Robert Weingarten, Dale Chihuly #1, 2008. Courtesy of the artist.
Robert Weingarten, Fernando Botero #1, 2004. Courtesy of the artist.
Robert Weingarten, Laura Owens #1, 2004. Courtesy of the artist.
The Rockwell Museum in Corning, NY is Open today, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Robert Weingarten’s Palettes
From September 26, 2025 to January 5, 2026
Location: Spotlight Gallery (Floor 1M)
Robert Weingarten’s photographs take us inside the mind of the artist. By photographing extreme close-ups of palettes and work surfaces, Weingarten probes the perception of light and color. The resulting images range from raw materials (such as Ed Ruscha’s cotton ball with pigment), drippings on a sink (in Ed Moses’ studio), to artists’ actual palettes and paintings (as in the case of Jasper Johns, Chuck Close and Fernando Botero). Displayed as large-scale photographs, Weingarten’s Palettes reveals the intimate moments with these behind-the-scenes objects, inviting us to widen our collective lens by zooming in to our everyday surroundings.
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2025 exhibitions are made possible by Mary Spurrier