)
Wadsworth in the News
2023
- Apollo, August 2, 2023
Acquisitions of the Month: July 2023 - Culture Type, July 24, 2023
Latest News in Black Art by Victoria L. Valentine - CT Public, July 14, 2023
Wadsworth Atheneum acquires major work by influential 18th century female artist by Ray Hardman - Art Daily, July 12, 2023
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art acquires important Rosalba Carriera portrait - Republican-American, July 8, 2023
Seeing is believing: Exhibit shows Douglass knew that ‘image is everything’ by Tracey O’Shaughenssey - photograph, July 1, 2023
Isaac Julien’s Pictures and Progress by Folasade Ologundudu - La Tribune de l’Art, June 15, 2023
A Medusa by Böcklin for the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art by Alexandre Lafore - Fox 61, May 19, 2023
New Wadsworth exhibit explores the power of images through the lens of Frederick Douglass by Lucia Suarez Sang - The Washington Post, May 12, 2023
A minimalist masterpiece with profound implications by Sebastian Smee - The Arts Fuse, May 11, 2023
“Chasing Rembrandt” — The Hunt Continues? by Peter Walsh - ARTnews, May 3, 2023
The Art World’s Summer Happenings to Add to Your Calendar - Antiques and The Arts Weekly, March 10, 2023
Q&A with Matthew Hargraves by Will Demers - New England Magazine, February 20, 2023
10 Events to visit in Connecticut this Spring by Paul Joseph - Connecticut Public Radio, February 2, 2023
Hartford’s Wadsworth Atheneum leads consortium with Southern museums by Ray Hardman - CT Examiner, February 1, 2023
Matt Paweski’s Sculpture Blurs Boundaries of Art, Furniture and Design by Cate Hewitt - The Modern Art Notes Podcast, January 26, 2023
Episode 586: Justine Kurland - Art New England, January/February 2023
The First Two Decades: Experimental Women’s Art and MATRIX 1975–1989 by Terri C Smith - Apollo, January 2023
2022 Acquisitions of the Year
2022
- Aperture, Winter 2022
Stepanie Syjuco Confronts the Power of the Archive by Sarah Knelman - Hartford Courant, November 17, 2022
Three area art museums pursue working together by Kenneth R. Gosselin - Artscope Magazine, November-December 2022
Fire in the Atheneum: The New Glass Movement Arrives at the Wadsworth by Suzanne Volmer - Art New England, November-December 2022
Spotlight Review: Fired Up: Glass Today by Susan Rand Brown - Boston Globe, October 14, 2022
Celebrating the ‘International Year of Glass’ in New England by Cate McQuaid - Hartford Courant, September 18, 2022
Wadsworth Atheneum is ‘Fired Up’ about new contemporary glass exhibit by Christopher Arnott - Connecticut Examiner, September 15, 2022
Old Techniques Transform into Modern Work in Wadsworth Atheneum Glass Show by Cate Hewitt - The Washington Post, September 14, 2022
Great Works, In Focus #123: A painting that aims to frustrate you by Sebastian Smee - Hartford Business Journal, August 29, 2022
Branching Out: With dual leadership team intact, Wadsworth Atheneum focuses on diversifying works, audience, major marketing campaign by Robert Storace - The Washington Post, August 24, 2022
Great Works, In Focus # 120: It’s beyond time to see Andrew Wyeth with fresh eyes by Sebastian Smee - ArtDaily, August 23, 2022
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art announces key appointments - The Washington Post, July 21, 2022
Great Works, In Focus #115: Kay Sage found love in Europe. So why does death haunt her paintings? by Sebastian Smee - Hartford Courant, July 14, 2022
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art names Matthew Hargraves new director with wealth of impressive experience by Christopher Arnott - Hartford Courant, June 9, 2022
Shattered electric guitars litter the floor as part of the Atheneum’s latest Matrix gallery exhibit by Christopher Arnott - The Boston Globe, May 19, 2022
