On View
June Leaf: Shooting from the Heart (3/15/25–7/31/25)
Playing to Our Strengths: Highlights from the Permanent Collection (1/29/25–7/31/25)
Dynamic Duos (2/5/25–7/31/25)
On and Off Stage: Performance and Persona (2/22/25–7/31/25)
The Art of Opposition (3/4/25–7/31/25)
Models of American Sailing Ships (permanently on view)
Exhibitions on view
Permanently installed works of art
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Dynamic Duos (2/5/25–7/31/25; Level 1, Gallery 109 and Exhibition Hall) features works from the museum’s photography collection and considers the dynamics of two beings sharing space, whether they be romantic partners, family members, close friends, strangers, or interspecies companions. Each image invites viewers to delve into the stories behind the expressions, prompting questions about the context of the encounter, and the emotions at play.
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Featuring works from the Addison’s collection, On and Off Stage: Performance and Persona (2/22/25–7/31/25; Level 1, Galleries 101–105) explores 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.
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Featuring works from the Addison’s collection, On and Off Stage: Performance and Persona (2/22/25–7/31/25; Level 1, Galleries 101–105) explores 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.
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The Art of Opposition (3/4/25–7/31/25; Level 1, Museum Learning Center) has been curated by Phillips Academy students enrolled in Art 400 Visual Culture: Curating the Addison Collection. Working as a team, they identified works that embodied themes of rebellion and resistance from across the Addison’s permanent collection. The exhibition is on view in the gallery’s Museum Learning Center; as an active teaching space, it may sometimes be occupied by a class.
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Playing to Our Strengths: Highlights from the Permanent Collection (1/29/25–7/31/25; Level 2, Galleries 207–209) presents exceptional works from the collection in three sections: late-19th-century masterworks by Thomas Eakins and Winslow Homer; modernist paintings that convey the ingenuity of artists working amidst the tumult of the interwar years; and large-format postwar abstract paintings that distill the vocabulary of painting to its very essence.
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Playing to Our Strengths: Highlights from the Permanent Collection (1/29/25–7/31/25; Level 2, Galleries 207–209) presents exceptional works from the collection in three sections: late-19th-century masterworks by Thomas Eakins and Winslow Homer; modernist paintings that convey the ingenuity of artists working amidst the tumult of the interwar years; and large-format postwar abstract paintings that distill the vocabulary of painting to its very essence.
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Four years in the making, June Leaf: Shooting from the Heart (3/15/25–7/31/25; Level 2, Galleries 201–206) 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.
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Four years in the making, June Leaf: Shooting from the Heart (3/15/25–7/31/25; Level 2, Galleries 201–206) 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.
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Four years in the making, June Leaf: Shooting from the Heart (3/15/25–7/31/25; Level 2, Galleries 201–206) 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.
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Four years in the making, June Leaf: Shooting from the Heart (3/15/25–7/31/25; Level 2, Galleries 201–206) 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.
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The Addison Gallery’s famed model ship collection, permanently installed in the building’s lower level, consisted originally of 24 works commissioned by the museum’s founder, Thomas Cochran, to document four centuries of American history.
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