Exterior, June 2022
Photo: Yoon S. Byun
Gallery view, Spring 2025
Photo: Kathy Tarantola
Reggie Burrows Hodges
Artist in Residence, Fall 2023
Photo: Neil Evans
Gallery View, Spring 2025
Photo: Kathy Tarantola
Elementary School Visit, June 2022
Photo: Jessie Wallner
Gallery View, Spring 2025
Photo: Kathy Tarantola
Gallery View, Spring 2022
Photo: Yoon S. Byun
Today's Hours: 10AM – 5PM

The Addison Gallery, located on the campus of Phillips Academy in Andover, MA, is free and open to the public. Plan your visit >

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Mar. 15, 2025 to
Jul. 31, 2025
Feb. 22, 2025 to
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Feb. 5, 2025 to
Jul. 31, 2025

Our Mission

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

29,000 objects spanning the 18th century to the present

Comprised of more than 29,000 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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The press has been hounding us for our opinion re: Addison Rae’s new album and name change. Ok, @addisonraee, we’ll be cool with you being referred to mononymously as Addison from now on as long as you allow us to remain THE Addison. We can share both the spotlight and the millions of adoring fans. The new album is great.
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Remember when Addison Rae discovered the existence of the Addison Gallery of American Art during a visit to MoMA’s 2020 Judd retrospective? Kourtney Kardashian accompanied her.

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Looking for a quiet place to get work done? Join us for Study Hours at the Addison, 5:00-9:00pm on Tuesday, May 27! Tables will be set up for studying in the galleries and free boba will be available until 8:00pm to keep you energized. All are welcome, no reservations required. Please note that the 2nd floor galleries will be closed at this time.

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We’re open late ‘til 8 this Friday! Join us for evening open hours at the Addison. Explore the galleries and drop-in art activities hosted by the Addison Community Ambassadors.⁣
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- 5:00-8:00pm (ongoing, no tickets required!) - Explore the connections between color, poetry, and memory in the galleries to enter a raffle for gift cards.⁣
- 5:45-6:30pm – Respond to dance and movement in the Museum Learning Center through a hands-on exploration of art materials. Spots are limited, and advance registration is encouraged to ensure that you get a spot! Additional tickets may be available at the door. ⁣
- 6:30-8:00pm – Art materials will continue to be available in the Museum Learning Center for self-guided exploration.⁣
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Abraham Walkowitz (1878-1965). Dancers, 1908. Ink, watercolor, and graphite on wove paper. Gift of anonymous donor, 1941.72.2, 1941.72.3, 1941.72.5⁣
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Some bunny loves you.⁣ 🐰 
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Unidentified photographer. [Child with inflatable bunny and TV], c. 1960s. Gelatin silver print. Gift of Peter J. Cohen, 2021.72.252

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Join us Thursday, April 10th at 6:30 for a FREE screening of “Another Light on the Road: Robert Frank and June Leaf’s Canadian Home” [work in progress], 2024, directed by Kathryn Whalen and John Parlante. Presented in conjunction with June Leaf: Shooting from the Heart, the film provides a portrait of Leaf and the hardscrabble seaside farmhouse and studio she shared for 50 years with her husband, Robert Frank, in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. “Another Light in the Road” stands as a testament not only to the artist couple’s powerfully intimate and creative relationship but also to their enduring ties to the Mabou community of Cape Breton, as we see friends and neighbors gather in the warmth of her kitchen to share colorful stories.⁣
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The museum will remain open through 6:30 pm on this day so that program attendees may view the exhibition before the film screening.⁣
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Following the screening the directors will take questions from the audience.⁣
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This FREE program will be presented in Kemper Auditorium. Registration is required—just click the link in our bio!⁣
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#juneleaf

