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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.


North Wales, Near Dolgelly
PERCY, SYDNEY RICHARD
1860
Oil on canvas
44 x 72 1/2 ins. (112.8 x 185.9 cm)
Purchase, Gene A. (W&M 1952) and Mary A. Burns Art Acquisition Fund
Street Games, London
HOPKINS, THURSTON
1954 (printed 1990s)
Silver gelatin print
Sheet: 15 15/16 x 11 15/16 ins. (40.4 x 30.4 cm) Image: 13 15/16 x 9 5/16 ins. (35.3 x 23.7 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
The Madonna of the Swallow
CARRACCI, ANNIBALE
1587
Engraving printed with tone on laid paper
Sheet: 6 1/2 x 5 1/8 ins. (16.4 x 13.0 cm); Image: 6 3/8 x 4 7/8 ins. (16.1 x 12.3 cm)
Purchase, Acquired with funds from the Gene A. and Mary A. Burns Bequest
Michelle
BERROCAL, MIGUEL ORTIZ
Chrome on plastic base
Sculpture: 2 7/8 h. x 3 w. x 2 ins. d. (7.4 x 7.6 x 5.1 cm); Base: 1 1/8 h. x 2 1/3 ins. diam. (2.9 x 5.4 cm)
Gift of Gertrude Perrin
Porch Lady
JACKSON, A.B.
1960s
Watercolor, chalk, and colored pencil
Sight: 9 5/16 x 7 9/16 ins. (23.5 x 19.2 cm)
Gift of the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Foundation
New York City
ERWITT, ELLIOTT
1974
Silver gelatin print
Sheet: 20 x 24 ins. (50.8 x 60.8 cm); Image: 14 1/2 x 21 5/8 ins. (37.8 x 55.0 cm)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew G. Gerry
Madrugada/Sunrise
SÁNCHEZ, EMILIO
1974
Color lithograph
Sheet: 22 7/8 x 31 3/8 ins. (58.1 x 79.7 cm); Image: 21 5/8 x 30 1/8 ins. (54.9 x 76.5 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Singing the Roof Off
AMBROSE-SMITH, NEAL
2016
Monotype
32 x 44 ins.

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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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