Exhibitions

The 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...

In 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 ...

The 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. Celebrating the span of Martin’s output, this will be the most extensive installation of the artist’s work, in ...

Located 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...

Known 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...

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. The NBMAA is committed to holding the 50th annual celebration of the Nor'Easter and will do so following t...