NEW PROGRAMS ANNOUNCED!
It's been a busy and energizing season at the Addison. Last month we were pleased to welcome artists Peter and Sally Saul for a residency as well as a conversation between Peter Saul and Americans in Paris curator Debra Bricker Balken. A video recording of the talk is linked below. Additionally, we are pleased to announce several new programs—both in-person and virtual—planned for the coming months.
The Addison is free and open to the public, Tuesday through Saturday, 10:00 am–5:00 pm, and Sunday, 1:00–5:00 pm.
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HOLIDAY HOURS:
The museum will be closed on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 28.
We will be open with regular hours on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday following the holiday—bring your family and friends!
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VIRTUAL TALK WITH THE CURATOR:
Americans in Paris: Artists Working in Postwar France, 1946–1962
Tuesday, December 3, 3:00 pm
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Join lead exhibition curator Debra Bricker Balken for a virtual talk about the artists, themes, and works presented in the exhibition. This free program is organized with Andover's Memorial Hall Library; registration is required. A recording of this program will be available online shortly afterwards.
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HANDS-ON WORKSHOP: Mohican Basketry and Stamping Techniques
Tuesday, December 10, 6:00–7:30 pm
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In conjunction with the exhibition Kay WalkingStick / Hudson River School, join artist Monique Tyndall, the Director of Cultural Affairs for the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohicans, at the Addison for a conversation about Mohican basketry and a hands-on exploration of potato stamping techniques with traditional pigments. This program is co-hosted by Phillips Academy’s Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology, who has lent several works from their vast collection to the Addison’s installation. This workshop is free, but space is limited and registration is required.
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GALLERY TOUR WITH THE CURATOR: Figure/Ground
Tuesday, January 7, 3:00 pm
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Join Assistant Curator Rachel Vogel for a tour and discussion of the exhibition, which examines the interconnection between individuals and their environments, offering a multifaceted view of the human experience in relation to the spaces we inhabit. This free program has been organized with Andover’s Memorial Hall Library. Space is limited and registration is required.
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VIRTUAL TALK: Caring for Native American Collections
Tuesday, January 14, 3:00 pm
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In conjunction with Kay WalkingStick / Hudson River School, join Marla Taylor, Curator of Collections, and Ryan Wheeler, Director, from Phillips Academy’s Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology on Zoom for a virtual conversation on a museum’s role and responsibilities in stewarding Native American cultural material. This free program is organized with Andover’s Memorial Hall Library. Registration is required. A recording of this program will be available online shortly afterwards.
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Recently the New York Times highlighted the Addison's painting Manhattan Bridge Loop by Edward Hopper (currently on view in the exhibition Figure/Ground) for their regular series "10-minute Challenge," which asks readers to spend uninterrupted time looking at one piece of art.
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New York Times Graphics Editor Larry Buchanan spoke with Gordon Wilkins, the Addison's Robert M. Walker Curator of American Art, to provide some background information about the painting's structure, composition, and inspiration.
Read the article and try the 10-minute Challenge »
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SAVE AT THE MUSEUM SHOP ON DECEMBER 1!
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We invite you to “Shop with Purpose” at the Addison Gallery and other museums and cultural institutions on the Sunday after Thanksgiving, December 1, 2024. Shoppers will not only find quality gifts filled with inspiration and educational value, but through their purchases, will also directly support their favorite museums. When you purchase a gift from the museum store, you help to sustain the museum’s service to the community.
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The Addison will offer a 10% discount on all purchases on Museum Store Sunday, December 1, 2024. At the Addison’s Museum Shop, find a selection of one-of-a-kind items inspired by current exhibitions and works in the collection, as well as beautiful objects created by artisans from around the region, including housewares, jewelry, and stationery. Read more about the event »
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Kay WalkingStick / Hudson River School (through February 2, 2025), organized by the New-York Historical Society, places landscape paintings by Cherokee artist Kay WalkingStick in conversation with highlights from N-YHS's collection of 19th-century Hudson River School paintings, exploring the relationship between Indigenous art and American art history. View virtual tour »
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Figure/Ground (through January 12, 2025) features works from the museum’s collection to examine the interconnection between individuals and their environments, offering a multifaceted view of the human experience in relation to the spaces we inhabit. View virtual tour »
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VIDEO: In Conversation: Peter Saul and Debra Bricker Balken
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Last month, artist Peter Saul, whose work is currently on view in Americans in Paris: Artists Working in Postwar France, 1946–1962, and lead exhibition curator Debra Bricker Balken presented an engaging, informal conversation about Saul’s fruitful time in Paris from 1958 to 1962, his interactions with other expats such as William Copley, his responses to French culture, and how these combined experiences have animated his celebrated and groundbreaking career over the past six decades.
