FALL HAPPENINGS
This week we will welcome photographer Harry Benson to the Addison for two public events to celebrate the exhibition Harry Benson: Four Stories (more details below). We also have added two new programs and have updated our first-floor front galleries with a selection of permanent collection works from the 19th century to the present.
The Addison remains free and open to the public, Tuesday through Saturday, 10:00 am to 5:00 pm, and Sunday, 1:00 to 5:00 pm. We look forward to seeing you!
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CELEBRATE HARRY BENSON: FOUR STORIES ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22
Photojournalist Harry Benson, whose pictures have appeared in numerous publications including Life, Vanity Fair, and The New Yorker, among others, has documented some of the most important events and influential people of the past six decades. This presentation showcases four powerful photo stories from the 1960s by Benson: the building of the Berlin Wall, the James Meredith March, the Beatles' arrival to the USA, and the presidential campaign and assassination of Robert F. Kennedy. The exhibition is on view through January 29, 2023. Take a virtual tour of the exhibition »
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EVENTS
Q&A with Harry Benson: 5:00 pm
Exhibition curators Tessa Hite and Allison Kemmerer will facilitate a Question & Answer session with Benson led by Phillips Academy students during which they will discuss his six decades of work as a photojournalist. This program will take place in Kemper Auditorium, located next to the Addison on Chapel Avenue, in Phillips Academy’s Elson Art Center. Space is limited and registration is required.
Exhibition Reception: 6:00–7:30 pm
Celebrate with the artist at the Addison Gallery!
Both events are free and open to the public.
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Rosamond Purcell’s first retrospective exhibition reflects the breadth of the artist’s career from the late 1960s to the current day and includes over 150 of the artist’s photographs, assemblages, collages, and installations. Purcell's work speaks eloquently to her persistent interrogation of the ways in which humanity attempts to understand the world around it, encouraging viewers to see things, in the words of Minor White, "not only for what they are but for what else they are."
Go on a virtual tour of the exhibition »
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Selections from the Permanent Collection | through January 29, 2023 |
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With the Addison collection now numbering more than 25,000 objects and growing, the museum is committed to displaying a range of works for discovery and appreciation by all visitors. This fall, Addison Gallery curators have selected paintings, prints, drawings, and sculptures from the 19th century to the present that represent the breadth and strengths of the museum's permanent collection.
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JUST ADDED! GALLERY TALK
Rosamond Purcell: Nature Stands Aside
Sunday, November 13, 2:00 pm
Join artist Rosamond Purcell and Curator Gordon Wilkins for a tour and discussion of the exhibition. The event is free, but space is limited and registration is required.
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GALLERY TOUR
Rosamond Purcell: Nature Stands Aside
Thursday, November 17, 2:00 pm
Join Curator Gordon Wilkins for a walk-through and discussion of the exhibition. This event, organized with Andover's Memorial Hall Library, is free, but space is limited.
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JUST ADDED! VIRTUAL TALK
The Art of HIV/AIDS
Thursday, December 1, 6:00 pm
Organized by Dr. Tanya Sheehan (PA 1994), New Perspectives: The Collection in Dialogue presents a series of virtual talks by leading scholars of American art that focus on the Addison's collection. In the first of this series, Fiona Johnstone and Jonathan Katz will explore art created during the AIDS crisis and works by artists who continue to be impacted by HIV. Artists discussed include Mark Morrisroe, Hunter Reynolds, Eric Rhein, Tim Rollins and K.O.S., and David Wojnarowicz, among others.
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VIRTUAL GALLERY TALK
Rosamond Purcell: Nature Stands Aside
Thursday, December 15, 2:00 pm
Curator Gordon Wilkins will lead visitors on a virtual tour through the exhibition, highlighting the themes and works presented. This free event is organized with Andover's Memorial Hall Library.
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Images:
Addison Gallery exterior, Addison staff; Harry Benson, Robert F. Kennedy, St. Patrick’s Day Parade, New York City (Announcing his bid for Presidency), 1968, gelatin silver print, 24 x 30 inches, courtesy of the artist and Gigi Benson, © Harry Benson; Harry Benson, Paul on Train, A Hard Day's Night, London, 1964, gelatin silver print, 24 x 30 inches, gift of Eileen and Jonathan Otto (PA 1975), 2020.8, © Harry Benson; Rosamond Purcell, Archimedes, c. 1978–79, Polaroid, 5 x 4 inches, Courtesy of the artist, © Rosamond Purcell; Addison Gallery installation views, Addison staff; Rosamond Purcell, Norfolk Island Kereru, Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, late 1990s, inkjet print, courtesy of the artist, © Rosamond Purcell; Rosamond Purcell, Great Egret, Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology, Camarillo, California, 2007–2008, inkjet print, courtesy of the artist, © Rosamond Purcell; David Wojnarowicz, Untitled (face in dirt), c. 1990,19 7/8 x 23 3/4 inches, gelatin silver print, purchased as the gift of Louis Wiley, Jr. (PA 1963) and John Clarke Kane, Jr. (PA 1963) in memory of Paul L. Monette (PA 1963) on the occasion of their 50th Reunion, with additional support from the Monette-Horwitz Trust, 2010.72; Rosamond Purcell, Primate Specimens, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University (Positive), early 1980s, gelatin silver print, 18 x 23 3/4 inches, courtesy of the artist, © Rosamond Purcell.
Exhibition credits:
Generous support for Rosamond Purcell: Nature Stands Aside has been provided by the Sidney R. Knafel Fund, Eric (PA ‘66) and Nanny Almquist, William M. Drake, Jr. (PA 1950) and JoAnn Carney Drake, and the Artist’s Resource Trust.
Harry Benson: Four Stories is generously supported by Eileen and Jonathan Otto ’75, P’24.
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