Just one week left to see our current exhibitions—these spectacular shows will close on Friday, July 31, at 5:00 pm!
The Addison is free and open to the public Tuesday through Saturday, 10:00 am to 5:00 pm, and Sunday, 1:00 to 5:00 pm.
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NOTE: The museum will be closed August 1–September 8
as we reinstall our galleries. We look forward to seeing you again in the fall!
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With this exhibition, the Addison joins museums across the country in marking the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. We have taken this opportunity to do something unusual for this museum, devoting the entire building to a chronological installation of works from our collection. Like the artworks it contains, the Addison’s collection can also be read as a window into the conditions, values, and assumptions under which it has been assembled and continues to grow. Its strengths and omissions reflect the circumstances of its formation, including individual taste, institutional priorities, and broader social and cultural forces. In this sense, the exhibition also offers a portrait of a collection in formation, one that, like America itself, remains continually “in the making.”
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SAVE THE DATE: FALL OPENING RECEPTION
Join us in celebrating our new exhibition America in the Making
Enjoy great company, light refreshments, and the best of American art!
Free and open to the public.
Saturday, September 26, 4:00–6:00 pm
Additional programs to be announced soon!
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Thanks to your support, the Addison is able to offer free admission and programs to all. As a valued Addison member, you’ll enjoy exclusive perks and special access to events as our heartfelt thanks.
Friends, families, and Andover alumni can support the Addison in many ways. However you choose to give—at whatever level—your generosity is truly appreciated. Every gift counts.
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Click here to learn more about Addison gift membership and giving level benefits.
Please contact Kayla Reilly with any questions.
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Images: cover: view of the Addison rotunda, summer 2026, photo by Henry Marte; clockwise from top left: Richard Estes, Holland Hotel, 1980, pub. 1984. Screenprint printed in colors on 3 laminated sheets of Rives BFK.; Leon Polk Smith, Six Involvements in One, 1966 (recto of Seven Involvements in One, 1966), acrylic on canvas mounted on wood panel, 6 panels: 86 5/8 × 157 1/2 × 1 5/8 inches overall, Private collection. Image courtesy Lisson Gallery, © Leon Polk Smith Foundation; John McLaughlin, Y-1958, 1958. Oil on canvas, 32 x 48 inches. Museum purchase, 1995.69; Tommy Kha, New China (New Lin’s Chinese), Memphis, Archival pigment print. © Tommy Kha; Martin Puryear, Shoulders (State 2), 2005. Softground etching with drypoint and chine collé. Printed and published by Paulson Bott Press. Gift of William M. Drake, Jr. (PA 1950) and JoAnn Carney Drake, 2025.159; Winslow Homer, Boys in a Dory, 1880. Watercolor and graphite on wove paper, 13 3/4 x 19 1/2 inches. Gift of anonymous donor, 1931.6; Jacob Lawrence, Kibitzers, 1948. Egg tempera on Masonite, 20 x 24 inches. Gift from the Childe Hassam Fund of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, 1951.3; top to bottom: Hale Woodruff, Picking Cotton, c. 1926. Oil on Masonite, 36 x 72 inches. Gift of Stefan Kaluzny, 2023.170. Irene Rice Pereira, Light is Gold, 1951. Glass, acrylic, lacquer, casein, and gold leaf, 30 1/8 x 23 1/4 inches. Museum purchase, 1952.16; Walker Evans, Allie Mae Burroughs, Wife of Sharecropper, Hale County, Alabama, 1936. Gelatin silver print, 9 5/8 x 7 7/8 inches. Gift of Norman Selby (PA 1970) and Melissa G. Vail, 2020.31; Winslow Homer, The West Wind, 1891. Oil on canvas, 30 x 44 inches. Gift of anonymous donor, 1928.24; students working in Both Sides of the Line, photo by Addison staff.
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Exhibition credits:
Generous support for Parasol Press: Breaking New Ground has been provided by the Sidney R. Knafel Fund and the Stone Family, in honor of Allan Stone (PA ’50, P ’87).
Lead support for Both Sides of the Line: Carmen Herrera & Leon Polk Smith is provided by Irving Stenn, Jr., Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch, Luptak Family Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the University of Michigan Office of the Provost. Additional generous support is provided by the Robert Lehman Foundation. Support for the exhibition catalogue and programming is provided by Tony Bechara and the Leon Polk Smith Foundation. This exhibition is organized and circulated by the University of Michigan Museum of Art. The Addison’s presentation is generously supported by the Elizabeth and Anthony Enders Exhibitions Fund.
Generous support for Little Boxes has been provided by the Winton Family Fund.
Playing to Our Strengths: Highlights from the Permanent Collection is generously supported by the Mollie Bennett Lupe & Garland M. Lasater Exhibitions Fund.
Martin Puryear: In Print is part of a recent gift from William Drake (PA 1950) and JoAnn Carney that also includes prints by Mary Lee Bendolph, McArthur Binion, Willie Cole, and Stanley Whitney.
Generous support for In Focus: Winslow Homer: Watching, Waiting has been provided by The Bernard and Louise Palitz Exhibitions Fund.
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