Milton Avery’s Color Sense and Sensibility by Murray Whyte - The New York Times, May 12, 2022
A Singular American Painter and His Perennially Disregarded Wife by Roberta Smith - Milieu Magazine, Summer 2022
A Modern Man by Michael Cicetti - iHeart Radio, Pulse of the Region Cast by MetroHartford Alliance, April 7, 2022
Celebrating Hartford’s Arts & Culture - Republican American, April 2, 2022
If you like color and art that soothes, Milton Avery is your man by Tracey O’Shaughnessy - The Arts Fuse, March 24, 2022
“Milton Avery” — The Slow But Steady Growth of an American Master by Peter Walsh - The New Criterion, April 2022
Exhibition note: On Milton Avery at the Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford by Franklin Einspruch - Antiques and The Arts Weekly, March 22, 2022
Milton Avery: A Wadsworth Retrospective by Jessica Skwire Routhier - The Washington Post, March 16, 2022
Milton Avery was the 20th century’s great ‘painter’s painter’ by Sebastian Smee - Hartford Courant, March 10, 2022
A burst of color and light: Milton Avery comes home in sweeping exhibit at Wadsworth Atheneum by Christopher Arnott - Art & Antiques, March 2022
The Quiet Man: Milton Avery created a unique blend of figuration, abstraction, and color wizardry that influenced generations of artists who came after him by John Dorfman - The Spectator World, March 2022
Precarious and thrilling: Milton Avery was able to carve out his own path, distinct from modernism’s march through history by Andrew Shea - Art New England, March/April 2022
Savoring Milton Avery, Sweeping Retrospective at the Wadsworth Atheneum Hits the Sweet Spot by Susan Rand Brown - CT Examiner, March 4, 2022
Milton Avery Show Opens at Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art by Cate Hewitt - Journal Inquirer, March 3, 2022
A New Milton Avery Exhibit Opens at the Wadsworth by Tim Leininger - New England Magazine, February 22, 2022
10 events to visit in Connecticut this March by Paul Joseph - The Boston Globe, January 23, 2022
Ten Museum Must-Sees: From Maya Lin’s ‘Mappings’ to ‘Being Muholi: Portraits as Resistance,’ our most anticipated shows by Murray Whyte - The Burlington Magazine, January 2022
By Her Hand: Artemisia Gentileschi and Women Artists in Italy 1500-1800 reviewed by Elizabeth Cropper - Antiques & Fine Art, Winter 2022
Top Museum Acquisitions: 2021 in Review by Daniel Grant
2021
- The New York Times, December 16, 2021
The Renaissance Women Who Painted Against the Odds by Jason Farago - Hartford Courant, December 12, 2021
Connecticut art museums working to diversify by Susan Dunne - The Modern Art Notes Podcast with Tyler Green, December 9, 2021
Episode No. 527: Jim Isermann, Women Artists in Italy, 1500-1800 - Art Herstory, December 9, 2021
Thoughts on By Her Hand, the Hartford Iteration by Erika Gaffney - Hartford Courant, December 6, 2021
Wadsworth Atheneum cafe reopens, operated by Berkins Blend by Susan Dunne - The Art Newspaper, December 2021
Beyond Artemisia: Italy’s Forgotten Women Revealed by Jesse Locker - The Boston Globe, December 2, 2021
Artemisia Gentileschi takes justice into her own hands by Murray Whyte - Hartford Business Journal, November 29, 2021
Wadsworth Atheneum’s dual leadership model gains popularity in arts industry by Robert Storace - The Arts Fuse, November 26, 2021
“By Her Hand” – A show of Women Artists that Surprises and Delights by Kathleen Stone - Hartford Courant, November 22, 2021
Wadsworth Atheneum names Gerard Lupacchino board president by Christopher Arnott - Hartford Courant, November 18, 2021
Wadsworth reunites portrait set, separated after 300 years in 1960, for women artists exhibit by Christopher Arnott - November 11, 2021
