Tracy Fitzpatrick's blog has been keeping members and friends informed of the ‘backstory' behind all that is happening at the NEU.

From the Director.

Blog posts:

  • A woman smiles at the camera in front of a Neuberger Museum of Art poster, which shows a painting of a barbershop.

    backstory: HPN

    You don’t usually expect to run into art at the airport.

  • A bald man in a tuxedo with glasses stands next to a woman with short white hair in a red dress; both are smiling at a formal event.

    backstory: The dress

    Last week I mentioned that the Neuberger will host two of the big events during the College’s upcoming Alumni Weekend. Many of the artists, performers, and scholars returning for their 50th anniversary got their start in the Museum, which was the first building completed on the new campus.

  • A young Fred Wilson, with curly hair and beard, wearing a sweater, gestures toward an elaborate multi-room dollhouse filled with furniture

    backstory: Where it began

    You might remember my mentioning that Fred Wilson joined our Board of the Friends of the Neuberger Museum of Art last year? 

  • A large group of people sit at round tables in a banquet hall, listening to a speaker at a podium. The event is formal, with a projected scr

    backstory: We lost a giant

    The passing of artist Mel Edwards this week is a great loss for so many of us.

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