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Juneteenth celebrations are here in Connecticut. Here’s how you can attend
Hartford Courant, June 14, 2025
Here's a look at Juneteenth celebrations across CT
Jim Welch, CT Public, June 12, 2025
NBMAA Hosting Juneteenth Access for All Community Day
New Britain Progressive, June 12, 2025
NBMAA acquires artwork by PR’s Rogelio Báez Vega
Claudia S. Hilario, New Britain Herald, June 9, 2025
New Britain Museum of American Art acquires artwork by Rogelio Báez Vega
ArtDaily.com, May 31, 2025
8 Things to Do This Weekend [The Hartford Dance Collective Performance]
Darren Kramer, WTNH, June 6, 2025
Hartford Dance Collective at NBMAA for artist residency
Claudia S. Hilario, New Britain Herald, May 19, 2025
New Britain Museum of American Art earns national accreditation
Claudia S. Hilario, New Britain Herald, March 26, 2025
NBMAA awarded grant for projects honoring Puerto Rican art, culture
Claudia S. Hilario, New Britain Herald, February 6, 2025
Day of Tears stage reading coming to New Britain museum
Claudia S. Hilario, New Britain Herald, February 3, 2025
New Britain community celebrates MLK Day through the arts
Sydney Boyo, NBC Connecticut, January 20, 2025
New Britain Museum of American Art PERSPECTIVES
iCRV Radio, January 16, 2025
Murder mystery theater thrills participants
Maïna Durafour, New Britain Herald, January 13, 2025
Bringing art, entertainment to NB
Maïna Durafour, New Britain Herald, September 14, 2024
The Best Towns in Connecticut, From Quaint Seaside Villages to Cozy Rural Retreats
Charlie Hobbs and Hannah Towey, Condé Nast Traveler, September 13, 2024
Artist Helen Frankenthaler, the Georgia O'Keeffe of abstract art, called Stamford home for decades
Ignacio Laguarda, CT Post, July 7, 2024
Gifted painting now part of NBMAA’s permanent collection
Ashley Totten, New Britain Herald, July 1, 2024
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day events at NBMAA
Jessica Fontaine, New Britain Herald, December 27, 2023
Playing "I Spy" at the New Britain Museum of American Art in Connecticut
Coast 2 Coast with Kids, June 13, 2023
Exploring American Art in New Britain
By Michael Rose, Fine Art Insights, June 26, 2023
NBMAA hosting 22nd annual Juneteenth celebration
By Brian M. Johnson, New Britain Herald, May 30, 2023
An Afternoon at the New Britain Museum of American Art
By Erica Tannen, The E List, February 6, 2023
Exhibitions
Joe Fig: Contemplating Vermeer
'Joe Fig: Contemplating Vermeer' art exhibit opens Friday at New Britain museum
Tracey O’Shaughnessy, Stamford Advocate, June 5, 2025
Joe Fig unveils new works inspired by Vermeer exhibition
Claudia S. Hilario, New Britain Herald, June 6, 2025
National Gallery of Art's "Across the Nation" Loan Initiative
New Britain art museum gets two National Gallery of Art works for America's 250th
Tracey O’Shaughnessy, CT Post, May 1, 2025
NBMAA hosting USA masterpieces
Claudia S. Hilario, New Britain Herald, April 18, 2025
National Gallery of Art to Loan Works from Its Permanent Collection to Museums Across the Country
Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews, April 9, 2025
Major Works by Botticelli, Renoir, and More to Tour 10 US States
The Collector, April 9, 2025
National Gallery of Art marking 250th anniversary of US with loans to ten museums across the country
The Art Newspaper, April 9, 2025
Major Botticelli, O’Keeffe, and Rothko Paintings to Tour 10 U.S. States
Jo Lawson-Tancred, ArtNet, April 8, 2025
Lure of the Sea: Masterworks of American Coastal Art
NBMAA Presents "Lure of the Sea: Masterworks of American Coastal Art"
artdaily.com, March 22, 2025
Masterworks of American coastal art
Chadd Scott, See Great Art, March 17, 2025
NBMAA to present masterworks of American coastal art this month
Claudia S. Hilario, New Britain Herald, March 7, 2025
Masterworks of Color: Shaker Crafts and the Art of George Chaplin
On The Scene Ep 38 New Britain Museum of Art - Tom Hickey and Bob Carr talk with Dr. M. Stephen Miller
On the Scene Podcast, March 28, 2025
Shaker furniture and George Chaplin's art now on display at New Britain art museum