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Exhibition announcement! The Addison Gallery of American Art has entered into a partnership with Lumon Industries to create what will become the very first in a series of temporary exhibitions for severed workers. Selected by members of Lumon’s Optics and Design Department in concert with the Addison’s curatorial staff, the inaugural iteration of this series will be comprised of works from the Addison’s vast holdings of George Tooker’s preliminary drawings. We’re told that Tooker’s renderings of vast, oddly menacing hallways and oppressive grids that speak to the dehumanization and alienation of modern life resonate with many “innies.” Not sure what that’s about but, regardless, praise Kier (PA 1860)!⁣
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George Tooker (1920-2011). Study for Landscape with Figures, 1965-66. Graphite and watercolor on paper. Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA, gift of the artist (PA 1938) in memory of his parents, George Clair and Angela Montejo Roura Tooker, 1996.80.66

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Come celebrate June Leaf: Shooting from the Heart and the rest of our fantastic spring exhibitions at our opening reception on Saturday, March 29th from 4-6 right here at the Addison! ⁣
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Light refreshments will be served and, as always, it will be free and open to all. ⁣
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June Leaf, White Scroll with Dancing Figures, 2008. Tin, wood, wire, acrylic on fabric, and wood, 17 x 17 x 11 1/4 inches. Private collection. © The Estate of June Leaf. Photo: Johan Vipper⁣
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2025 #PA Giving Day starts tomorrow (Wednesday, March 26th) at 9am EDT. Unite with fellow @phillipsacademy alumni, families, and friends worldwide to rally for the Addison! Every gift, of every size, truly makes a meaningful difference for our campus community. Kick off the celebration early at the link in our bio.⁣
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We’re excited to share that because of the generosity of a small group of Addison supporters, a gift of any size will be matched dollar-for-dollar up to $35,000! An amazing opportunity to amplify your gift to the Addison Gallery of American Art!

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June Leaf: Shooting from the Heart opens tomorrow (March 15th)! ⁣
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Across a 75-year career, the artist, storyteller, dancer, and engineer June Leaf (1929-2024) produced an extraordinary body of work that revels in the human experience in all its banality and sublimity. Playfully navigating the planes of the real and the imaged, Leaf’s piercing eye and art powerfully hold a mirror up to essential human truths, reminding us of our shared humanity.⁣
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The most comprehensive exhibition of the artist’s work in more than three decades, this retrospective considers the breath of Leaf’s career with more than 150 sculptures, paintings, and works on paper placed in dynamic conversations across media and time to reveal the artist’s sustained engagement with such motifs and themes as the human drama, theater, dance, performance, motion, gender, and interpersonal relationships.⁣
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An accompanying catalogue, co-published with @rizzolibooks, will be available soon!⁣
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June Leaf: Shooting from the Heart is co-organized by the Addison Gallery of American Art and the Allen Memorial Art Museum at Oberlin College. Major support for this project has been provided by the Estate of June Leaf with additional funding provided by The June Leaf and Robert Frank Foundation (formerly the Andrea Frank Foundation), John and Sally Van Doren (PA 1980), and the Allen Memorial Art Museum’s John H. ’29 and Marjorie Fox ’29 Wieland Current-Use AMAM Support Fund.⁣
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June Leaf, “Mother Goose” Emerging Artist in Studio, 1976. Charcoal, ink, and collage on paper, 22 1/2 x 28 1/2 inches. Collection Estate of June Leaf. Courtesy Hyphen, New York. © The Estate of June Leaf. Photo: Alice Attie ⁣
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holiday hours

The museum will be closed:

Tuesday, December 24, Wednesday, December 25, and Wednesday, January 1.

We wish you a happy and healthy holiday season!

Image: Louis Stettner, Car in Winter, Seventh Avenue, N.Y.C., 1956. Gelatin silver print, 18 x 12 inches. Gift of Harry Shapiro, 1984.158.7

The Addison Gallery will close at 3:00 pm today
Tuesday, February 6

due to weather conditions. Stay safe everyone!

Gene Pyle, Untitled (Snow Scene with Tricycle), 1968, gelatin silver print,
museum purchase, 1968.53
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Bartlett H. Hayes Prize Recipients

2023:

Reggie Burrows Hodges

Exhibition | Residency | Publication | Acquisition

2025:

Tommy Kha

Exhibition | Residency | Publication | Acquisition