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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, March 13, 2026
10:30 AM
Family
Yoga at the Muscarelle
Yoga at the Muscarelle
Saturday, March 14, 2026
10:30 AM
Wellness
Figure Drawing Monday: Emotional Figure Drawing
Figure Drawing Monday: Emotional Figure Drawing
Monday, March 16, 2026
5:00 PM
Workshop
Curator’s Lecture: Abstract Expressionists: The Women
Curator’s Lecture: Abstract Expressionists: The Women
Tuesday, March 17, 2026
5:00 PM
Lecture

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 14, 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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Founding the Alma Mater of the Nation

February 7, 2025 — June 14, 2026
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Upcoming

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

June 19, 2026 — September 20, 2026
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Collection Highlights

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


Plants of Mourning, Remembrance of Things Past
MESA-BAINS, AMALIA
1997
Digital print on Arches Aquarelle
Sheet: 30 x 22 1/4 ins. (76.2 x 56.5 cm); Image: 25 7/8 x 20 ins. (65.8 x 50.9 cm)
Purchase, the Michael Darren Kelm Memorial Fund and the Kelm-Malis Family
Komposition
LONAS, JOSEPH HENRY
1956 - 1957
Bronze
91 3/4 h. x 28 w. x 21 ins. d. (233.1 x 71.1 x 53.3 cm)
Gift of the artist and his wife
Margot in a Floppy Bonnet (No. 3)
CASSATT, MARY
c. 1903 - 1904
Pencil on paper
Sheet: 11 3/8 x 7 7/8 ins. (28.9 x 20.0 cm); Image: 8 3/4 x 6 1/8 ins. (22.2 x 15.6 cm)
Purchase, Joseph & Margaret Muscarelle Art Endowment Fund
Horse
MARINI, MARINO
1951
Bronze on wood base
12 3/8 h. x 9 1/2 w. x 5 ins. d. (31.4 x 24.1 x 12.7cm)Base: 1 3/4 h. x 8 w. x 5 3/8 ins. d. (4.4 x 20.3 x 13.6cm)
Bequest of Doris Piper Lamberson
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 (Shark and pup with other fish)
WUNGULBA, MICKY
Ochre pigments on Eucalyptus bark
43 3/4 x 16 1/2 ins. (111.1 x 41.9 cm)
Gift of the Thaddeus W. Tate Jr. Revocable Trust
Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia, on his arrival at the Geneva Railroad Station
AIGNER, LUCIEN
Late 1930s
Gelatin silver print
Sheet: 11 x 13 7/8 ins. (27.9 x 35.4 cm); Image: 10 1/8 x 13 3/8 ins. (25.5 x 34.1 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
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

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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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