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Home to a world-class collection of American art, the Addison Gallery, located on the campus of Phillips Academy in Andover, MA, presents an adventurous exhibition program, hosts a vital artist-in-residence program, and works collaboratively with students and faculty at the Academy and in neighboring communities. Through our ongoing query What is America?, the Addison seeks to engage with the history of American art and American experience—past, present, and future.

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About Our Collection

25,000 objects spanning the 18th century to the present

Comprised of more than 25,000 works in all media—painting, sculpture, photography, drawings, prints, and decorative arts—from the 18th century to the present, the Addison Gallery’s collection of American art is one of the most important in the world.

The museum’s founding collection included major works by such prominent American artists as John Singleton Copley, Thomas Eakins, Winslow Homer, Maurice Prendergast, John Singer Sargent, John Twachtman, and James McNeill Whistler.

In the nine decades since, aggressive purchasing and generous gifts have added works by such artists as Mark Bradford, Alexander Calder, Stuart Davis, Arthur Dove, Walker Evans, Robert Frank, Marsden Hartley, Hans Hofmann, Edward Hopper, Kerry James Marshall, Eadweard Muybridge, Georgia O’Keeffe, Jackson Pollock, Charles Sheeler, Lorna Simpson, John Sloan, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Frank Stella, Kara Walker, and Stanley Whitney.

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Thomas Eakins (1844–1916)
Oil on canvas

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“My idea of heaven is a great big baked potato and someone to share it with.” —Oprah Winfrey⁣
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We interrupt our August social media exile to celebrate National Potato Day. Remember when Dan Quayle made that poor kid misspell potato by forcing him to add an “e” to the end of the word during a spelling bee? Remember when a committing an egregious spelling error (and going after Murphy Brown) was enough to tank an entire presidential campaign? ⁣I yam sorry for getting political there.
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🥔 Claes Oldenburg (1929-2022). Baked Potato, 1966. Cast resin, painted with acrylic, Shanango china dish. 4 1/2 in. x 10 1/2 in. x 7 1/4 in. Museum purchase, 1966.32⁣
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#nationalpotatoday #potato #potatoe #danquayle #1992 #murphybrown #claesoldenburg #popart #popsculpture #slingblade #americanart #whatisamerica #addisongalleryofamericanart

“My idea of heaven is a great big baked potato and someone to share it with.” —Oprah Winfrey⁣

We interrupt our August social media exile to celebrate National Potato Day. Remember when Dan Quayle made that poor kid misspell potato by forcing him to add an “e” to the end of the word during a spelling bee? Remember when a committing an egregious spelling error (and going after Murphy Brown) was enough to tank an entire presidential campaign? ⁣I yam sorry for getting political there.

🥔 Claes Oldenburg (1929-2022). Baked Potato, 1966. Cast resin, painted with acrylic, Shanango china dish. 4 1/2 in. x 10 1/2 in. x 7 1/4 in. Museum purchase, 1966.32⁣

#nationalpotatoday #potato #potatoe #danquayle #1992 #murphybrown #claesoldenburg #popart #popsculpture #slingblade #americanart #whatisamerica #addisongalleryofamericanart
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“What has kept the world safe from the bomb since 1945 has not been deterrence, in the sense of fear of specific weapons, so much as it's been memory. The memory of what happened at Hiroshima.” —John Hersey⁣
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Wayne F. Miller (1918-2013). Site of the Epicenter of the Bomb Blast near the Heart of the City. A Japanese Soldier Walks Where an Army Barracks Once Stood, Hiroshima, Japan, September 1945. Gelatin silver print. Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA, gift of the Wayne F. Miller Family, 2023.66⁣
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#hiroshima #waynemiller #whatisamerica #addisongalleryofamericanart #johnhersey

“What has kept the world safe from the bomb since 1945 has not been deterrence, in the sense of fear of specific weapons, so much as it's been memory. The memory of what happened at Hiroshima.” —John Hersey⁣

Wayne F. Miller (1918-2013). Site of the Epicenter of the Bomb Blast near the Heart of the City. A Japanese Soldier Walks Where an Army Barracks Once Stood, Hiroshima, Japan, September 1945. Gelatin silver print. Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA, gift of the Wayne F. Miller Family, 2023.66⁣

