Art Review: Huntsville Art Museum an Emerging Cultural Powerhouse

This week we’ll jump from Maine to Alabama, bookends to the Appalachian Mountains. While planning for a wedding trip to Nashville, I looked at a map, saw Alabama, and decided to visit the art museums in Huntsville and Birmingham. I’d never been to Alabama, so this was a treat.

One of my goals in writing my weekly column is, ultimately, to cover art stories in all 50 states. I believe that no art critic has ever done this. We live in a big, creative country with good art and museums everywhere. I also believe, with this story on the nice Huntsville Museum of Art, I’ve done reports from 20 states. Will I get to Hawaii? That’s the ultimate two-bus-fare trips from ye olde Arlington in Vermont. We can dream, can’t we? By the time I get there, I’ll need a surfboard equipped with a walker.

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Brian T. Allen

Brian T. Allen is National Review’s art critic.

This week we’ll jump from Maine to Alabama, bookends to the Appalachian Mountains. While planning for a wedding trip to Nashville, I looked at a map, saw Alabama, and decided to visit the art museums in Huntsville and Birmingham. I’d never been to Alabama, so this was a treat.

One of my goals in writing my weekly column is, ultimately, to cover art stories in all 50 states. I believe that no art critic has ever done this. We live in a big, creative country with good art and museums everywhere. I also believe, with this story on the nice Huntsville Museum of Art, I’ve done reports from 20 states. Will I get to Hawaii? That’s the ultimate two-bus-fare trips from ye olde Arlington in Vermont. We can dream, can’t we? By the time I get there, I’ll need a surfboard equipped with a walker.