Thank you for supporting the Addison and for being part of our community this past year. It's been wonderful seeing you in the galleries and joining us for so many of our programs. Our fall exhibitions will be closing in the next few weeks, so we encourage you to stop by soon. And while we hate to say goodbye to what has been a stellar season, rest assured we’ve got lots of exciting projects slated for 2026! Please read on to find out about some of our upcoming exhibitions.
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The museum will be closed on December 24–25 and January 1. Otherwise, we will be open with regular hours, Tuesday through Saturday, 10:00 am to 5:00 pm, and Sunday, 1:00 to 5:00 pm, free and open to the public as always. We wish you a happy and healthy holiday season!
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Art, Spoken Word, and the Self: A Teen Workshop
Sunday, January 11, 1:30–3:00 pm
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Join us for an afternoon of exploration while we place works of art, spoken word, and your lived experience in conversations with each other.
• Performance and workshop with special guests Adobo-Fish-Sauce.
• Tours and activities inspired by the exhibition Hayes Prize 2025: Tommy Kha, Other Things Uttered.
Free and open to students 13 years of age and older. We welcome your presence, vulnerability, and willingness to share. Space is limited and registration is required.
Light refreshments will be available.
Hosted by Addison Community Ambassadors from Andover High School, Greater Lawrence Technical School, Lawrence High School, and Phillips Academy.
Questions: Please email Christine (cjee@andover.edu)
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Tommy Kha Book Launch Party
Thursday, January 15, 6:00–8:00 pm
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Join us to celebrate the arrival of our most recent publication, Hayes Prize 2025: Tommy Kha, Other Things Uttered. The second in our ongoing Hayes Prize series, this fully-illustrated volume documents Kha’s Addison exhibition and includes an essay by Jane Ursula Harris and poems by Ocean Vuong inspired by Kha’s work. Tommy Kha will be present to sign copies of the book; a limited number of advance copies will be available for purchase on a first-come, first-served basis.
No registration required!
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Parasol Press: Breaking New Ground
opens January 24
The first exhibition to survey Parasol Press’s remarkable publications, this presentation showcases radical innovations that pushed the boundaries of printmaking and secured Parasol’s place as one of the most important print publishers of the twentieth century. Parasol’s published editions were among the decade’s most ambitious, demonstrating the ways artists explored the materiality of printed surfaces while challenging the medium’s limits.
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Both Sides of the Line:
Carmen Herrera & Leon Polk Smith
opens February 21
This exhibition, organized by the University of Michigan Museum of Art, brings together 45 works, including paintings, works on paper, and three-dimensional objects, highlighting the groundbreaking work of Carmen Herrera and Leon Polk Smith—neighbors, friends, and pioneers of geometric abstraction. Despite forging a creative dialogue that spanned decades, their work has never been presented side-by-side at this scale, until now.
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Playing to Our Strengths: Highlights from the Permanent Collection
Continues through July 31
This iteration of Playing to Our Strengths unfolds across four distinct galleries that explore how American artists of the late 19th and early 20th centuries grappled with the inherently contradictory nature of modern life, laying bare the tensions between appearance and reality, the rational and irrational, the orderly and the chaotic.
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We are grateful to our many friends who give gifts to the Addison. With your membership support, the Addison continues an adventurous program of exhibitions, offers free admission to all, reaches diverse audiences through education outreach initiatives, and expands its extraordinary collection.
As a valued Addison member, you’ll enjoy exclusive perks and special access to events as our heartfelt thanks. If you would like to become a member, there is still time. Please visit the Addison's website to learn about the many benefits available to members and make a gift. Thank you for your support!
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Looking for last-minute gifts? Give the gift of Addison membership to friends and family! With a gift membership of $100 or more, you ensure that the Addison remains a vibrant cultural institution, and the recipient enjoys special invitations to exhibition openings and unique opportunities to experience all that the Addison offers. Plus, they also receive FREE admission to over 1,000 museums through the North American Reciprocal Museum Association. Gift memberships may be purchased by emailing kreilly@andover.edu.
