Organization

Kennedy to Kent State: Images of a Generation

Presented by Worcester Art Museum at Worcester Art Museum

September 29, 2012-February 3, 2013

The Worcester Art Museum presents an exhibition of some of the most powerful American photographs of the 1960s, the images through which the country shared that dynamic
period and by which it is remembered. All from the museum's permanent collection, these photographs were collected by Howard G. Davis, III to recall and reflect upon his...

Leisure, Pleasure, and the Debut of the Modern French Woman

Presented by Worcester Art Museum at Worcester Art Museum

May 14-September 11, 2011

This exhibition presents prints and drawings from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries that illustrate an overall shift in the depiction of women in France. Stereotypically seen in pastoral, aristocratic settings, French women in eighteenth century art are typically portrayed as virtuous role models or dangerous coquettes. However, less than...

The Strange Life of Objects: The Art of Annette Lemieux

Presented by Worcester Art Museum at Worcester Art Museum

April 9-October 9, 2011

The Strange Life of Objects: The Art of Annette Lemieux presents the first critical overview of this artist's dynamic and varied career. Annette Lemieux first garnered attention on the newly global art scene of the 1980s. Since that time she has continued to produce work that grows in depth and resonance, proving herself an artist of lasting...

Family Day at Worcester Art Museum

Presented by Worcester Art Museum at Worcester Art Museum

March 27, 2011

Artists@Play is the theme of Family Day this year. Play-filled programs include exploring the newly opened 20th century galleries with the Family Guide (prize for children upon completion); creating art with marbles, paint and oversized brushes; building a gigantic abstract sculpture in the lobby; listening to the Worcester Children's Chorus;...

Art Since the Mid-20th Century

Presented by Worcester Art Museum at Worcester Art Museum

February 17, 2011-December 31, 2012

A new installation of the Museum's collection of art since the mid-20th century features approximately fifty works of art displayed in renovated galleries, and presented in three thematic installations: The Persistence of Abstraction, Revivals of Figuration and Portraiture, and Cultural Signs.

This presentation chronicles the past seven...