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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.


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
Figure Drawing Monday: Extended Poses I
Figure Drawing Monday: Extended Poses I
Monday, April 13, 2026
5:00 PM
Workshop
Gallery Players at the Muscarelle
Gallery Players at the Muscarelle
Wednesday, April 15, 2026
7:30 PM
Concert

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.


A Man Operating Cigoli’s Drawing Apparatus
CARDI, LODOVICO called IL CIGOLI
1606 - 1613
Pen, brown ink, and brown wash over black chalk on white paper
5 3/4 x 7 3/4 ins. (14.4 x 19.7 cm)
Gift of Manfred Brockhaus
The Lamentation of Christ
UNKNOWN
Oil on panel
8 x 10 3/4 ins. (20.3 x 27.3 cm)
Gift of the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Foundation
Thermal Kem
LEWANDOWSKI, EDMUND
1986
Oil on canvas
Canvas: 32 1/8 x 26 ins. (81.5 x 66.2 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Still life with cherries, peach and grapes
REAM, CARDUCIUS PLANTAGENET
Oil on canvas
12 1/4 x 10 ins. (30.7 x 25.4 cm)
Purchase, Gene A. (W&M 1952) and Mary A. Burns Art Acquisition Fund
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
Birmingham… Children of the Morning
BIGGERS, JOHN
1964
Linoleum cut
Sheet : 12 x 15 ins. (30.5 X 38.1 cm) : Image : 9 x 12 ins. (22.8 x 30.5 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Dance
OSUGI, SHOJI
1984
Color woodblock print
Sheet: 20 1/2 x 20 1/4 ins. (52.1 x 51.2 cm); Image: 17 3/4 x 17 3/4 ins. (45 x 45 cm)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Libertson
Blue and Red
WEBER, MAX
1945
Oil on canvas
Canvas: 13 1/4 x 20 1/4 ins. (33.6 x 51.3 cm); Framed: 17 1/8 x 24 1/8 ins. (43.4 x 61.2 cm)
Gift of Maynard J. and Dorothy F. Weber

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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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