Museums, galleries offering virtual tours, exhibits
Connecticut is rich with art galleries, museums and artists in all corners of the state, with gorgeous and engaging exhibits opening every week. Venues that are open to the public, as well as outdoor exhibits, are listed. Visit their websites for social distancing rules.
Hartford County
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, 600 Main St. in Hartford: “Leonardo Drew: Two Projects,” an exhibit of two of Drew’s site-specific sculptural “Explosion” installations, are up until Nov. 14.
One will be on the lawn and another in the Main Street lobby. “Goya, Posada, Chagoya: Three Generations of Satirists” is up until Nov. 7. “A Remarkable Friendship: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and Jane Avril” is up until Aug. 29. “Milton Avery: The Connecticut Years” is up until Oct. 17. “Stories in Ivory and Wood, told by Master Carvers” is up until Oct. 31. thewadsworth.org.
Amistad Center for Art & Culture, inside the Wadsworth Atheneum at 600 Main St. in Hartford: “Through the Looking Glass,” an exhibit of the Randolph Linsly Simpson Collection of African American art, artifacts and ephemera from the 17th to 19th century, is up until Oct. 3.
Butler McCook Gallery, 396 Main St. in Hartford: “Above the Underground: The Art of Andres Chaparro” will be up to Sept. 10. instagram.com/chaparro_art
New Britain Museum of American Art, 56 Lexington St.: “NEW/NOW Jennifer Wen Ma: An Inward Sea” is up until Oct. 24. Recent gifts and acquisitions are up until July 25. nbmaa.org.
Real Art Ways, 56 Arbor St. in Hartford: “Situational Awareness: Jacob Cullers” and “Kevin Quiles Bonilla: As the palm bent, the boy is inclined” are up until July 25. “Then The Morning Comes Lydia Viscardi” is up until Oct. 17. “Real Wall: Lauren Be Dear” is up until Aug. 29 realartways.org.
Art League of New Britain, 30 Cedar St.: ALNB 2021 Members Juried Show: “Art Under Quarantine,” juried by Olivia
Chiang, will be up to Aug. 1. alnb.org.
Main Street in Hartford: A stroll down Main Street provides ample artworks to view. In front of the library, there is a sculpture by David Hayes and a statue of Mark Twain. Between City Hall and Wadsworth Atheneum is Alexander Calder’s massive red “Stegosaurus.” In front of the Atheneum are a newly refurbished statue of Nathan Hale and sculptures by Conrad Shawcross, Tony Smith and William Turnbull. Across the street from the Atheneumn is
Carl Andre’s “Stone Field Sculpture.” Also across the street from the Atheneum is the Bushnell Towers sculpture garden. thewadsworth.org.
Connecticut Historical Society, One Elizabeth St. in Hartford: “Freedom Journey 1965: Photographs of the Selma to Montgomery March by Stephen Somerstein” is up until
Aug. 28. “Connecticut Freedom Workers: Remembering the Civil Rights Movement” is up until Oct. 16. Permanent exhibits are “Making Connecticut” and “Inn & Tavern Signs of Connecticut.” chs.org.
Gallery on the Green, on the town green in Canton: The 61st Anniversary Exhibition, as well as a solo show by Jill Pasanen, are up to Aug. 7. galleryonthegreen.org.
Art Gallery at University of Saint Joseph,
1678 Asylum Ave. in West Hartford: “Where Are The Women?” a show of work by members of Connecticut Women Artist, will be up to Aug. 21. usj.edu/arts/ art-museum/exhibition/ upcoming/where-are-thewomen.
Fairfield County
MoCA Westport,
19 Newtown Turnpike: “Élan Vital,” juried by Max Teicher and Emily White of Gagosian Gallery, will be on
view to Aug. 21. mocawestport.org.
Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, 258 Main St. in Ridgefield: “Clarity Haynes: Collective Transmission” and “Frank Stella’s Stars, A Survey” are up until Sept. 6. “Tim Prentice:” After the Mobile” is up to Oct. 4. “Hugo McCloud: from where i stand,” an exhibit of found-object culture, is up to Jan. 2. aldrichart.org.
