The Way Sisters: Miniaturists of the Early Republic
October 30, 2021 – January 23, 2022 Telling a story of struggle, innovation, and accomplishment, The Way Sisters explores the art of portrait miniatures and the role of portraiture in the years following the American Revolution, focusing on two remarkable, understudied women artists and their sitters. Mary Way (1769–1833) and Elizabeth (Betsey) Way Champlain (1771–1825), pioneering sisters […]
LUSTER: Realism and Hyperrealism in Contemporary Automobile and Motorcycle Painting
October 23, 2021 – January 2, 2022 Throughout the 20th and 21st centuries, cars and motorcycles have not only been ubiquitous on the nation’s streets and highways, but also in film, top forty hits, and in painting. With the emergence of photorealism in the 1960’s motor vehicles assumed a special place of distinction as subject matter in […]
Forest Dreaming / Sculptures and Paintings
by Ana Flores
June 12 – October 24, 2021Having lived for decades at the edge of a forest, the boundaries between the studio and the land have dissolved for artist Ana Flores. “My intellectual and aesthetic bedrock which was once narrowly focused on art history has shifted, earth stories have become the compelling force for my creative work.” […]
Memories & Inspiration: The Kerry and C. Betty Davis Collection of African American Art
May 29 – August 22, 2021 The traveling exhibition Memories & Inspiration: The Kerry and C. Betty Davis Collection of African American Art presents 62 selected works from a body of art amassed over 35 years by an ordinary working-class couple. Often choosing artworks over material items and other creature comforts, Kerry, a retired mailman, […]
Xanda McCagg Recent Work: Icon
February 13 – April 18, 2021 Extended through May 16, 2021 Xanda McCagg’s abstract paintings are investigations of the human condition, on both a global and an intimate level. Observing frameworks of behavior in relation to larger happenings—poverty, war, systems of control and understanding, religion and mythology—she explores shifting relationships, both subtle and vast. Through […]
Encountering Resonance: Aaron Taylor Kuffner’s Gamelatron
February 27 – May 23, 2021 Aaron Taylor Kuffner’s Gamelatron is a sculpture like no other! A Gamelatron is a sound-producing kinetic sculpture presented as site-specific installations and stand-alone artworks. They are made from bronze and iron instruments derivative of Indonesia’s thousand-year-old sonic tradition Gamelan, retrofitted with mechanical mallets on sculptural mounts. The pieces are […]
Brian Keith Stephens: Almost True Tales
February 6 – May 9, 2021 Brian Keith Stephens, Promise to Never Make Me Eat Sardines, oil on cotton. In Almost True Tales, artist Brian Keith Stephens explores his fascination with animals as mythic symbols across time and culture. In vibrant, figurative paintings, Stephens draws on iconography, fables and folk tales from around the world […]
The Prismatic Palette: Frank Vincent DuMond and His Students
June 19 – October 3, 2021 The Prismatic Palette examines the art and teaching legacy of Frank Vincent DuMond (1865–1951). A key figure in American art and art education, DuMond was a skilled painter and draftsman with great technical facility and a keen eye for color. He studied in Paris at the Academie Julian from […]
Nathan Hale Arts Magnet School Virtual Student Exhibition
The Lyman Allyn Art Museum is proud to once again present its annual exhibition by the students of the Nathan Hale Arts Magnet School in New London. This year, due to COVID-19 precautions, we are featuring the students’ work virtually on our website, which allows them to share the link with family members near and […]
Things Come Apart
November 14, 2020 – February 7, 2021 Take a closer look at the objects that surround you each day—there is so much more than meets the eye! Through extraordinary photographs, disassembled objects, and fascinating videos, Things Come Apart reveals the inner workings of common, everyday possessions. This exhibition presents more than 40 images of dozens of objects […]