Picturing Mystic: Views of the Connecticut Shoreline, 1890-1950
May 21 – September 4, 2022 The historic waterfronts and picturesque landscapes of Mystic, Connecticut have long made it a destination for artists and visitors. Painter Charles H. Davis settled in Mystic in 1891 and was soon followed by other artists, forming a Mystic art colony in the early 20th century. This exhibition focuses on […]
Locations: Recent Work by Marian Bingham
February 5 – April 10, 2022 Hills of St. Felix, 2015, oil on canvas, diptych, 24 x 48 inches each. Artist Marian (“Bing”) Bingham explores place, temporality, memory, and meaning in her work. Shifting between materials and techniques, Bing’s practice concerns formal artistic exploration grounded in observation, narrative, and allegory. Drawn to the natural world, […]
Unbeatable Women: Power and Innovation in the Work of Women Photographers
February 26 – June 19, 2022 Extended through June 26 Examining women’s rich contributions to modern and contemporary photography, this exhibition presents compelling photographs that address female innovation, power, and identity. Curated in partnership with Connecticut College students, the exhibition showcases the Lyman Allyn’s growing photography collection, augmented by select loans. The title “Unbeatable Women” […]
Norman Ives: Constructions & Reconstructions
January 29 – April 24, 2022 An innovative artist and designer, Norman Ives (American, 1923-1978) pioneered the use of type and letterforms as primary subjects for his designs. A student of Josef Albers, Ives taught at the Yale University School of Art from 1952 until his death in 1978, finding success in a multi-faceted career […]
Rattan River Installation
Installed Fall 2021 Michael Harvey’s Rattan River was first installed in Oxford, England, as part of the Land Art movement of the late 1960s. Artists embraced nature as the site and material of their art, advocating for a more responsible stewardship of the natural world. As recreated on the grounds of the Museum, this flowing river […]
Ken Friedman: 92 Events
November 13, 2021 – January 16, 2022 92 Events presents works spanning six decades by New London-born American-Swedish artist Ken Friedman. Friedman produces conceptual, action-oriented, language-based works that challenge the idea of an artwork as a unique object. Throughout the exhibition, instructional texts navigate a fine line between sculptural proposition, absurdist action, and concrete poetry. […]
The Way Sisters: Miniaturists of the Early Republic
October 30, 2021 – January 23, 2022 Telling a story of struggle, innovation, and accomplishment, The Way Sisters explores the art of portrait miniatures and the role of portraiture in the years following the American Revolution, focusing on two remarkable, understudied women artists and their sitters. Mary Way (1769–1833) and Elizabeth (Betsey) Way Champlain (1771–1825), pioneering sisters […]
LUSTER: Realism and Hyperrealism in Contemporary Automobile and Motorcycle Painting
October 23, 2021 – January 2, 2022 Throughout the 20th and 21st centuries, cars and motorcycles have not only been ubiquitous on the nation’s streets and highways, but also in film, top forty hits, and in painting. With the emergence of photorealism in the 1960’s motor vehicles assumed a special place of distinction as subject matter in […]
Forest Dreaming / Sculptures and Paintings
by Ana Flores
June 12 – October 24, 2021Having lived for decades at the edge of a forest, the boundaries between the studio and the land have dissolved for artist Ana Flores. “My intellectual and aesthetic bedrock which was once narrowly focused on art history has shifted, earth stories have become the compelling force for my creative work.” […]
Memories & Inspiration: The Kerry and C. Betty Davis Collection of African American Art
May 29 – August 22, 2021 The traveling exhibition Memories & Inspiration: The Kerry and C. Betty Davis Collection of African American Art presents 62 selected works from a body of art amassed over 35 years by an ordinary working-class couple. Often choosing artworks over material items and other creature comforts, Kerry, a retired mailman, […]