Jan. 24, 2026 TO
Jul. 31, 2026
The first exhibition to survey Parasol Press’s remarkable publications from 1970–2014, this exhibition showcases radical innovations that pushed the boundaries of printmaking and secured Parasol’s place as one of the most important print publishers of the twentieth century. Parasol’s published editions were among the decade’s most ambitious prints, demonstrating the complex and varied ways artists explored the materiality of printed surfaces while challenging the medium’s limits.
Jan. 31, 2026 TO
Jul. 31, 2026
The third iteration of this series explores how American artists of the late 19th and early 20th centuries grappled with the inherently contradictory nature of modern life, laying bare the tensions between appearance and reality as well as the orderly and the chaotic. The exhibition unfolds across four distinct galleries, presenting an idealized vision of American life featuring Impressionist and American Renaissance paintings with Pictorialist photographs; Ashcan School and social realist photographs; detailed geometric Precisionist works, and works that expose the complex and frequently disordered lived realities of interwar New Yorkers navigating a rapidly modernizing and frequently alienating city.
Feb. 7, 2026 TO
Jul. 31, 2026
Featuring works from the Addison’s collection, Little Boxes invites viewers into a nuanced exploration of the square and the rectangle, two essential geometric forms that have served as powerful tools in artistic expression. The exhibition explores how the simple “box” serves both as a practical strategy for pictorial composition and as a symbolic container for complex narratives.
Jan. 31, 2026 TO
Jul. 31, 2026
This focused installation presents prints by Martin Puryear. Best known as a sculptor, Puryear uses printmaking to consider variations of his three-dimensional forms and to make “works about the ideas in sculpture without making images of the sculptures.” Exploring a range of techniques combining etching, drypoint, and aquatint, Puryear exploits the medium’s directness and immediacy in contrast to the slow, labor-intensive nature of sculpture. While fully resolved works in their own right, Puryear’s prints echo and inform the ideas behind his sculptures, offering an illuminating window into his working process.
Jan. 31, 2026 TO
Jul. 31, 2026
Drawn entirely from the Addison’s collection, this focused installation of maritime works by Winslow Homer (1836–1910) examines the Boston-born artist’s persistent engagement with and interrogation of the twinned themes of watching and waiting across his fifty-year career. Homer’s oeuvre reflects a lifelong preoccupation with observation and contemplation.
A collection of 25 models of American sailing ships, permanently on display in the museum’s lower level