#hiroshima #waynemiller #whatisamerica #addisongalleryofamericanart #johnhersey
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UPDATED 9/9/2023: Today we celebrate Swiss socialite, fashion icon, New Yorker par excellence, and muse to millions, Miss Jocelyn Wildenstein (née Jocelyne Périsset). We had incorrectly reported (blame Wikipedia!) that she was was born on August 5th, 1940 (fake news!) in Lausanne, Switzerland.⁣ Many thanks to @lloydklein for correcting us! Jocelyne was born on September 7th, 1945! Happy belated 78th birthday and thank you for setting the record straight! Meow! ALSO—this wonderful photograph is CURRENTLY ON VIEW in Free Association: News Acquisitions in Context!
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Jonathan Becker (born 1954). Jocelyn Wildenstein, 1998, printed 2020. Inkjet print. Addison Gallery of American Art, Purchased as the gift of Katherine D. and Stephen C. Sherrill (PA 1971, and P 2005, 2007, 2010), 2021.41/©Jonathan Becker⁣
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#jonathanbecker #jocelynwildenstein #celebrityportrait #socialite #delacroix #daschund #pattern #americanart #whatisamerica #addisongalleryofamericanart

UPDATED 9/9/2023: Today we celebrate Swiss socialite, fashion icon, New Yorker par excellence, and muse to millions, Miss Jocelyn Wildenstein (née Jocelyne Périsset). We had incorrectly reported (blame Wikipedia!) that she was was born on August 5th, 1940 (fake news!) in Lausanne, Switzerland.⁣ Many thanks to @lloydklein for correcting us! Jocelyne was born on September 7th, 1945! Happy belated 78th birthday and thank you for setting the record straight! Meow! ALSO—this wonderful photograph is CURRENTLY ON VIEW in Free Association: News Acquisitions in Context!

Jonathan Becker (born 1954). Jocelyn Wildenstein, 1998, printed 2020. Inkjet print. Addison Gallery of American Art, Purchased as the gift of Katherine D. and Stephen C. Sherrill (PA 1971, and P 2005, 2007, 2010), 2021.41/©Jonathan Becker⁣

#jonathanbecker #jocelynwildenstein #celebrityportrait #socialite #delacroix #daschund #pattern #americanart #whatisamerica #addisongalleryofamericanart
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Flat feet!⁣
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Today the Addison joins every other museum in America in promoting the release of Barbie. We think it is essential for organizations like ours to leverage our immense instagram followings to provide free advertising for small, independent films produced by mom and pop multinational corporations like Paramount and Mattel. ⁣
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In all seriousness, Barbie is a fantastic, funny, moving, smart, and subversive film. Yes, Barbie is corporate propaganda—but it is 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘵 corporate propaganda, and that should count for something. I, for one, am excited to see Mattel extract more value from their intellectual property—who else can’t wait for Terrence Malick’s take on Hot Wheels?⁣
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Laurie Simmons. Two Shoes/Fish Tank/Dresser from In and Around the House, 1977. Gelatin silver print. Museum purchase and partial gift of the artist, 2015.50⁣
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#lauriesimmons #barbie #barbiemovie #mattel #gretagerwig #kenergy #kenough #ken #justken #corporatepropaganda #picturesgeneration #inandaroundthehouse #feminism #feministphotography #prisonofmasculinity #americanart #whatisamerica #addisongalleryofamericanart #barbieday

Flat feet!⁣

Today the Addison joins every other museum in America in promoting the release of Barbie. We think it is essential for organizations like ours to leverage our immense instagram followings to provide free advertising for small, independent films produced by mom and pop multinational corporations like Paramount and Mattel. ⁣

In all seriousness, Barbie is a fantastic, funny, moving, smart, and subversive film. Yes, Barbie is corporate propaganda—but it is 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘵 corporate propaganda, and that should count for something. I, for one, am excited to see Mattel extract more value from their intellectual property—who else can’t wait for Terrence Malick’s take on Hot Wheels?⁣

Laurie Simmons. Two Shoes/Fish Tank/Dresser from In and Around the House, 1977. Gelatin silver print. Museum purchase and partial gift of the artist, 2015.50⁣

#lauriesimmons #barbie #barbiemovie #mattel #gretagerwig #kenergy #kenough #ken #justken #corporatepropaganda #picturesgeneration #inandaroundthehouse #feminism #feministphotography #prisonofmasculinity #americanart #whatisamerica #addisongalleryofamericanart #barbieday
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