For anyone unable to visit in person, or who might like to see a preview before visiting, or wants to take another look at the Addison’s fall shows, the museum is pleased to share virtual tours of each exhibition.
All tours were created by Lightshed Photography Studio.
Click on the images below to begin each tour.
June Leaf: Shooting from the Heart is the most comprehensive survey of Leaf’s art in more than three decades. With more than 150 works placed in dynamic conversations across media and time, this exhibition reveals the artist’s sustained engagement with such motifs and themes as movement, theater, gender, and the human condition.
On and Off Stage: Performance and Persona features works from the Addison’s collection, to explore the intersection of the performing and visual arts. It reveals artists’ fascination with dance, theater, and circus spectacle, while also considering how artists have used performance and roleplay as tools for exploring identity.
Playing to Our Strengths: Highlights from the Permanent Collection explores American art in three sections: masterworks by Thomas Eakins and Winslow Homer, whose works captured the aspirations and apprehensions of a nation coming into its own; American modernist paintings that convey the ingenuity of artists working amidst the tumult of the interwar years; and color field painters, who deemphasized gesture and active brushstrokes to distill the vocabulary of painting to its very essence.
Dynamic Duos features works from the Addison’s extensive photography collection that considers the dynamics of two beings sharing space, whether they be romantic partners, family members, close friends, rivals, strangers, or interspecies companions. Each image invites viewers to delve into the stories behind the expressions, prompting questions about the relationship, the context of the encounter, and the emotions at play.
The Art of Opposition was curated by Phillips Academy students enrolled in Art 400 Visual Culture: Curating the Addison Collection. Working as a team, they identified works that embody themes of rebellion and resistance from across the Addison’s permanent collection, capturing the interplay between art and resistance in two different ways: art as a form of resistance and the artistic documentation of rebellion.
