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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.


Figure Drawing Monday: Minimal Line Drawing
Figure Drawing Monday: Minimal Line Drawing
Monday, March 23, 2026
5:00 PM
Workshop
Muscarelle Docent Class Information Session
Muscarelle Docent Class Information Session
Tuesday, March 24, 2026
1:00 PM
Information Session
Storybook Hour
Storybook Hour
Friday, March 27, 2026
10:30 AM
Family
Pet Portrait Workshop
Pet Portrait Workshop
Friday, March 27, 2026
2:00 PM
W&M Students

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 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
MORRISON, GEORGE
1957
Gouache and acrylic on paper
Sheet: 23 1/8 x 35 1/4 ins. (58.7 x 89.4 cm); Framed: 31 7/8 x 43 7/8 ins. (81.0 x 111.1 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Diogenes
DA CARPI, UGO after GIROLAMO FRANCESCO MARIA MAZZOLA called IL PARMIGIANINO [1503 – 1540]
c. 1525
Chiaroscuro woodcut
Image: 17 ¼ x 13 ¾ ins. (43.8 x 35.0 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Solitude
MORAN, MARY NIMMO
1880
Etching
Sheet: 9 x 12 1/4 ins. (22.9 x 31.0 cm); Image: 5 5/8 x 7 1/2 ins. (14.3 x 19.7 cm)
Gift of Christian Vinyard
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
Maine Winter
KIENBUSCH, WILLIAM
1964
Casein paint on paper mounted on board
Sheet: 27 1/2 x 38 ins. (69.8 x 96/4 cm); Framed: 35 x 46 ins. (88.9 x 116.8 cm)
Gift of Juan and Katrina Conde
Sugar Cane Syrup Makin’
HUNTER, CLEMENTINE
1979
Oil on canvasboard
18 x 24 ins. (45.7 x 60.9 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
The Brass Bowl
STEICHEN, EDWARD
1906
Halftone
7 5/8 x 6 3/8 ins (19.3 x 16.3 cm)
Gift of Joseph C. French, Jr.
The Fire Next Time: Blow Top Blues
SAAR, BETYE
1998
Color lithograph, hand-coloring, and collage, artist's proof 6
Sheet: 27 1/8 x 22 1/2 ins. (68.9 x 57.15 cm); Image: 27 1/8 x 22 1/2 ins. (68.9 x 57.15 cm)
Purchase, Thomas W. & Lolita Gayle Memorial Fund

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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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