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Images:
Americans in Paris: Artists Working in Postwar France, 1946–1962 installation view, photo by Julia Featheringill; Carmen Herrera, Réalités Nouvelles, 1948. Acrylic on canvas, 31 x 39 1/4 inches. © Estate of Carmen Herrera. Courtesy Lisson Gallery, New York; John Sloan, Sunday, Women Drying Their Hair, 1912. Oil on canvas, 26 1/8 x 32 1/8 inches. Museum purchase, 1938.67; Mohican basket images from the program The Beauty of Mohican Basketry: Revealing Faded Designs with Digital Technology from the Stockbridge-Munsee Mohican Tribal Historic Preservation Office; Robert S. Peabody Museum staff, photo by Henry Marte; screenshot from New York Times "10-Minute Challenge," November 4, 2024, painting by Edward Hopper, Manhattan Bridge Loop, 1928. Oil on canvas, 35 x 60 inches. Gift of Stephen C. Clark, Esq. 1932.17; Harold Cousins, La Forêt, c.1960. Welded bronze with patina and wood base, 42 x 47 1/2 x 17 1/2 inches. © Estate of Harold Cousins. Courtesy Michael Rosenfeld Gallery LLC, New York; Kay WalkingStick, July Low Water, 2010. Oil and palladium leaf on panel in two parts. Courtesy the artist and Hales, London and New York. Photo by JSP Art Photography. © Kay WalkingStick; Daphne Dunbar, Free Parking in the Fenway, c. 1939. Lithograph on wove paper, 8 5/16 x 12 3/8 inches. Museum purchase, 1941.54.
Exhibition and program credits:
Americans in Paris: Artists Working in Postwar France, 1946–1962 is organized by the Grey Art Museum, New York University. Curated by Debra Bricker Balken with Lynn Gumpert, the exhibition is made possible in part by generous support from the Terra Foundation for American Art, sponsor of the international tour; the National Endowment for the Arts; the Ellsworth Kelly Foundation; Hauser & Wirth; Robert E. Holmes and David Hubensky; the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation; The Falkenstein Foundation; the O’Brien Art Foundation; the Sam Francis Foundation; Francis H. Williams and Keris Salmon; the Al Held Foundation; David Hall Gallery, LLC, Wellesley, MA; the Grey’s Director’s Circle, Inter/National Council, and Friends; and the Abby Weed Grey Trust. In-kind support is provided by ArtCare Conservation, Ryan Lee Gallery, and Les Films du Jeudi. Support for the publication has been provided by the Boris Lurie Art Foundation; the Henry Luce Foundation; and the Schaina & Josephina Lurje Memorial Foundation. Funding for travel and research was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art; Global Research Initiatives, Office of the Provost, NYU; and the RISD Professional Development Fund. Generous support for the Addison’s presentation of this exhibition has been provided by the Ellsworth Kelly Foundation, the Sidney R. Knafel Fund, the Mark Rudkin Fund, the Sam Francis Foundation, and James H. ’61 & Liliane Rubin P’91, ’95.
Kay WalkingStick / Hudson River School has been organized by the New-York Historical Society. Major support is provided by the Lily Auchincloss Foundation. Generous support for the Addison’s presentation of this exhibition has been provided by Katherine D. and Stephen C. Sherrill (PA 1971, and P 2005, 2007, 2010) and the Elizabeth and Anthony Enders Exhibitions Fund.
Generous support for Figure/Ground has been provided by the Mollie Bennett Lupe and Garland M. Lasater Exhibition Fund.
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