Winter Exhibition Season Opens at the Addison on February 26

This winter, the Addison Gallery of American Art, located on the campus of Phillips Academy, in Andover, MA, is reinstalling the entire first floor of the museum to present three exhibitions of work by groundbreaking artists who pushed artistic boundaries in a variety of media, transforming and defining 20th-century American art.

Georgia O’Keeffe, Photographer
February 26–June 12, 2022

Georgia O’Keeffe became famous for her paintings of flowers, skyscrapers, and landscapes, yet her lifelong connection to photography has not been explored in depth until now. Georgia O’Keeffe, Photographer features nearly 100 photographs from a newly examined archive that reveal the American icon’s Modernist approach to the medium. Complementing the photographs are paintings and drawings to represent the full scope of her career.

Arthur Wesley Dow: Nearest to the Divine
February 26–July 31, 2022

Presenting paintings, prints, drawings, and photographs by Arthur Wesley Dow, this exhibition reveals the Ipswich-born artist's radically anti-academic, mystical approach to artmaking, with its emphasis on emotion and personal vision rather than faithful representation. An influential educator and theorist, Dow instructed Georgia O’Keeffe during her time at Teachers College, Columbia University, and was a transformative force in her artistic practice.

“What Next?” Camera Work and 291 Magazine
February 26–July 31, 2022

This exhibition features photogravures from Alfred Stieglitz's deluxe photography journal Camera Work (1903–1917), as well as avant-garde drawings and visual poems published in 291 magazine (1915–1916), which was created by Marius de Zayas, Agnes Ernst Meyer, and Paul Haviland. Issues of both groundbreaking publications were donated to the Addison by Georgia O’Keeffe and Elizabeth Davidson in 1953.

Additionally, Light, Space, Surface: Works from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art remains on view through March 20. This exhibition explores the art of Light and Space as well as related works with highly polished surfaces often referred to as “finish fetish.” In the 1960s and 1970s, various artists in Southern California began to create works that investigate perceptual phenomena: how we come to understand form, volume, presence, and absence through light, whether seen directly through other materials, reflected, or refracted. Featured artists include Peter Alexander, Judy Chicago, Gisela Colón, Mary Corse, Laddie John Dill, Fred Eversley, Robert Irwin, Helen Pashgian, James Turrell, Doug Wheeler, and Norman Zammitt, among others.

In celebration of the winter exhibition season, the Addison Gallery is hosting an opening reception on Friday, February 25, from 6:00 to 8:00 pm. Admission to the museum and the opening reception is free. Please note that face masks must be worn while in the museum.