Archived - Shows And Events

March 29, 2013 - December 31, 2016 - This exhibition describes how Lipman, with additional work by our Studio Assistants, crafted this installation in March 2013. She and the team translated to glass everything from Adeline's beloved birdcage to a glass version of her needlepoint sampler. For this piece she conceptualized the life of Adeline Myers, who lived in this home in the early 1800s, by way...

October 6, 2012–October 8, 2017 - Circle of Dance is a five-year exhibition that presents Native dance as a vibrant, meaningful, and diverse form of cultural expression. Featuring ten social and ceremonial dances from throughout the Americas, the exhibition illuminates the significance of each dance and highlights the unique characteristics of its movements and music. Music and dance have always b...

Apr 30, 2012 - Dec 31, 2016 - The Norton and Nancy Dodge Collection of Nonconformist Art from the Soviet Union, donated to the Zimmerli in 1991, underwent an extensive reinstallation in spring 2012. The refurbishment continues the Zimmerli's commitment to preserving the artworks in its trust, one of the cornerstones of the museum's strategic plan, and presenting these groundbreaking artworks that ...

March 22, 2012 - August 14, 2016 - At PEM Lin spotlights the renowned collection of Asian export art. Lin created a sprawling mural of original armorial and heraldic motifs (elaborate coats of arms) that climb up the walls of the Mellon Staircase and along the floor of the Export Silver Galleries. Located in the: Asian Export Art: China, Mellon Staircase and Galleries at The Peabody Essex Museum. ...

In this exhibition are photographs that document the creation of the replicas in a factory in China are interspersed among 19th-century gouaches from the PEM collection that depict the historic porcelain production process. To animate the history of trade between China and the West, Lin also created a large-scale installation comprised of hundreds of replicas of Mr. Nobody, one of the first repres...

Two large-scale group portraits from the Dutch Golden Age, on long-term loan from the Rijksmuseum and the Amsterdam Museum, provide an extraordinary opportunity for visitors to enjoy a type of Dutch painting rarely seen outside the Netherlands. In these imposing works, two of Amsterdam's most important portraitists from the mid-17th century, Govert Flinck (1615–1660) and Bartholomeus van der Helst...

Geddings Gray Foundation Collection - A selection of works by Fabergé from Matilda Geddings Gray's sumptuous collection is on long-term loan at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and comprises this exhibition. The exhibition will display works from the collection on a rotating schedule for five years. Iconic works from the House of Fabergé have not been on public view in New York since 2004. Friday a...

In this exhibit the two- and three-dimensional hybrids of Jesús Rafael Soto and John Goodyear demonstrate the visual dynamics of Op Art. Both artists use solid, but essentially linear, elements moving in front of painted geometric patterns to create eye-teasing optical illusions. Perhaps the most extreme technique for sculptural composition on view here involves the use of chance. Jean Arp was a m...

The exhibit in this gallery exemplify the many media and subjects Segal used over his lifetime. Old Testament Moon represents the earliest years of his career, when he produced expressionist figurative paintings. The remarkable seven-part Pregnancy Series, Segal’s only foray into serial sculptural imagery, records the external changes of a woman’s torso over time as it reflects the internal develo...

August 11, 2011 - December 31, 2016 - In this beautifully designed exhibition, the Ackland presents a powerful and stimulating selection of over 260 works from its extensive permanent collection. A sequence of five galleries showcases The Western Tradition, from the Ancient Mediterranean world to twentieth-century European and American art. The Museum’s significant holdings of Asian art are presen...