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Louise Jones
January 21, 2019 - December 31, 2021In 2019, Detroit-based artist Louise Jones brought a vibrant array of floral imagery to the walls of the New Britain Museum of American Art’s LeWitt Family Staircase. Known for her large-scale botanical paintings, Jones creates site-specific murals whose compositions are often inspired by native ...LEARN MORE -
NEW/NOW: Shantell Martin
October 22, 2020 - April 18, 2021The NBMAA will present the work of Shantell Martin (b. 1980), one of the most versatile young artists working today, known for her exploration into the vast potential of the drawn line. Using an ink marker, she creates improvisat...LEARN MORE -
Lights, Camera, Ellen Carey: A Solo Exhibition at The Delamar Presented by NBMAA
September 10, 2020 - March 01, 2021As part of the New Britain Museum of American Art’s partnership with the Delamar Hotel in West Hartford, we are thrilled to announce our forthcoming exhibition featuring a solo presentation by acclaimed Hartford-based artist Ellen Carey (b. 1952), who was recently named one of th...LEARN MORE -
2020/20+ Women @ NBMAA Celebrating the Impact of Female-Identifying Artists throughout American History
January 24, 2020 - January 31, 2021The New Britain Museum of American Art will present 2020/20+ Women @ NBMAA, a year-long series of seven groundbreaking exhibitions devoted exclusively to women artists beginning January 2020. 100 years after women gained the right to vote, only 27% of major exhibitions are devoted to women artist...LEARN MORE
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Helen Frankenthaler Late Works, 1990–2003
February 11, 2021 - May 23, 2021Helen Frankenthaler Late Works, 1990–2003 will be the first museum presentation dedicated to the exploration of works from Helen Frankenthaler’s late life, featuring approximately 22 works on paper dating from 1990 to 2003—some measuring over 6 feet. The exhibition is curated by Douglas ...LEARN MORE -
NEW/NOW: Jennifer Wen Ma
May 05, 2021 - September 26, 2021As part of the NBMAA’s NEW/NOW exhibition series featuring emerging and established contemporary artists, the Museum will present Jennifer Wen Ma: An Inward Sea, opening May 6. In recent years, Ma (b. 1973, Beijing) has explored themes of utopia, dystopia, and the human conditio...LEARN MORE
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Some Day is Now: Women, Art & Social Change
October 01, 2020 - January 24, 2021Marking the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage in America, Some Day is Now: Women, Art & Social Change presents iconic American female artists whose work advocates for social empowerment and change. Some Day is Now features over twenty artists including Yoko Ono, Jenn...LEARN MORE -
Anything but Simple: Shaker Gift Drawings and the Women Who Made Them
August 06, 2020 - January 10, 2021Organized by Hancock Shaker Village, Pittsfield, MA, Anything but Simple: Shaker Gift Drawings and the Women Who Made Them features rare Shaker “gift” or “spirit” drawings, all created between 1843–57. Colorful, decorative, and complex, these drawings are unique to the Shakers and to Ame...LEARN MORE -
Nor'Easter: 50th Annual Juried Members Exhibition
September 12, 2020 - October 04, 2020About the Exhibition The New Britain Museum of American Art is dedicated to showcasing the work of emerging and established artists in all media through the Nor'Easter Annual Juried Exhibition. Winners First...LEARN MORE -
In Thread and On Paper: Anni Albers in Connecticut
March 19, 2020 - September 13, 2020Known for her pioneering graphic wall hangings, weavings, and designs, Anni Albers (1899-1994) is considered the most important textile artist of the 20th century. Curated by Fritz Horstman, the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, In Thread and On Paper will explore the groundbreaking...LEARN MORE -
Kara Walker: Harper's Pictorial History of the Civil War (Annotated)
January 24, 2020 - August 23, 2020Kara Walker: Harper’s Pictorial History of the Civil War (Annotated) considers experiences of racism toward African Americans that were absent or only alluded to in historical representations of the Civil War. Created in collaboration with the LeRoy Neiman Center...LEARN MORE -
The Art and Artists of Monhegan Island: Selections from the Charles J. and Irene Hamm Collection of Coastal Art
August 15, 2019 - August 01, 2020Located 10 miles off the coast of Maine, the remote and rustic island of Monhegan has drawn artists from around the world for over 150 years. Appreciated for its natural windswept beauty, quaint fishing village, high granite cliffs, and rocky beaches, Monhegan—known as “The Artist’s Island”—has b...LEARN MORE -
Art from the New Britain Public & Parochial Schools 2020
