NEW EXHIBITIONS!
This weekend begins a new exhibition season at the Addison: Robert Frank and Todd Webb: Across America, 1955 will open on Saturday while Free Association: New Acquisitions in Context will close on Sunday. Laying the Foundation: Exploring the Nucleus of the Addison’s Collection opened ahead of schedule, and in just three weeks, A Long Arc: Photography and the American South since 1845 and Finding American Form: 20th-Century Selections from the Permanent Collection will open as well. Read on for more information!
The Addison is open Tuesday through Saturday, 10:00 am to 5:00 pm, and Sunday, 1:00 to 5:00 pm, free and open to the public.
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| Closing Sunday, February 11
Free Association: New Acquisitions in Context shows how recently acquired works complement the museum’s extant holdings and help us to see the collection in novel ways, drawing out new narratives, juxtapositions, and conversations across time and media.
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| Opening Saturday, February 10
Robert Frank and Todd Webb: Across America, 1955, organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, presents photographs that Robert Frank and Todd Webb created separately for their 1955 Guggenheim Fellowships. Though the men had no knowledge of each other at the time, their strikingly similar images revealed popular cultural trends and shared ideologies that challenged the purity of the “American Roadtrip.”
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Opening Saturday, March 2
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A Long Arc: Photography and the American South since 1845, organized by the High Museum of Art, Atlanta, examines the complicated history of the South and reveals the region’s critical impact on the evolution of the medium, posing timely questions about American identity, culture, and character.
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VIRTUAL GALLERY TALK WITH THE EXHIBITION CURATOR:
Robert Frank and Todd Webb: Across America, 1955
Tuesday, February 27, 2:00 pm
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Join Lisa Volpe, Curator of Photography at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, for a discussion of the photographic projects that Frank and Webb created during travels through the United States in 1955.This free program is organized with Andover’s Memorial Hall Library; registration is required.
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WINTER OPENING RECEPTION
Saturday, March 9, 4:00–6:00 pm
Join us in celebrating the new exhibitions. Enjoy great company, refreshments, and the best of American art! Free and open to the public.
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GALLERY TOUR:
Laying the Foundation: Exploring the Nucleus of the Addison’s Collection
Tuesday, March 19, 11:00 am
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Curator Gordon Wilkins will lead visitors through the galleries to discuss the themes and works presented in the exhibition. This free program is organized with Andover’s Memorial Hall Library. Space is limited, registration is required.
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VIDEO: Virtual Gallery Talk: Free Association: New Acquisitions in Context
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Exhibition curators Gordon Wilkins and Rachel Vogel lead participants on a virtual tour through the works and themes presented in the exhibition. This event was organized with and recorded by Andover’s Memorial Hall Library. (Recorded on December 12, 2023)
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Images:
Robert Frank, Parade, Hoboken, New Jersey, 1955–56, printed 1972–77, gelatin silver print, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the Target Collection of American Photography, Museum purchase funded by Target Stores. © The June Leaf and Robert Frank Foundation; Todd Webb, Diner, Ouray, CO, 1955, printed 2023, inkjet print, courtesy of Todd Webb Archive. © Todd Webb Archive; Free Association: New Acquisitions in Context installation view, photo by Julia Featheringill; James McNeill Whistler, Brown and Silver: Old Battersea Bridge, 1859–1863, oil on canvas mounted on Masonite, 25 1/8 x 29 15/16 inches, gift of Cornelius N. Bliss, 1928.55; Todd Webb, Wrecked Car Lot, Stoystown, PA, 1955, printed 2023, inkjet print, courtesy of Todd Webb Archive. © Todd Webb Archive; Matt Herron, The March from Selma, 1965, gelatin silver print, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, gift of Gloria and Paul Sternberg, 1999.154.5. © Estate of the artist; Hale Woodruff, Picking Cotton, c. 1926, oil on Masonite, 36 x 72 inches, gift of Stefan Kaluzny, 2023.170; Todd Webb, Between Lovelock and Fernley, NV, 1956, printed 2023, inkjet print, courtesy of Todd Webb Archive. © Todd Webb Archive; Robert Frank, U.S. 285, New Mexico, 1955, gelatin silver print, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Museum purchase funded by Jerry E. and Nannette Finger. © The June Leaf and Robert Frank Foundation; Edward Hopper, Manhattan Bridge Loop, 1928, oil on canvas, 35 x 60 inches, gift of Stephen C. Clark, Esq., 1932.17; George Inness, The Coming Storm, c. 1879, oil on canvas, 27 1/4 x 41 3/4 inches, gift of anonymous donor, 1928.25.
Exhibition and program credits:
Generous support for Free Association: New Acquisitions in Context has been provided by the Elizabeth and Anthony Enders Exhibitions Fund and the Mollie Bennett Lupe and Garland M. Lasater Exhibition Fund.
Robert Frank and Todd Webb: Across America, 1955 is organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Todd Webb Archive, Portland, Maine. The Addison’s presentation is generously supported by the Mollie Bennett Lupe and Garland M. Lasater Exhibition Fund.
Generous support for Laying the Foundation: Exploring the Nucleus of the Addison’s Collection has been provided by the Bernard and Louise Palitz Exhibitions Fund and the John-Esther Art Fund.
A Long Arc: Photography and the American South since 1845 is organized by the High Museum of Art, Atlanta. Generous support for the Addison’s presentation of the exhibition has been provided by the Francesca S. Woodman Exhibitions Fund.
Finding American Form: 20th-Century Selections from the Permanent Collection is generously supported by the Sidney R. Knafel Fund.
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