It's been wonderful seeing so many visitors in the galleries this spring. We invite you to discover more about the Addison's current exhibitions, collection, and featured artists through recordings of recent talks and upcoming programs.
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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TOUR: Playing to Our Strengths Highlights from the Permanent Collection
Wednesday, June 10, 3:00–4:00 pm
Exhibition curator Gordon Wilkins will 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, and the orderly and the chaotic.
This program is open to the public and presented in partnership with Andover’s Memorial Hall Library; space is limited and registration is required.
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TOUR: Parasol Press: Breaking New Ground
Wednesday, June 24, 3:00–4:00 pm
Join curator Rachel Vogel to explore the exhibition. Parasol Press’s remarkable publications showcase radical innovations that pushed the boundaries of printmaking and secured Parasol’s place as one of the most important print publishers of the 20th century.
This program is open to the public and presented in partnership with Andover’s Memorial Hall Library; space is limited and registration is required.
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With this exhibition, the Addison will join museums across the country in marking the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Filling the entire building and including many of our “greatest hits” from the 18th century to the present, this exhibition reveals the extraordinary caliber of the Addison’s collection and offers insight into the ways art has not only reflected but also shaped, reinforced, and challenged an American society and culture that is forever “in the making.”
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Virtual Tour of Parasol Press with the Curator |
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In this virtual tour, curator Rachel Vogel explores Parasol Press: Breaking New Ground, the first exhibition to survey Parasol Press’s remarkable publications from 1970 to 2014. The program was presented in partnership with Andover’s Memorial Hall Library.
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The Addison Community Ambassadors, comprised of students from Andover High School, Greater Lawrence Technical School, Lawrence High School, and Phillips Academy, meet weekly to learn about the Addison, the history of museums, and theories of teaching and learning, and then design programming to create community at the Addison.
Below, Ambassadors discuss works on view in Playing to Our Strengths: Highlights from the Permanent Collection and Little Boxes.
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Presented by Addison Community Ambassadors
Gemma Park
Phillips Academy '27
Lauren Hellmann
Andover High School '26
Simran Shah
Phillips Academy '28
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Rania Ali-Svedsäter
Phillips Academy '26
Sophia Zhan
Phillips Academy '28
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Next Hayes Prize Winner Announced |
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We are excited to announce that multi-media artist Cynthia Talmadge has been selected as the recipient of the Addison Artist Council’s 2027 Bartlett H. Hayes Jr. Prize. Through this initiative, the Addison will organize Talmadge’s first solo exhibition (to open in September 2027), with an accompanying publication, an artist’s residency, and an acquisition of Talmadge’s work for the museum’s collection.
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Working in painting, photography, and installation, Talmadge draws on tabloid culture and the darker undercurrents of contemporary Americana. Tinged with fantasy and desolation and born out of deep historical research, her work betrays a fascination with heightened emotional states, mediated portrayals of those states, and the places where both converge.
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Images: Visitors explore Little Boxes, photo by Susan Golden; George Tooker, Market,1949. Egg tempera on gesso panel, 22 x 22 inches. Gift of John P. Axelrod (PA 1964) and partial museum purchase in memory of John O’Reilly and Jim Tellin, 2024.99; Robert Mangold, A Red, from Three Aquatints, 1979. Aquatint and etching. Courtesy of the artist. © Robert Mangold / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; Photo: Frank E. Graham; installation view of Parasol Press: Breaking New Ground, photo by Addison staff; installation view of Both Sides of the Line: Carmen Herrera & Leon Polk Smith, photo by Julia Featheringill; installation view of Little Boxes, photo by Addison staff; John Singer Sargent, Val d'Aosta: A Man Fishing, c. 1907. Oil on canvas, 22 1/4 x 28 1/4 inches. Gift of anonymous donor, 1928.53; Dorothea Lange, Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California, 1936. Gelatin silver print, 11 x 14 inches. Museum purchase, 2005.8; Cynthia Talmadge in her studio, photo by Charlie Rubin.
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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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