Review: Artemisia Gentileschi and Women Artists in Italy, 1500-1800 by Alexander Adams - CT Examiner, November 10, 2021
Family, Fairy Tales and Human Fears at Wadsworth Atheneum Talk by Cate Hewitt - The Art Newspaper, November 10, 2021
Acquisitions round-up by Tom Seymour, Kabir Jhala and J.S. Marcus - Hartford Courant, November 10, 2021
Wadsworth changes leadership structure, names Jeffrey Brown as CEO by Christopher Arnott - The Magazine Antiques, November/December 2021
Women’s Work by James Gardner - The Art Newspaper, October 28, 2021
Wadsworth reunites pastel quartet by Rosalba Carriera, 18th-century artist of kings and nobles by Judith Dobrzynski - Republican American, October 24, 2021
Seduction and strength: ‘By Her Hand’ displays overlooked power of women artists by Tracey O’Shaughnessy - Wall Street Journal, October 9, 2021
‘By Her Hand: Artemisia Gentileschi and Women Artists in Italy, 1500-1800’ Review: An Ovation for Leading Ladies by Judith Dobrzynski - Hartford Courant, October 7, 2021
‘By Her Hand’ exhibit at The Wadsworth glorifies Italy’s women artists from the 16th to 18th centuries by Christopher Arnott - Republican American, October 5, 2021
New art, new insight: Wadsworth Atheneum adds to its collection by Tracy O’Shaughnessy - Where We Live with Lucy Nalpathanchil – CT Public Radio, September 17, 2021
Women In A Male Art World – By Her Hand: Artemisia Gentileschi and Women Artists in Italy: 1500-1800 - Hartford Courant, September 2, 2021
Christina Forrer’s MATRIX exhibit lets Wadsworth art add context, contrast to her contemporary tapestries - Hartford Courant, July 8, 2021
Nathan Hale statue at Wadsworth in Hartford restored to original shiny bronze - News 8, June 29, 2021
Nyberg: Wadsworth Atheneum, America’s first public art museum - Connecticut Public Radio, June 17, 2021
Sculptor, Bridgeport Native Leonardo Drew’s ‘Monstrosities’ Gets An Exhibition At The Wadsworth - Hartford Courant, June 14, 2021
Leonardo Drew’s ‘monstrosities,’ ‘City on the Grass’ at Wadsworth Atheneum - Wall Street Journal, June 12, 2021
‘Milton Avery: The Connecticut Years’ Review: Prelude to Success - NewTV, May 25, 2021
Museum Open House – Paul Manship Ancient Made Modern - Republican American, May 25, 2021
Sculptor Leonardo Drew ‘explodes’ into Wadsworth Atheneum by Tracy O’Shaughnessy - WFSB Channel 3 Eyewitness News, May 4, 2021
Wadsworth Museum is a Hartford Icon by Christian Colón - Connecticut Magazine, April 19, 2021
Transformative sculptor Leonardo Drew returns to Hartford, the site of his artistic awakening by Andrea Valluzzo - Republican American, April 18, 2021
Manship the Master: Art Deco sculptor’s brilliance returns at Wadsworth show by Tracey O’Shaughnessy - Hartford Courant, April 4, 2021
Thomas Loughman, CEO of Hartford’s Wadsworth Atheneum, steps down by Daniela Altimari - Hartford Courant, March 24, 2021
Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford extends free admission through June by Susan Dunne - Wall Street Journal, March 17, 2021
Classical Figures for the 20th Century: An exhibition traces the artistic evolution of the sculptor who created New York landmarks such as ‘Prometheus’ at Rockefeller Center, by Judith H. Dobrzynski - Los Angeles Times, March 13, 2021
Todd Gray turns colonialism and the art of photography on its head by Carolina Miranda - Hartford Courant, March 11, 2021
What will this summer look like in Hartford? by Rebecca Lurye - The Magazine Antiques, March/April 2021
Paul Manship’s Ode on a Grecian Urn, by David Ebony - National Review, February 25, 2021
Locked Out of Yale’s Gallery? This Museum Has Class and Heritage to Spare by Brian T. Allen - Art & Antiques, February 2021
