News from the Addison | July 2022

Last chance to see current exhibitions!

LAST CHANCE!

Just two weeks left to see our current exhibitions—these four spectacular shows will close on Sunday, July 31, at 5:00 pm.

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.

NOTE: The museum will be closed for the month of August as we reinstall our galleries. We look forward to seeing you again in the fall with all new exhibitions!

ON VIEW THROUGH JULY 31

COMING THIS FALL

Rosamond Purcell: Nature Stands Aside | September 1– December 31, 2022

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.”

Harry Benson: Four Stories | September 1, 2022–January 30, 2023

Scottish-born photojournalist Harry Benson came to America with The Beatles in 1964 and never looked back. The award-winning artist, whose pictures have appeared in numerous magazines 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 Meredith March, the Beatles' arrival to the USA, and the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

Thank you to all of our friends who made generous contributions to the Addison this past fiscal year, ending June 30.

Your support has sustained the museum during this extraordinary year, making it possible for us to offer a dynamic and varied roster of exhibitions, engaging programs, and events; to care for and grow our renowned collection; to expand our digital resources and provide virtual and in-person educational programs for students at Phillips Academy and local K-12 schools; and to welcome all visitors free of charge.

SAVE THE DATE: Opening Reception, Friday, September 16, 6:00–8:00 pm

Additional fall programs to be announced soon!

Images:
Addison Gallery exterior, photo © Jeff Goldberg/Esto; Sadie Barnette, Malcolm X Speaks, 2018, archival pigment print and Swarovski crystals, 30 x 40 inches, purchased as the gift of David and Pamela Hornik (P 2015), 2022.25; Frederic Remington, Moonlight, Wolf, c. 1904, oil on canvas, 20 1/16 x 26 inches, gift of the members of the Phillips Academy Board of Trustees on the occasion of the 25th Anniversary of the Addison Gallery, 1956.2; Paul Strand,

VI II. Photograph - New York., Camera Work Numbers XLIX/L, MDCCCCXVII, c. 1917, photogravure on paper,

6 5/8 x 8 5/8 inches, gift of Georgia O'Keeffe and Elizabeth Davidson, 1953.44.8; Arthur Wesley Dow, Tree, Shack, and Boat, Ipswich, c. 1895, cyanotype, 6 3/8 x 8 3/8 inches, partial gift of George and Barbara Wright and partial purchase as the gift of R. Crosby Kemper through the R. Crosby Kemper Foundation, 2007.10.95; Rosamond Purcell, Great Egret, Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology, Camarillo, California, 2007–2008, inkjet print, dimensions variable, courtesy of the artist, ©Rosamond Purcell; Harry Benson, Pillow Fight, Paris, 1964, gelatin silver print, 44 x 44 inches, gift of Eileen and Jonathan Otto (PA 1975) 2020.9; Stanley Whitney, See see Love, 2021, oil on linen, 72 x 72 inches, purchased as the gift of Carol Sutton Lewis and William M. Lewis, Jr. (PA 1974), Andrea van Beuren and Roger Kass (PA 1979), and Agnes Gund with support of the African American Art Acquisition Fund, 2022.22

Exhibition credits:

Generous support for Past Is Prologue: History in Contemporary Art has been provided by the Mollie Bennett Lupe and Garland M. Lasater Exhibition Fund.

Regarding America: 19th-Century Art from the Permanent Collection is generously supported by the Sidney R. Knafel Fund.

Arthur Wesley Dow: Nearest to the Divine is generously supported by the Bernard and Louise Palitz Exhibitions Fund.

Generous support for Rosamond Purcell: Nature Stands Aside has been provided by the Artist's Resource Trust.

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