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At the Addison's Museum Shop, you will 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 throughout the country including housewares, jewelry, and stationery.
Check out the Inciardi print vending machine while visiting the Museum Shop! There are 10 different prints available in the machine, which are dispensed at random. Each print costs $1.
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Happy Holidays from the Addison!
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We look forward to seeing you in 2026!
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Images:
installation view of Hayes Prize 2025: Tommy Kha, Other Things Uttered, photo by Susan Golden;
clockwise from top left: John Singer Sargent, Horses at Palma, 1908. Oil on canvas, 20 1/2 x 28 1/4 inches. Gift of anonymous donor, 1928.32; Mary Ann Carroll, Royal Poinciana, c. 1965. Oil on Board, 24 x 32 inches. Collection of Jonathan Otto (PA 1975, P 2024, 2027); Russell Lee, Jack Whinery and His Family, Homesteader, Pie Town, New Mexico, 1940. Dye transfer print from original Library of Congress transparency, 10 x 13 inches. Museum purchase, 1983.27. Tommy Kha, Mine IX, Den(tist Room), Whitehaven, Memphis, 2017. Archival pigment print. © Tommy Kha; Martin Johnson Heade, Apple Blossoms and Hummingbird, 1871. Oil on board, 14 x 18 1/16 inches. Museum purchase, 1945.4;
Hayes Prize 2025: Tommy Kha, Other Things Uttered book cover;
Adobo-Fish-Sauce at the Addison, photo by Addison staff; Installation view of Hayes Prize 2025: Tommy Kha, Other Things Uttered, photo by Susan Golden;
Chuck Close, Keith, 1972. Mezzotint. Private collection, Portland, Oregon. © Chuck Close, Courtesy Pace Gallery, New York; Photo: Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington;
Carmen Herrera, A City, 1949, acrylic on burlap, 48 × 38 inches, Private collection. Image courtesy Lisson Gallery, © Estate of Carmen Herrera;
Charles Sheeler, Ballardvale, 1946. Oil on canvas, 24 x 19 inches. Museum purchase, 1947.21;
Liz Collins, Spring, 2025. Linen, polyester, and silk, 74 x 61 inches. Partially purchased as the gift of Katherine D. and Stephen C. Sherrill (PA 1971, and P 2005, 2007, 2010) and partial museum purchase, 2025.118;
Museum shop images, photos by Addison staff;
Edward Hopper, [Christmas Card], 1930. Collage on paper, 5 1/4 x 7 3/8 inches, 2025.27.
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Exhibition credits:
Generous support for Making Their Way: The Florida Highwaymen Painters has been provided by Bernard I. Lumpkin and Carmine D. Boccuzzi and the Arthur and Vivian Schulte Exhibitions Fund.
Hayes Prize 2025: Tommy Kha, Other Things Uttered is sponsored by the Addison Artist Council (AAC), AAC Founder-level member Jason S. Tyler (PA 2001), and the Edward E. Elson Artist-in-Residence Fund.
Generous support for Captive Lands has been provided by the Sidney R. Knafel Fund.
Family Portrait is generously supported by the Winton Family Fund.
In Focus: John Singer Sargent is generously supported by the Bernard and Louise Palitz Exhibitions Fund.
Generous support for Parasol Press: Breaking New Ground has been provided by the Sidney R. Knafel Fund.
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.
Playing to Our Strengths: Highlights from the Permanent Collection is generously supported by the Mollie Bennett Lupe & Garland M. Lasater Exhibitions Fund.
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![Edward Hopper, [Christmas Card], 1930](https://d31hzlhk6di2h5.cloudfront.net/20251218/42/06/91/2d/d2863d14f1213fd023578539.jpg "Edward Hopper, [Christmas Card], 1930")