Tracey O’Shaughnessy, New Haven Register, March 2, 2025
Marcy Jones checks out the new exhibit at the New Britain Museum of American Art with Steve Miller (1)
Great Day Connecticut, WFSB, February 21, 2025
Marcy Jones checks out a new exhibit at the Museum of American Art in New Britain with Steve Miller (2)
Great Day Connecticut, WFSB, February 21, 2025
Blue Grass, Green Skies: American Impressionism and Realism from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
New Britain Museum of American Art gives Impressionism its due
By Tracey O'Shaughnessy, Republican American, February 3, 2025
New NBMAA exhibition praises American Impressionism, Realism
Claudia S. Hilario, New Britain Herald, January 22, 2025
Impressionism, realism at NBMAA
Republican American, January 22, 2025
Coming Attractions: January 19 through February 3 — What Will Light Your Fire
The Arts Fuse, January 19, 2025
Finding Connecticut, January 14, 2025
Blue Grass, Green Skies: American Impressionism from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art at New Britain Museum of American Art
CT Examiner, January 14, 2025
American Impressionism at New Britain Museum of American Art
Chadd Scott, See Great Art, January 14, 2025
David Hockney & James Sellars: Haplomatics
David Hockney and James Sellars ‘Haplomatics’ exhibition
Chadd Scott, See Great Art, December 12, 2024
Vik Muniz: Extra-Ordinary
Marcy Jones shows us around Vik Muniz: Extra-Ordinary with Lisa Williams
Great Day Connecticut, WFSB, November 8, 2024
Marcy Jones with Lisa Williams checking out Vik Muniz: Extra-Ordinary
Great Day Connecticut, WFSB, November 8, 2024
NBMAA to present work of Vik Muniz
Claudia S. Hilario, The Bristol Press, September 23, 2024
Fritz Horstman: Valleys & Blue Light
The new exhibit "Valleys & Blue light" is open now at the New Britain Museum of American Art
Great Day Connecticut, WFSB, September 24, 2024
Caitlin Francis is at the New Britain Museum of American Art checking out the new "Valleys & Blue Light" exhibit
Great Day Connecticut, WFSB, September 24, 2024
New Britain Museum of American Art to Feature Fritz Horstman: Valleys & Blue Light
Finding Connecticut, September 6, 2024
New art exhibition at NBMAA
Claudia S. Hilario, New Britain Herald, September 4, 2024
Modern Women: Visionary Artists
10 Exhibitions to Visit in Boston & New England this Winter
Paul Joseph, TravelMag.com, December 16, 2024
Visionary artists now on display
New Britain Herald, August 4, 2024
The Land Carries Our Ancestors: Contemporary Art by Native Americans
New Britain Museum Of American Art—‘The Land Carries Our Ancestors: Contemporary Art By Native Americans’ Seeks To Open Eyes With New Narratives
Andrea Valluzzo, Antiques and the Arts Weekly, July 15, 2024
Melissa Cole is at the New Britain Museum of American Art checking out their new exhibit
Great Day Connecticut, WFSB, July 12, 2024
Melissa Cole visits the New Britain Museum of American Art to check out their new exhibit open through September
Great Day Connecticut, WFSB, July 12, 2024
A new look at contemporary Native American art
Phil Hall, Westfair Business Journal, January 18, 2024
HANDLED WITH CARE: Shaker Master Crafts and the Art of Barbara Prey
The New Britain Museum of American Art Presents 'Handled With Care'
Antiques and The Arts Weekly, July 26, 2024
FESTIVE OFFERINGS, BORROWED LIGHT: FAVELA, PREY & THE SHAKERS IN NEW BRITAIN
Madeleine Lord, Artscope, May 3, 2024
New Exhibition at Museum of American Art (1)
Caitlin Francis, Great Day Connecticut, WSFB, April 19, 2024
New Exhibition at Museum of American Art (2)
Caitlin Francis, Great Day Connecticut, WSFB, April 19, 2024
HANDLED WITH CARE: Shaker Master Crafts and the Art of Barbara Prey
Maine Antique Digest, April 2024
Justin Favela: Do You See What I See?
Which Artists Are Everywhere in U.S. Museums? I Sifted Through Hundreds of Shows to Find Out
Ben Davis, Artnet News, September 19, 2024
FESTIVE OFFERINGS, BORROWED LIGHT: FAVELA, PREY & THE SHAKERS IN NEW BRITAIN
Madeleine Lord, Artscope, May 3, 2024
Justin Favela asks, "Do You See What I See?"
