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Organized chronologically, Currents/Crosscurrents places iconic paintings, photographs, works on paper, and sculptures in dialogue with works by and lesser-known and unknown artists. In the first presentation of this three-part series, Curator Gordon Wilkins will explore works created between 1850 and 1900, by artists including Thomas Eakins, Winslow Homer, and James McNeill Whistler.

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Join longtime art educator44 Jane Oneail44 for a Zoom webinar focused on the art of Norman Rockwell Rockwell is heralded for depicting and defining American life He often captured bittersweet images of people experiencing universal and relatable feelings of being left out or left behind Yet44 as an artist working in the 20th century44 his works are…

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1010Pop artist Andy Warhol famously elevated everyday objects like soup cans to works of fine art His paintings44 silkscreens and photography often focused on American consumerism44 not just of products44 but of celebrities and images themselves Art educator44 Jane Oneail44 will look at the abbreviated life44 artwork and enduring legacy of the artist who predicted…

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1010What can Civil War painting and photography tell us about how history is documented and authored Join Jamie Kaplowitz Gibbons44 Head of Education44 and Dr Tessa Hite44 Curatorial Fellow44 as they use educational and curatorial lenses to examine works by Alexander Gardner44 Edward Lamson Henry44 Winslow Homer44 and more from the collection of the Addison Gallery of…

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Associate Curator of American Art, Gordon Wilkins, explores artworks from the Addison Gallery of American Art exhibition, To Make Visible: Art and Activism, 1980–2000, and discusses the ways in which artists use their work to hold a mirror up to the injustices of their time, combat apathy, and provoke change.

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