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Abstract Expressionists: The Women

January 23, 2026 — April 26, 2026

Experience some of the most revolutionary paintings of the modern era.
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Volunteer Orientation Session
Volunteer Orientation Session
Saturday, February 21, 2026
11:00 AM
Information Session
Figure Drawing Monday: Expressive Figures
Figure Drawing Monday: Expressive Figures
Monday, February 23, 2026
5:00 PM
Workshop
Sculpture’s Thinking: The Agency of Objects
Sculpture’s Thinking: The Agency of Objects
Thursday, February 26, 2026
5:00 PM
Lecture

On View

Abstract Expressionists: The Women

January 23, 2026 — April 26, 2026
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Losing Todd: A Mother’s Journey

October 16, 2025 — March 15, 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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Haiti to Harlem: Toussaint L’Ouverture & Jacob Lawrence

June 7, 2025 — February 22, 2026
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Founding the Alma Mater of the Nation

February 7, 2025 — June 14, 2026
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Upcoming

James Sullivan: Thinking Sculpture | Sculpture Thinking

February 28, 2026 — June 14, 2026
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Collection Highlights

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


Portrait of a baby
BROWN, HENRY JAMES
Oil on canvas
25 x 21 ins. (63.5 x 53.4 cm)
Bequest of Mrs. Christine I. Staton
Shom-Ki-Moli, Osage
MOON, CARL
1910
Toned gelatin silver print on textured paper
Sheet: 16 1/8 x 12 1/2 ins. (41.1 x 31.7 cm); Framed: 27 x 23 ins. (68.5 x 58.5 cm)
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
Untitled still life
MAROGER, JACQUES
Oil on hardboard panel
Panel: 30 1/4 x 36 ins. (76.7 x 91.5 cm)
Gift of Cynthia Reasor Broten (W&M '75) in memory of her parents Lucy & Woody Reasor
Ringelreihe (Ring-around-the-rosie) / Walther, Edeltrude, and Hans Kühn
KÜHN, HEINRICH
1903
Photogravure, gum bichromate
12 1/4 x 12 5/8 ins. (31.2 x 32 cm)
Gift of Joseph C. French, Jr.
Protecting Assets
JACKSON, PRESTON
2005
Cast bronze
26 1/2 x 12 3/8 x 23 ins. [overall] (67.3 x 30.9 x 58.4 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Rhythm with Three Guitars
STEVENSON, BEULAH
1952
Oil on canvas
Canvas: 36 3/8 x 30 1/4 ins. (93.4 x 76.8 cm); Framed: 45 ¾ x 39 ¾ ins. (116.2 x 101.3 cm)
Gift of Jean Outland Chrysler
Guerre Civile (Civil War)
MANET, EDOUARD
1871
Lithograph on chine collé, state II/II
Sheet: 18 ½ x 25 ¼ ins. (47.0 x 64.2 cm); Image: 15 ¾ x 20 ins. (40.0 x 50.8 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Volunteer Invitation
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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