West Hartford Magazine, Vol. 14, No. 2, 2024
A lot to see at the New Britain Museum of American Art
Great Day Connecticut, March 15, 2024
Richard Claude Ziemann: In Nature
Having shown at the MoMA, 91-year-old landscape artist to exhibit in CT
Bekah Wright, CT Insider, January 22, 2024
Women Reframe American Landscape
Women Reframe American Landscape
Terri C. Smith, Art New England, March/April 2024
New Britain Museum of American Art PERSPECTIVES
iCRV Radio, January 18, 2024
Forgotten women of the American landscape
Murray Whyte, The Boston Globe, December 21, 2023
Great Day Connecticut, Melissa Cole checks out Women Reframe American Landscape, November 17, 2023
Anila Quayyum Agha: Illuminations
Great Day Connecticut, Melissa Cole explores Anila Quayyum Agha: Illuminations, November 17, 2023
Ellen Carey: Struck by Light
Lighting the World
Nell Porter Brown, Harvard Magazine, November-December 2023
'Ellen Carey: Struck by Light' the NBMAA presents the largest survey of Ellen Carey's photography
ArtDaily, June 24, 2023
New Britain Museum of American Art opens Ellen Carey solo exhibition
By Jessica Fontaine, New Britain Herald, June 26, 2023
The New Britain Museum of American Art Presents Ellen Carey: Struck by Light
The E-List, August 1, 2023
The New Britain Museum of American Art announces Ellen Carey: Stuck by Light exhibit
Finding Connecticut, June 22, 2023
Ellen Carey’s artworks on display at New Britain museum
Republican American, June 28, 2023
The Black Matriarchs Series
"Black Matriarchs" series at New Britain Museum of American Art honors legacy of Black women in the community
Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, June 25, 2023
Our Lives: Black Matriarchs exhibit opens at New Britain Museum of Art
News 12 Connecticut, June 17, 2023
Exhibit to celebrate Black women who lived, worked in New Britain
New Britain Herald, May 30, 2023
From the Vault: Post-War to Contemporary Art
New Britain art: American post-war history offers controversy, creative brilliance
By Tracey O'Shaughnessy, Republican-American, June 10, 2023
Walter Wick: Hidden Wonders!
New Britain Museum of American Art gives close-up view of 'I Spy' artist and CT native Walter Wick
By Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, July 30, 2023
Creator of 'I Spy' book series, Hartford's Walter Wick, discusses his work
By Janet Reynolds, Connecticut Magazine, May 18, 2023
Museum exhibition celebrates the world of Walter Wick
By Phil Hall, Westchester & Fairfield Business Journals, March 29, 2023
Walter Wick's artwork subject of NBMAA exhibit starting March 31
By Tracey O'Shaughnessy, Republican-American, March 22, 2023
Masterworks of Shaker Design: A Tale of Two Enfields
Art review: How can Shaker furniture be so alike when communities were miles apart?
By Tracey O'Shaughnessy, Republican-American, April 10, 2023
Edward Burtynsky: Earth Observed
Art review: Burtynsky offers breathtaking, natural beauty. It’s also grisly
By Tracey O'Shaughnessy, Republican-American, February 18, 2023
Photographs that don’t so much confront scale as embrace it
By Mark Feeney, The Boston Globe, January 11, 2023
New Britain museum hosts collection of important photographs
By Tracey O’Shaughnessy, Republican-American, January 25, 2023
Elizabeth Gourlay: Eclectic Threads
New Britain Museum of American Art to feature Cheshire artist in latest exhibit
By Ciara Hooks, New Britain Herald, October 3, 2022
American Realism Today
New Britain museum’s American Realism exhibit explodes with mystique, muscle
By Tracey O'Shaughnessy, Republican-American, October 15, 2022
Jenney known for unique, influential Realist work
By Tracey O'Shaughnessy, Republican-American, October 15, 2022
30 Americans
"30 Americans"
By Susan Rand Brown, Art New England, September/October 2022
'I haven't seen an exhibit quite like this' | New Britain Museum of American Art opens new exhibition focused on Black artists
By Raquel Harrington, FOX61, July 14, 2022
Contemporary Black artists claim their place in the world in ‘30 Americans’ exhibit at NBMAA
By Susan Dunne, Hartford Courant, July 3, 2022
'30 Americans' Display Features African American Art in New Britain
By Leslie Mayes, NBC Connecticut, June 22, 2022
New Britain Museum of American Arts' latest exhibit embraces voices of Black artists
By Alexis Dascher, New Britain Herald, June 8, 2022
Mildred Thompson: Cosmic Flow
Interpreting the Universe
By Nell Porter Brown, Harvard Magazine, July-August, 2022
‘Unseen energy and forms’
New England Diary, May 28, 2022
Early Modern America
Alive with tension: Early modern American art a complex story
By Tracey O'Shaughnessy, Republican-American, June 4, 2022
Poetry of Nature
Awakening the Senses: Hudson River School landscapes captivate in a traveling exhibition on view now at the New Britain Museum of American Art
American Fine Art Magazine, March/April 2022 Edition
10 events to visit in Connecticut this March
By Paul Joseph, New England Magazine, February 22, 2022
Intimate, expressive: Hudson River School shows elegiac, poetic touch in New Britain
By Tracey O'Shaughnessy, Republican-American, February 19, 2022
Things to do in Connecticut this week (Jan. 27–Feb. 2)
By Patricia LaPietra, Connecticut Magazine, January 26, 2022
Hudson River School Landscapes On View Alongside Frederick Law Olmsted Bicentennial Events
Art Fix Daily, January 18, 2022
View of the Frederick Law Olmsted Bicentennial Events as well as Hudson River School Landscapes
Darik.News | Connecticut News, January 18, 2022
Shantell Martin Virtual Reality
New Britain Museum of American Art to feature Shantell Martin with virtual reality exhibition
by Jeniece Roman, New Britain Herald, January 20, 2022
New Britain Museum of American Art to feature Shantell Martin with virtual reality exhibition
Opera News, January 20, 2022