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Current Exhibition

For All the World to See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights

April 13 - July 31, 2013

​Exploring the historical role played by visual images in transforming the fight for civil rights in the United States.
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Current Exhibition

Secrets, Loss, Memory, and Courage: Works by Gay Male Artists

April 27 - July 31, 2013

Exploring secrecy, AIDS, loving relationships between men, and the quest for tolerance through works of art by gay male artists. »More

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Current Exhibition

Eye on the Collection

April 27 - July 31, 2013

Paintings from the permanent collection, featuring a dynamic mix of the familiar and the much-loved with the new and surprising. »More

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Current Exhibition

Richard Avedon, The Family, 1976

April 13-July 31, 2013

Sixty-nine photographs portraying key figures in the political, financial, and intellectual leadership of the United States offer a unique perspective on the country in 1976. »More

Collection Spotlight

  • Red Cart 1932

    Stuart Davis (oil on canvas) Davis was inspired by the flat, linear, and geometric shapes and bold, rich colors of Cubism when he painted this harbor scene... »MORE

  • Wave, Night 1928

    Georgia O'Keefe A rare O’Keeffe nocturnal seascape, Wave, Night has been featured in over forty traveling exhibitions since it joined the Addison collection in 1947… »MORE

  • Crossing The Threshold 2009

    Mark Bradford Mark Bradford builds canvases from scavenged from the streets near his studio in South Central Los Angeles… »MORE

  • Eight Bells 1886

    Winslow Homer (oil on canvas) Winslow Homer’s iconic Eight Bells  has been beloved by generations of visitors to the Addison… »MORE

  • Looking Up Inside Sending Tower 1933

    Margaret Bourke-White (gelatin silver print) The Addison is one of the first American museums to collect photography… »MORE

  • Funeral—St. Helena, South Carolina neg. 1955-56, prints c. 1981

    Robert Frank (gelatin silver print) The Addison is one of only three American museums to own all 83 images from The Americans... »MORE

  • Teapot c. 1750

    Jacob Hurd (silver with wood handle) An extraordinary example of American silver with deep ties to Phillips Academy. »MORE

  • Fenêtre I 2009

    Sheila Hicks (cotton, bamboo, linen, silk) From Sheila Hicks's retrospective exhibition. »MORE

  • Black Niijima Floats 2010

    Dale Chihuly (glass) A major installation for the Addison's newly renovated building. »MORE

  • Mary Elizabeth Martin 1771

    John Singleton Copley (oil on canvas) One of a handful of children painted by Copley... »MORE

  • Professor Henry A. Rowland 1897

    Thomas Eakins (oil on canvas) A contemplative and laudatory portrait... »MORE

  • Sunday, Women Drying Their Hair 1912

    John Sloan (oil on canvas) Depicting the urban life of New York City... »MORE

  • The Circus 1912

    George Bellows (oil on canvas) Swirling, excited motion within the circus ring... »MORE

  • Structure of Arches 1939

    David Smith (steel with zinc and copper plating) Abstract and uncannily anthropomorphic at the same time... »MORE

  • Summer, Sea, Window, Red Curtain 1942

    Marsden Hartley (oil on canvas) Merges seascape and still life, realism and abstraction... »MORE

  • Runaways 1993

    Glenn Ligon (suite of ten lithographs) Exploring the construction of identity... »MORE

  • Henry Hudson Bridge Substructure 2006

    Rackstraw Downes (oil on canvas) An intense study of changing light... »MORE

  • “National Archives Microfilm Publication M999 Roll 34” 2009

    Kara Walker (video) The disturbing story of an African American family... »MORE

    Addison Happenings

  • Visit with children: Looking Together tote bags, programs, and more.
  • Student Reflections on the Collection: Home by the Sea
  • Current exhibitions are on view through July 31
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