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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 10, 2026
10:30 AM
Family
Great American Birthday Quilt Reveal
Great American Birthday Quilt Reveal
Saturday, April 11, 2026
12:00 PM
FamilySpecial Event
Homeschool Art Classes Spring 2026: Ages 6-11
Homeschool Art Classes Spring 2026: Ages 6-11
Monday, April 13, 2026
10:00 AM
FamilyWorkshop
Homeschool Art Classes Spring 2026: Ages 12-18
Homeschool Art Classes Spring 2026: Ages 12-18
Monday, April 13, 2026
11:30 AM
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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.


Don’t B Afraid Its Just The Negro’es Playing dem Damn Drums again!
SIMMONS, DANNY
1997
Oil and graphite on cotton canvas
40 x 29 7/8 ins. (101.6 x 75.9 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Yellow Magpie
BASKIN, LEONARD
1973
Lithograph printed in four colors on Velin d'Arches paper
Framed: 44 3/4 x 32 3/4 ins. (113.5 x 83.2 cm)
Gift of Barbara Waal
Two naked boys with armor
van LEYDEN, LUCAS
Engraving
Sheet: 3 1/4 x 4 1/16 ins. (8.2 x 10.3 cm)
Gift of Ralph Wark
Horse and Rider
MARINI, MARINO
1953
India ink and body color on paper
Sheet: 24 3/8 x 17 ins. (61.9 x 43.2 cm); Image: 22 1/2 x 14 1/2 ins. (57.1 x 36.8 cm)
Bequest of Doris Piper Lamberson
A Long Silence
DUMAS, MARLENE
1989
Lithograph
Sheet: 19 7/8 x 17 1/2 ins. (50.5 x 44.4 cm); Image: 9 3/16 x 9 7/8 ins. (25.8 x 25.1 cm)
Maria Herman Lania Print Collection; Gift of Frederick and Lucy S. Herman
Oil Boom
ROMERO, CARA
2015
Archival pigment print on Legacy Platine paper
55 x 55 ins. (139.7 x 139.7 cm); Framed: 56 1/2 x 56 ins. (143.0 x 142.4 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Untitled
DOLNICK, JUDITH
Watercolor on paper
Sight: 9 1/8 x 10 3/8 ins. (23.2 x 26.4 cm); Frame: 16 1/4 x 17 1/2 ins. (41.3 x 44.5 cm)
Purchase, Muscarelle Museum of Art Associates
Untitled #2
STYLES, FREDDIE
c. 1990
Acrylic on board
Sheet: 36 x 60 ins. (91.6 x 152.5 cm); Framed: 46 5/8 x 70 1/2 ins. (118.4 x 179.0 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment

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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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