The Glass House, 199 Elm St. in New Canaan:
The historic home of architect Philip Johnson is open for outdoor tours. theglasshouse.org.
Silvermine Arts
Center, 1037 Silvermine Road in New Canaan: “Guild Summer Salon” is July 17 to Aug. 20. silvermineart.org.
Bruce Museum, One Museum Drive in Greenwich: “The Amazon Rainforest: Beauty, Destruction, Hope” and “Chain Reaction: The Photography of Patrick Nagatani” are up until Oct. 10. brucemuseum.org.
Center for Contemporary Printmaking in Mathews Park, 299 West Ave. in Norwalk: 13th Biennial Miniature Print International Exhibition 2021 is up until Aug. 29. contemprints.org.
The Gallery at Still River Editions, 128 East Liberty St. in Danbury: A 10 Year Retrospective Group
Exhibition runs to Dec.
17. Artists are Lisa Berger, Paul Berger and Caroline Harman of Newtown; Colin Burke and Phyllis Crowley of New Haven; Joy Bush, Tom Peterson, Kerri Sancomb, Jeff Mueller and Keith Johnson of Hamden; Shona Curtis of New Preston; Chris Durante of Redding; William Frucht of Danbury; Daisy Gesualdi, David Gesualdi, Vito Gesualdi and Tara Tomaselli of Bethel; Gene Gort of Torrington; Cam Gould of Monroe; Marcy Juran of Westport; Ben Larrabee of Darien; Nancy Lasar of Washington. stillrivereditions.com.
Hollis Taggart Southport, 330 Pequot Ave: “Reunion: A Group Exhibition,” with work by Elise Ansel, William Buchina, Leah Guadagnoli, André Hemer, Dana James, Tim Kent, John Knuth, Suchitra Mattai, Anna Pietrzak and Alexandros Vasmoulakis, is up from July 17 to Sept. 4. hollistaggart.com
Middlesex County
Earth and Fire Art Studio,
2 Main St. in Essex: River Valley Artists group show, with work by members, is up until Sept. 2. rivervalleyartists.com.
Spectrum Art Gallery, 61 Main St. in the Centerbrook section of Essex: “Splashes, Drips and Drops,” a show with work by Dana Uzwiak, Erin
Starr, Hope-Denée Fortier, Joan Appel, Richard Nowak, Sabely Peralta, Chris Penry, Katie Danahy Samuelson, Pat Damiani, Diane Rubacha, Edith Skiba LaMonica, Pam Carlson, Kathleen DeMeo, Bonnie Lea Townsend, Kearen Enright, Kimberley Kordonowy, Carolyn Rothfeld, Catherine Satsuk, Ceal Swift, Laurie Diwinsky, Marjorie Sopkin, Teri Glassman, Robert Thomas, Scott Camphausen, Harry Rosenbluth, Michael Fanelli, Lois Blood Bennett, Maryann Flick, Larry Bilansky, Paul Ramsey, Dianne Roberts, Stephen Dandrow, Bob Rosenberg, Jean Gresham, Andy Teran, Anna Sidorow, Lisa Krall, Lyn Harper, Marcia Kindlmann, Odette StapleBrown, Carol Dorman, Joanna Biskupski, Kate Huddleston, Linda Saucier and Kristie Foss, will be up from July 16 to Sept. 4. spectrumartgallery.org.
New Haven County
Yale Center for British Art, 1080 Chapel St. in New Haven: Permanent collection exhibits “Britain in the World” and “Love, Life, Death, and Desire: An Installation of the Center’s Collections” are up until Dec. 31. “Art in Focus: The Provocation of Conditions” is up until Aug. 23. “Art in Focus: Women From the Center” is up until Oct. 3. britishart.yale.edu.
Mattatuck Museum,
63 Prospect St. in Waterbury: “In the Wake of 9/11: Robert Carley’s American Journey” is up to Sept. 12. ”Collecting Presidential History: Signatures and Ephemera,” an exhibit of pieces from the collection of Francis T. “Fay” Vincent Jr., is up until Dec. 31. “A Face Like Mine, works from a century of Black figurative art, is up until Sept. 12. mattmuseum.org.
