Exhibitions and Events
UPCOMING: Prey Projects, Port Clyde, MAINE Barbara Prey Projects is pleased to present three upcoming summer exhibitions of recent work by internationally acclaimed artist Barbara Prey. Click here for more [...]
MASS MoCA Commission now on Exhibit
Adding finishing touches before the painting goes up in Building 6 MASS MoCA Building 6, installed at MASS MoCA MASS MoCA Director Joe Thompson talking about the commission on site [...]
Two just Published Books
MASS MoCA: Chronicle of A Museum Commission outlines the process of painting the world's largest watercolor; illustrated with over 30 color studies of Prey's commission for MASS MoCA. Click here [...]
MASS MoCA: Chronicle the development of Barbara Prey’s museum commission here
MASS MoCA's Building 6 now open and Barbara's painting — considered the world's largest watercolor — on view, watch Barbara working on her commission onsite November 2016 Barbara has been [...]
Gallantly Streaming on exhibit at the United Nations
Both Ambassador Haley and former Ambassador Power on two different occasions selected Barbara Prey’s painting Gallantly Streaming I for exhibit at the United Nations during the United State's presidency of [...]
Painter brings sharp eye for light, life to Pittsfield’s Hancock Shaker Village
THE BOSTON GLOBE By Cate McQuaid, Globe Correspondent, August 28, 2019 PITTSFIELD — Watercolors capture light like no other medium, so it’s easy for a skilled artist to paint something shimmery [...]
BORROWED LIGHT at the Hancock Shaker Village
We are happy to announce Barbara's solo exhibition Borrowed Light: Barbara Ernst Prey opened on May 26 at the Hancock Shaker Village in Pittsfield, MA. The show is up through [...]
Barbara Prey talks about her process working on the MASS MoCA commission
https://youtu.be/YMqKBTt_4_Y
MASS MoCA: Barbara Ernst Prey, Building 6 Portrait, Interior
https://youtu.be/8qgxHIwYsFI
MASS MoCA mounting the painting
https://youtu.be/t-yQ6wnXWpA
Barbara Prey on the process of creating her watercolor painting for MASS MoCA
https://youtu.be/yEJmMIOH34Y
MASS MoCA Director Joe Thompson talking about Barbara Prey’s commission for the museum
https://youtu.be/DTfwzRor-oE
MASS MoCA Free Day Part 1
https://youtu.be/UU9809GoFak
Audio Tour Of MASS MoCA’s Building 6 — Opening Day Celebration 5/28/17
This Sunday, May 28th, MASS MoCA in North Adams, MA will open Building 6 - the Robert W. Wilson Building, to the public. This beyond-grand-opening doubles the vast museum’s exhibition [...]
Barbara Prey working on site for her MASS MoCA commission 2016/2017
https://youtu.be/w6i7TFlkEwk
Currently on exhibit in “OUT OF THIS WORLD. The Art and Artists of NASA”
Barbara Ernst Prey's NASA commissioned painting of the International Space Center is currently on exhibit in “OUT OF THIS WORLD. The Art and Artists of NASA” at the Vero Beach [...]
Currently on exhibit at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations
The three paintings Gallantly Streaming II, The Parade Route and Patriot are currently on exhibit at the U.S. Mission to the united Nations. Gallantly Streaming has a prominent place in [...]
Three Prey Paintings on Exhibit at the United Nations this December
Three of American Artist Barbara Ernst Prey’s iconic paintings are on exhibit this December at The United Nations. The U.S. Mission to the United Nations requested Gallantly Streaming I, Parade [...]
Barbara Ernst Prey to Serve on Museums Board of The Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg
Williamsburg, Va. -- Barbara Ernst Prey is invited to serve on the Museums board of The Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg. The Museums, which include the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk [...]
The George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum Opening Exhibit
One of Barbara's most noted paintings, Hydrangeas, will soon be exhibited at the newly designed George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum in Dallas, Texas. The Museum is set to open [...]