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Abstract Expressionists: The Women

Now through April 26, 2026

Featuring close to fifty paintings created by thirty-two important women artists between 1936 and 1977 in New York, California and Paris.


Storybook Hour
Storybook Hour
Friday, April 24, 2026
10:30 AM
Family
Figure Drawing Monday: Extended Poses II
Figure Drawing Monday: Extended Poses II
Monday, April 27, 2026
5:00 PM
Workshop
Storybook Hour
Storybook Hour
Friday, May 1, 2026
10:30 AM
Family
Wine & Run for the Roses
Wine & Run for the Roses
Saturday, May 2, 2026
3:00 PM
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On View

Abstract Expressionists: The Women

January 23, 2026 — April 26, 2026
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James Sullivan: Thinking Sculpture | Sculpture Thinking

February 28, 2026 — June 14, 2026
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First Looks & Favorites from the Permanent Collection

February 28, 2026 — June 7, 2026
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Where Late the Sweet Birds: Selected Works of Morgan Bulkeley, 1984-2025

August 27, 2025 — Ongoing
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Founding the Alma Mater of the Nation

February 7, 2025 — Ongoing
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Upcoming

America’s Tapestry: 13 Colonies. 13 Stories. 1 Nation.

June 19, 2026 — September 6, 2026
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Collection Highlights

The permanent collection at the Muscarelle dates from 1732 and has grown to nearly 8,000 objects.


Aura
COHEN, LEWIS
1978
Bronze
31 x 26 1/2 x 16 ins. (78.7 x 67.3 x 40.6 cm)
Gift of the artist
Untitled
DARIE, SANDU
circa 1962
Ink, pen and collage on four sheets of paper
36 x 10 5/8 ins. (91.4 x 27 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Baked Potato with Butter
OLDENBURG, CLAES THURE
1972
Color lithograph
Sheet: 30 3/16 x 39 5/8 ins. (76.7 x 100.7 cm); Framed: 34 1/4 x 43 5/8 ins. (86.9 x 110.8 cm)
Purchase, Museum Acquisition Fund
Hippodrome Shows, Gloucester, Massachusetts
BEAL, REYNOLDS
1945
Watercolor and red conté crayon on paper
Sight: 6 3/4 x 10 ins. (17.0 x 25.3 cm)
Gift of Gene A. (W&M 1952) and Mary A. Burns
Tide Pool
WESTON, BRETT
1978
Gelatin silver print
Image: 11 5/8 x 10 5/8 ins (29.4 x 27.0)
Gift of Joseph C. French, Jr.
Self-portrait in felt hat
CURTIS, EDWARD S.
c. 1899
Photogravure on wove paper
Sheet: 15 1/2 x 10 15/16 ins. (39.3 x 27.7 cm); Image: 10 1/8 x 7 ins. (25.6 x 17.7 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Moonlit Landscape
TANNER, HENRY OSSAWA
c. 1898 - 1900
Oil on canvas
18 1/8 x 15 1/4 ins. (46.4 x 38.4 cm)
Purchase, Gene A. (W&M 1952) and Mary A. Burns Art Acquisition Fund
Erie RR and Factories
MARSH, REGINALD
1930
Etching
Sheet [irreg.]: 10 1/4 x 13 5/8 ins. (26 x 34.5 cm); Image: 8 x 11 7/8 ins. (20.3 x 30.2 cm)
Gift of the Thaddeus W. Tate Jr. Revocable Trust

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UTAGAWA TOKOKUNI, Untitled Kabuki scene, c. 1815, Woodblock print, Sheet: 15 3/8 x 31 ins. (39.0 x 78.7 cm), Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Sullivan

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