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This Fall at the Addison Gallery

The Addison presents a variety of new exhibitions featuring that explore the American experience—past, present, and future

Addison Gallery of American Art, Community Contributor
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Jack Youngerman, Panneau, 1951. Oil on Masonite, 55 x 100 3/4 in. (140 x 255.9 cm). (© 2023 Estate of Jack Youngerman / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY)
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Claire Falkenstein, Sun, c.1959. Welded copper, 27 1/2 x 35 x 66 in. (69.8 x 88.9 x 167.6 cm) © The Falkenstein Foundation. (Courtesy Michael Rosenfeld Gallery LLC, New York)
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Paul Jenkins, Uranus, 1956. Oil and chrysochrome on canvas, 28 3/4 x 23 1/2 in. (73 x 59.7 cm) (©Estate of Suzanne Jenkins / Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York 2023)
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Kay WalkingStick, Niagara, 2022. Oil on panel in two parts. New-York Historical Society, 2023.2ab. © Kay WalkingStick (© Kay WalkingStick)
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Kay WalkingStick, Our Land Variation II, 2008. Oil stick on paper. Miller Meigs Collections. Photo by JSP Art Photography. (© Kay WalkingStick)
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Eastman Johnson, Woman on a Hill, 1870, oil on pressed cardboard, 25 1/2 x 21 1/4 inches, museum purchase, 1938.5 (Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA)
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Paul Strand, I. New York., 1916, photogravure on paper, gift of Georgia O'Keeffe and Elizabeth Davidson, 1953.43.2 (Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA)

After closing for the month of August to reinstall all our galleries, the Addison Gallery of American Art, located on the campus of Phillips Academy, Andover, will reopen on Tuesday, September 3!

This fall, the Addison presents Americans in Paris: Artists Working in Postwar France, 1946–1962, Kay WalkingStick / Hudson River School, and Figure/Ground.

Save the date for the Fall Opening Reception: Saturday, September 21, 4:00–6:00 pm!

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Americans in Paris: Artists Working in Postwar France, 1946–1962
September 3, 2024–January 5, 2025

Comprising some 135 artworks by approximately 70 artists, including Ellsworth Kelly, Kenneth Noland, Jack Youngerman, Carmen Herrera, Joan Mitchell, and Mark Tobey, this exhibition delves into the various circles of American artists who made France their home during the post-World War II era, and investigates the academies where many studied, the spaces where their work was exhibited, their interactions with European artists, and the overarching issue of what it meant to be an American abroad.

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Kay WalkingStick / Hudson River School
September 14, 2024–February 2, 2025

This exhibition places landscape paintings by the renowned contemporary Cherokee artist Kay WalkingStick in conversation with 19th-century Hudson River School paintings from the New-York Historical Society’s and the Addison Gallery’s collections. Celebrating a shared reverence for nature while engaging crucial questions about land dispossession and its reclamation by Indigenous peoples and nations, Kay WalkingStick / Hudson River School explores the relationship between Indigenous art and American art history.

Figure/Ground
September 14, 2024–March 2, 2025

Featuring works from the Addison’s collection, Figure/Ground explores the connection between individuals and their environments, illustrating how human experience is shaped by the spaces we inhabit. Some figures seem at ease within their settings, while others appear constrained by or disconnected from them. Some figures find harmony with nature, while others struggle against it. These varied scenes invite narrative and prompt reflection on the ways we relate to our own environments.

An exciting array of public programs related to these exhibitions and the museum’s collection are planned for the season—please visit the Addison’s Calendar of Events for details.

The Addison Gallery is free and open to the public Tuesday through Saturday, 10:00 am– 5:00 pm, and Sunday, 1:00–5:00 pm (closed on Mondays and national holidays). addisongallery.org

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