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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.


Curator’s Gallery Talk for Students
Curator’s Gallery Talk for Students
Wednesday, March 18, 2026
12:00 PM
W&M Students
Film Screening: Showing Up
Film Screening: Showing Up
Thursday, March 19, 2026
2:00 PM
Film Screening
Volunteer Orientation Session
Volunteer Orientation Session
Saturday, March 21, 2026
11:00 AM
Information Session

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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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 — Ongoing
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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.


Untitled (54-2)
NEVELSON, LOUISE
1973
Aquatint, etching and collage on Fabriano wove paper
Sheet: 37 x 26 ins. (94.1 x 66.1 cm); Plate: 27 7/8 x 21 5/8 ins. (70.8 x 55.0 cm); Framed: 41 3/4 x 34 1/8 ins. (105.8 x 86.7 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Untitled
GARCIA ROSSI, HORACIO
1991
Acrylic on canvas
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Untitled
NEVELSON, LOUISE
1968
Bronze
4 h. x 2 w. x 7/8 ins. d. (10.2 x 5.1 x 2.2 cm)Base: 2 h. x 2 3/4 w. x 2 ins. d. (5.1 x 6.9 x 5.1 cm)
Gift of Mrs. Gertrude Perrin
Andante in Yellow and Green
LUCIONI, LUIGI
1975
Oil on canvas
22 1/4 x 26 1/4 ins. (56 x 66.4 cm)
Acquired with funds provided by James H. Starkey III & Judith Forehand Starkey
Rose on the Half Shell III
FONSECA, HARRY
1981
Acrylic on heavy wove paper with glitter
30 3/8 x 22 ½ ins. (76.5 x 57.1 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Morning Star
LANKES, JULIUS JOHN
c. 1940
Oil on unprimed plywood panel
23 3/4 x 19 5/8 ins. (60.3 x 49.8 cm)
Gift of J.B. Lankes in memory of J.J. Lankes
The Storyteller on a Navajo Theme
RHODES, ROSE PECOS-SUN
Ceramic
6 3/4 x 7 x 7 ins. (16.6 x 17.7 x 17.7 cm) [irreg.]
Gift of The Matthews Collection
La deposizione del sepolcro (The Deposition in the tomb )
MANTEGNA, ANDREA
1470-80
Engraving with drypoint
12 7/8 x 18 1/8 ins. (32.8 x 46.1 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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