Grand Menagerie: Animals in Art!
November 23, 2019 – January 26, 2020 Go wild this holiday season with the Lyman Allyn’s newest family-friendly exhibit, Grand Menagerie: Animals in Art! From the earliest cave drawings to the sleekest modern art, the animal world has always been a source of inspiration. Discover a zoo’s worth of animals to be found throughout the […]
Knot Theory: Sculptural Works by Gilbert Boro
August 24 – October 27, 2019 Knot Theory: Sculptural Works by Gilbert Boro is the latest exhibit in Lyman Allyn’s Near :: New contemporary series. Boro is a sculptor, architect, educator, and international design consultant, whose sculptures focus on the interplay of space, place, and scale. As the name suggests, Knot Theory will highlight Boro’s […]
Brought to Light: European Paintings from the Collection
On view through September 20, 2020 This exhibition showcases the Lyman Allyn’s collection of European paintings with a selection of portraits, history paintings, still lives, genre scenes, and landscapes from the early Renaissance through the 1800s. European paintings have been part of the collection since the Lyman Allyn opened in 1932, but the museum’s more […]
LEGENDS: the Sports Photography of Walter Iooss
September 21, 2019 – January 12, 2020 Walter Iooss (American, b. 1943), a longtime photographer for Sports Illustrated Magazine, has been called the “poet laureate of sports,” capturing the thrill, triumph and complexity of athletes in motion. This exhibition of more than 60 photographs features some of Iooss’s best work from the 1960s to the […]
Nathan Hale Arts Magnet School Student Exhibition
April 13 – May 12, 2019 The Lyman Allyn Art Museum is proud to present its annual exhibition by the students of the Nathan Hale Arts Magnet School in Glassenberg Gallery. Students, parents, teachers, families, and art enthusiasts of all ages are invited to explore artwork created by students, grades K-5. Two-and three-dimensional artworks, in […]
Chinese Landscape Rethought
March 29 – June 9, 2019 This group exhibition presents a rethinking of Chinese landscape or shanshui art through converging traditional Chinese ink painting and contemporary experimental art. Eleven prominent contemporary Chinese artists offer eclectic approaches to inheriting the rich Chinese landscape art tradition yet also disrupting its boundaries. The exhibited works come in different styles and […]
Discovering New Beauty: Watercolor Landscapes of the Northeast
April 27 – August 25, 2019 “I have made some new walks and discovered new beauties, and believe that I could from Newport scenery make more charming pictures than I ever dreamed of before.” -William Trost Richards Landscapes tell stories about place, history, and belonging, capturing the beauty of the world around us. Discovering New […]
James B Murphy Abstracts
January 25 – March 24, 2019 This exhibition presents the pathway James B Murphy took from the representational to more suggestive but still identifiable images and then beyond the suggestive to the pure abstract. “What interests me is the virtue of an image. Why do I find one image exciting and a similar one dull? […]
Winter Circus
November 17, 2018 – January 13, 2019 Run away with the circus this winter in our newest family-friendly exhibit! The enchanting allure of the circus has made it an enduring subject for artists for more than two centuries. Winter Circus features more than twenty paintings, prints, photographs and antique toys from the Lyman Allyn’s collection, […]
Eggs to Apples: Dream of Negligible Senescence
September 7 – October 28, 2018 This exhibition is a product of artist Pola Esther’s continuous exploration into the tangible aspects of existence. Constant inspiration manifests from her immediate surroundings and people she encounters. In the presented body of work, Esther approaches familiar products of nature and common objects with surreal, abstract, or whimsical flavor. […]