June 01, 2020 - June 30, 2020Every year the Museum displays hundreds of artworks by New Britain students in the annual Art from the New Britain Public & Parochial Schools, sponsored by Webster Bank. This year would have marked the 30th annual showing of the exhibition at the NBMAA, which welcomed more than 400 family members...LEARN MORE -
2020 Floral Expressions
May 08, 2020 - May 10, 2020The New Britain Museum of American Art continues the tradition of Floral Expressions with a celebration of the synergy between art and nature. Once again, we challenge regional floral designers to take inspiration from NBMAA masterworks and create artfully arranged interpretations using breathtak...LEARN MORE -
Chairway to Heaven: A Celebration of Shaker Seating Furniture
July 07, 2019 - February 02, 2020The United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, known today as the Shakers, came to the United States from England in 1774. In 1787, their first fully formed, self-supporting community was established at New Lebanon, New York, only a few miles west of the Massachusetts border. Withi...LEARN MORE -
For America: Paintings from the National Academy of Design
October 17, 2019 - January 26, 2020Founded in New York City in 1825 by artists including Samuel F.B. Morse, Asher B. Durand, and Thomas Cole, The National Academy of Design is the oldest artist honorary society in the United States. From its inception to the present, the NAD has required all Academicians to donate a represent...LEARN MORE -
Bill Viola: The Raft
October 10, 2019 - January 05, 2020This October, the NBMAA will present The Raft, a powerful video installation by one of the most highly regarded contemporary artists. Meticulously captured in slow-motion, The Raft addresses human calamity and shared humanity, provoking a consideration of the range of response...LEARN MORE -
In Bloom: The Botanical Paintings of T. Merrill Prentice
March 25, 2019 - October 17, 2019This March, the New Britain Museum of America will present an array of botanical paintings by Connecticut native T. (Thurlow) Merrill Prentice (1898–1985). The most extensive exhibition of these paintings at the NBMAA since their gift by the artist in 1977, Prentice’s vibrant watercolors...LEARN MORE -
Expanded Field: Photography from the Collection of the NBMAA
August 02, 2019 - September 29, 2019The New Britain Museum of American Art began collecting photography in the 1970s, and over the course of four decades, has amassed over 500 works dating from the 1840s to today. Expanded Field: Photography from the Collection of the NBMAA represents the most extensive photography surv...LEARN MORE -
NEW/NOW: Pablo Helguera
April 05, 2019 - September 15, 2019This April, the New Britain Museum of American Art presents the work of Pablo Helguera as part of the Museum’s NEW/NOW series featuring contemporary artists. Drawing upon Helguera’s passion for history and literature, this multi-disciplinary project, titled “Amazing Stories,” focuses on ...LEARN MORE -
Nor'Easter: The 49th Annual Juried Exhibition
June 22, 2019 - July 14, 2019EXHIBITION Saturday, June 22–Sunday, July 14, 2019 RECEPTION & AWARDS Sunday, June 23, 12:30-2 p.m. LOCATION 56 Lexington Street, New Britain, CT 06052 ABOUT THE EXHIBITION Nor...LEARN MORE -
The Beyond: Georgia O'Keeffe and Contemporary Art
February 22, 2019 - June 02, 2019Enormous flowers, luscious colors, desert landscapes, feminine forms, and still lifes. Georgia O’Keeffe (1887–1986) pioneered revolutionary ways of visually interpreting the world through her early embrace of abstraction and effusive use of color and is recognized as one of the preeminent America...LEARN MORE -
Neil Jenney: American Realist
November 02, 2018 - March 17, 2019Neil Jenney (b. 1945, Torrington, CT) emerged in the late 1960s with a unique brand of realist painting steeped in the landscape, people, and pastimes of America. Over the course of 50 years, Jenney has forged his own path outside the prevailing art trends, creating large-scale figurative landsca...LEARN MORE -
Pictures at an Exhibition
September 27, 2018 - November 30, 2018From September through November 2018, the NBMAA will present Pictures at an Exhibition, an innovative exhibition developed in partnership with the Hartford Symphony Orchestra and inspired by Modest Mussorgsky’s renowned 1874 musical composition of the same name. The exhibition spans mult...LEARN MORE -
2018 Floral Expressions
October 05, 2018 - October 07, 2018The New Britain Museum of American Art continues the tradition of Floral Expressions with a celebration of the synergy between art and nature. Once again, we challenge regional floral designers to take inspiration from NBMAA masterworks and create artfully arranged interpretations using breathtak...LEARN MORE