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Last spring, David Hartt unveiled “A Colored Garden,” a dense circle of blooms in the lower meadow of Philip Johnson’s Glass House planted with flowers found in still lifes by a Black nineteenth-century artist named Charles Ethan Porter. This year, the blooms are back, accompanied by a neo-mythological film in Johnson’s self-glorifying gatehouse-cum-visitor’s-center and, down the hill, an installation of Porters in Johnson’s personal trefoil painting gallery. It’s still the house m...

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Three Black artists will be featured at the Glass House as it seeks “new...

NEW CANAAN — Three Black artists will be featured at the Glass House as it seeks “new...

New Canaans Glass House full campus open for first time since 2019 Grace Duffield FacebookTwitterEmail Noelle Newelle peers into the Glass House in New Canaan, which will be opening after the Planning and Zoning Commission approved their plans.Christa Carr / Contributed photo New Canaan’s Glass House, the National Historic Landmark, is opening its buildings to the public this weekend for the first time since 2019. Mid-century modern architecture is a considerable source of pride in New Canaan...

Skip to main content Currently Reading Artist David Hartt wants to create a salon for Black artists at the Glass House in New Canaan Joel Lang FacebookTwitterEmail 1of9 Artist David Hartt aims to create a salon of Black artists at the Glass House with his exhibition “David Hartt: A Colored Garden.”Michael Biondo / Contributed photoShow MoreShow Less 2of9 Artist David Hartt aims to create a salon of Black artists at the Glass House with his exhibition “David Hartt: A Colored Garden.”Mich...