Palestine Museum US, 1764 Litchfield Turnpike,
Suite 200, in Woodbridge: The museum is open by appointment only at palestinemuseum.us.
NXTHVN, 169 Henry
St. in New Haven: “Roots to Benevolence,” the Inaugural NXTHVN apprentice exhibit, with artwork by Mekhi Banks, Kaitlyn Higgins, Aime Mulungala, Ashlynn Topper and Donte Warren, is up until Aug. 22. nxthvn.com.
Ely Center of Contemporary Art, 51 Trumbull
St. in New Haven: “Solos 2021,” work by Kevin Van Aelst, John Arabolos, Allison Baker, Gordon Skinner and Jeff Slomba, is up until Aug. 22. elycenter.org.
Kehler Liddell Gallery, 873 Whalley Ave. in
New Haven: “Our DNA,” the fifth annual juried show, will run until July
25. Artists are Eduardo Alvarez, Mark Battista, Robert Bienstock, Marsha Borden, Frank Bruckmann, Jill Butcher, William Butcer, Jeanette Compton, Penrhyn Cook, Rod Cook, Gabriella DiMaio, Anne Doris-Eisner, Jacqueline Allen Doucot, Tom Edwsards, Daniel Eugene, Joe Fekieta, Brian Flinn, Kathryn Frederick, Kathryn Frund, Sean Patrick Gallagher, Jeffrey Gangwisch, Warda Geismar, Ellen Gordon, Dan Gries, Andrea Haas, Amy Hannum, Nina Sumarac Jablonsky, Sandra Jeknavorian, Aude Jomini, Ruth Kennedy, Earl Grenville Killeen, Eben King, Karl Kroeppler, Daudi Lazarre, Briah Luckey, Howard Margules, Pierre Merkl, Christian Miller, Roy Money, David Ottenstein, Hilary Opperman, Donna Owens, Hank
Paper, Tina Psoinos,
Robert Schwarz, Sheri Schwarz, Anne Sheffield, Ada Monica Sperling, Geoffrey Stein, Lisa Toto, Joshua Unikel, Amanda Walker, Brian Williams, Marjorie Gillette Wolfe, Lauren Woods and Jessica Zamachaj. kehlerliddellgallery.com.
City Gallery, 994 State St. in New Haven: “Shape of Color: Judy Atlas, Joy
Bush, Rita Hannafin, Tom Peterson: is up to Aug. 8. city-gallery.org.
Susan Powell Fine Art, 679 Boston Post Road in Madison: “Summer in New England” is up to Aug. 8. susanpowellfineart.com.
Tolland County
William Benton Museum of Art, 245 Glenbrook Road at UConn in Storrs: “Immigrant Eyes: Photographs by Joe Standart” is up until Oct. 16. benton.uconn.edu.
Contemporary Art Galleries, on the campus of UConn in Storrs: “Alejandro de la Guerra: La Maquina Herida” is up until July 21. contemporaryartgalleries.uconn.edu.
David Hayes Sculpture Fields, 905 South St. in Coventry: The fields, which surround the home of the sculptor (1931-2013), are open to the public for selfguided tours. davidhayes. com.
Arts Center East,
709 Hartford Turnpike in Vernon: “3rd Annual Signature Artist Members Exhibit will be up to Aug. 7. artscentereast.org.
New London County
Hygienic Art Galleries, 79 Bank St. in New London: “Intersections: James Honer, Katherine Clark-Nilsson and Alexandra Wahl” is up to Aug. 14. hygienic.org.
Florence Griswold Museum, 96 Lyme St. in Old Lyme: “Social & Solitary: Reflections on Art, Isolation, and Renewal” is up until Sept. 19. flogris.org.
Mystic Seaport, 75 Greenmanville Road: “Sailor Made: Folk Art of the Sea” is on view. “A Spectacle in Motion: The Grand Panorama of a Whaling Voyage ‘Round the World” will be up until March 27. mysticseaport.org/explore/ exhibits.