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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
FamilyWorkshop

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.


Martin Luther King, Jr.
WILSON, JOHN
2002
Etching on chine collé
Sheet: 35 3/4 x 29 7/8 ins. (91.0 x 75.8 cm); Image: 30 3/4 x 27 3/8 ins. (76.5 x 69.6 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
The Mother of Us All
KEYSER, ROBERT G.
1954
Oil on canvas
38 1/4 x 58 ins. (97.2 x 147.3 cm)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Olsen
Nude on Sand, Oceano
WESTON, EDWARD
1936 (printed 1940s-50s)
Gelatin silver print, tipped to Standards Permalife modern mounted
Image: 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 ins. (19.1 x 24.1 cm)
Gift of Joseph C. French, Jr.
Untitled
WOODRUFF, HALE
c. 1968
Brush and ink on heavy cream wove paper
Sheet : 21 ½ x 27 5/8 ins. (54.8 x 70.8 cm) (irreg.)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
The Burning
LAWRENCE, JACOB
1997
Silkscreen on Bainbridge two-ply rag paper
18 1/2 x 29 ins. (47 x 73.7 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment with additional funds provided by the Vinyard Acquisitions and Conservation Endowment
Cherub holding a rod
UNKNOWN
Black and white chalk on blue paper
10 3/5 x 13 3/4 ins. (26.5 x 35.0 cm)
Gift of Frederick and Lucy S. Herman
Frost Bitten
ALLISON, JOHN BEAR
2018
Digital photograph on Kodak Endura paper
20 x 30 1/4 ins. (51.8 x 76.4 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Nature morte
GRIS, JUAN
1922
Color pochoir
Sheet: 9 5/8 x 13 ins. (24.5 x 33 cm); Image: 6 ½ x 9 ½ ins. (16.6 x 24.2 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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