MAM in the News

In the latest Lost in Jersey podcast, artist Tom Nussbaum traces his path from childhood creations to public art across New Jersey. This fall, his six-decade career takes center stage in a major retrospective at MAM. Listen and watch the full conversation.

As the carnival barker title implies, it’s fun: about as close to an exercise in pure enjoyment as you are likely to find in a Jersey art museum this year.

At the heart of Nussbaum’s work is a deeply humanistic, psychological focus. His art explores relationships between family members and friends, the individual and society, and between the conscious and subconscious. These themes resonate throughout his distinct visual language, which expresses the emotional landscape of life’s journeys.