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Forever Marked By The Day: A Quarter Century of Mourning and Renewal


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Friday, October 23, 2026
10:30 AM
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Director’s Tour – Forever Marked by the Day
Friday, October 23, 2026
2:00 PM
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Director’s Tour – Forever Marked by the Day
Director’s Tour – Forever Marked by the Day
Saturday, October 24, 2026
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Sunday, October 25, 2026
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Forever Marked By The Day: A Quarter Century of Mourning and Renewal

June 26, 2026 — January 3, 2027
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Photography From 1870 to Tomorrow: Pioneers and Innovators

June 2, 2026 — Ongoing
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Resilient Beauty: Selections from the Native American Art Collection

May 15, 2026 — Ongoing
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The Great American Birthday Quilt

June 10, 2026 — Ongoing
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18th-20th Century American Paintings

May 15, 2026 — Ongoing
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Where Late the Sweet Birds: Selected Works of Morgan Bulkeley, 1984-2025

August 27, 2025 — Ongoing
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Lewis Cohen: Forms of Inquiry

August 28, 2026 — January 3, 2027
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Founding the Alma Mater of the Nation

February 7, 2025 — Ongoing
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Visions of the West

November 13, 2026 — February 21, 2027
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Collection Highlights

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


Dragonfly Rises to the Dance
SMITH, JAUNE QUICK-TO-SEE
2003
Charcoal and pencil
24 1/4 x 20 ins. (61.5 x 51.1 cm)
Purchase, Gene A. and Mary A. Burns Art Acquisitions Fund, Julian W. Fore Muscarelle Endowment, and Vinyard Acquisitions and Conservation Endowment
Peinetón
CORCUERA TERÁN, MARÍA SILVIA
1993-1996
Paper, gauze and wood with Styrofoam insert
43 1/4 x 35 3/8 x 7 1/2 ins. (109.9 x 89.9 x 19.0 cm)
Gift of the artist
Bicentennial Celebration, Greenpoint
NOONEY, DINANDA H.
1976
Black and white silver print
Sheet: 10 x 8 ins. (25.1 x 20.3 cm); Image: 9 5/8 x 7 1/8 ins. (24.5 x 19.4 cm)
Gift of Dinanda H. Nooney in memory of her parents Ferdinand Hansen and Jeanne Réveillon Hansen
Saints Peter Martyr, Francis, and Mary Magdalen
UNKNOWN after ANDREA DEL SARTO [1486 - 1530]
Late- 16th Century
Black and red chalk
Sight: 14 11/16 x 10 11/16 ins. (37.2 x 27.1 cm)
Gift of the Frederick and Lucy S. Herman Foundation
Don’t B Afraid Its Just The Negro’es Playing dem Damn Drums again!
SIMMONS, DANNY
1997
Oil and graphite on cotton canvas
40 x 29 7/8 ins. (101.6 x 75.9 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Woman Kneeling by Stones (Kniende am Stein)
HECKEL, ERICH
1913-1914
Woodcut printed in gray, black and blue ink on tan laid paper
Sheet: 26 1/2 x 20 1/8 ins. (67.3 x 51.2 cm); Image: 19 1/2 x 12 1/2 ins. (49.5 x 31.9 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Untitled (for Mark Morrisroe)
SHERMAN, CINDY
2000
Chromogenic print (C-print)
Sheet: 20 1/16 x 24 3/16 ins. (51 x 61.5 cm); Image: 11 1/8 x 15 3/8 ins. (28.2 x 39.1 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Assemblage
IZBICKI, RAY
Mixed media (metal, wood, plastic, and paint)
9 7/8 h. x 6 w. 6 d. ins. (25.1 x 15.2 x 15.2 cm)
Gift of the Betty Parsons Foundation

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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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