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Abstract Expressionists: The Women Buy Tickets

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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.


World Trade Center from Battery Park City, New York
WHITE, CHRISTIAN
c. 1978
Oil on canvas
Framed: 31 x 37 1/4 ins. (78.9 x 94.5 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
The March
LAWRENCE, JACOB
1995
Silkscreen on Bainbridge two-ply rag paper
18 x 28 ins. (45.7 x 71.1 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
Mother and Child – Sunlight
STEICHEN, EDWARD
1906
Photogravure
5 1/8 x 6 1/2 ins. (12.9 x 15.8 cm)
Gift of Joseph C. French, Jr.
Netsuke of a Noh dancer
UNKNOWN
Ivory
2 1/8 h. x 1 3/8 w. x 1 in. d. (5.4 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm)
Gift of June and Joseph Hennage
Cool Series #45, Striated Yellow
FINE, PERLE
c. 1961-1963
Oil on linen
59 3/4 x 50 ins. (151.8 x 127.0 cm)
Selected by 2023 Curator’s Circle Members and 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.
Birmingham Special, Rural Retreat, Virginia
LINK, O. WINSTON
1957 (reprint 1987)
Silver gelatin print
Sheet: 16 x 19 7/8 ins. (40.7 x 55.5 cm); Image: 15 7/16 x 19 1/4 ins. (39.2 x 48.9 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Untitled
SOLDEVILLA, LOLÓ
1956
Oil on canvas laid to board
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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