Love is in the air at the DMA! This Valentine’s weekend, DMA visitors shared their love for a favorite work of art in The Center for Creative Connections (C3) by participating in #HeartsForArt. Museums across the country invited visitors to place a paper heart on the floor in front of their most beloved work of art, then spread the love by photographing their art crushes and sharing them on Instagram or Twitter. At C3, visitors who tagged their photos with #HeartsForArt #DMAC3love were able to see favorite artworks on the #DMAdigitalspot wall of monitors.
Which are the most beloved DMA works of art in C3? We tallied up all of the #heartsforart time on Valentine’s Day to find that visitors have a soft spot for the DMA’s contemporary pieces. Jack Piersen’s Anytown USA (2000) was the most treasured artwork of the weekend, coming in at 106 hearts. The runners-up for Most-Loved artworks in C3 were Red and Yellow, Black and White (1982) by Vernon Fisher at 61 hearts, and Marcel Dzama’s The Minotaur (2008) at 58 hearts.
Paulina Lopez is the McDermott Graduate Intern for Visitor Engagement at the DMA