Virtual programming
Ed Wheeler: Santa Classics
Presented by The Butler Institute of American Art
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Presented by the Taft Museum of Art
Presented by the American Sign Museum
Presented by Glencairn Museum
Presented by China Institute
[Image: Ed Wheeler, Inspired by: Vincent van Gogh ─ The Starry Night, 1889. Museum of Modern Art]
“Santa Classics” is a series of images created by artist, photographer Ed Wheeler that is sure to bring joy to museum visitors of all ages. In this exhibition, Wheeler combines a timeless figure with equally timeless paintings by imagining Santa entering the great masterworks of art, with humor and reverence for the original works.
“Santa Classics” evolved from the humorous Holiday card wheeler created for his clients each year. He had his first Santa intervention vision for Emmanuel Leutze’s Washington Crossing the Delaware in 2011 while visiting the Met. When he added more Santa interventions to famous paintings and shared them with the world, it had all gone viral by 2013. Since then, Wheeler’s Santa Classics have been presented in galleries, museums, public spaces, and publications around the world.
View the gallery here: https://www.santaclassics.com/