Modern Classic: An Exhibition at the Wadsworth Atheneum Reveals the Impact of Ancient Art on the Work of the American Art Deco Sculptor Paul Manship by John Dorfman - BOMB Magazine, January 28, 2021
Finding Hope in the Chaos: Ali Banisadr Interviewed by Osman Can Yerebakan - WFSB, Face the State, January 3, 2021
The pandemic’s impact on the arts in CT
2020
- Antiques and The Arts Weekly, December 29, 2021
Made in Connecticut by Kristin Nord - Fox 61, December 21, 2020
CT Bucket List: The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Hartford - Wall Street Journal, November 19, 2020
‘Savor: A Revolution in Food Culture’ Review: A Taste of Culinary History by Edward Rothstein - Boston Globe, November 5, 2020
The Connecticut Art Trail is turning 25! (And we need things to celebrate.) by Diane Bair and Pamela Wright - Wall Street Journal, October 24, 2020
Worlds Within Worlds: Artist Ali Banisadr reflects on our moment with paintings that combine the hellish and the miraculous by Peter Saenger - Hartford Courant, October 18, 2020
Reflecting on 2020: 12 Connecticut art exhibits take on sexism, racist, and politics by Susan Dunne - Hartford Courant, October 16, 2020
CT Art Trail celebrates 25th anniversary with exhibit at Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford by Susan Dunne - Hartford Courant, September 3, 2020
Wadsworth Atheneum Reopening Labor Day Weekend after Coronavirus Closure by Susan Dunne - Connecticut Public Radio, August 27, 2020
New Self-Guided Tours Connect Visitors To Hartford’s Outdoor Art by Ray Hardman - NPR, August 6, 2020
‘It Lowers Your Blood Pressure’: Spend a few moments with these hypnotic trees by Susan Stamberg - Fox 61, August 6, 2020
Send the Love: Wadsworth Atheneum - CT by the Numbers, July 13, 2020
Pandemic Has Strengthened Public Perception of Museums as Highly Credible Sources of Information - Hartford Courant, March 8, 2020
A Consuming Passion: Wadsworth Atheneum explores food culture of 18th century Europe by Susan Dunne - Republican American, February, 16, 2020
Portrait Embodies Rembrandt Eloquence by Tracey O’Shaughnessy - Hartford Courant, January 23, 2020
Rare Rembrandt coming to Wadsworth Atheneum by Susan Dunne - Hartford Courant, January 22, 2020
Restoration returns Noguchi monolith to Atheneum floor for first time in more than 50 years by Susan Dunne - New England Public Radio, January 17, 2020
Wadsworth’s ‘Afrocosmologies’ Gives An Order To Generations Of Black American Art by Jill Kaufman
2019
- Boston Globe, December 4, 2019
At the Wadsworth Atheneum, art by African-Americans rejoices in the sacred by Cate McQuaid - Wall Street Journal, December 4, 2019
‘Generations: A History of Black Abstract Art’ and ‘Afrocosmologies: American Reflections’ Reviews: Finding a Legacy or Losing the Thread?by James Panero - The Magazine Antiques, November 21, 2019
An Eliphalet Chapin High Chest, Explained, at the Wadsworth Atheneum by Sammy Dalati - Republican American, November 17, 2019
Wadsworth Atheneum has sensational exhibit of African-American works by Tracey O’Shaughnessy - CT Public, November 14, 2019
Wadsworth’s Collection Of Black Art Illuminates Experiences, Cultures And Traditions by Ryan Lindsay - Hartford Courant, October 27, 2019
130 artworks at the Atheneum tell the truth about the black American experience. Here are 8 of them by Susan Dunne - National Review, August 31, 2019
Time for a Riot: Camp Fashion at the Met, and a Real Riot at the Stonewall by Brian T. Allen - Hartford Courant, August 26, 2019
CCC Students learn to embrace Hartford’s past by Slade Rand - Boston Globe, July 18, 2019
Sweetness, ferocity, and sparkle in portrait photos since Stonewall by Cate McQuaid - Hartford Courant, June 30, 2019
Time to ‘Be Seen’: Exhibit of portrait photography at Wadsworth Atheneum reclaims the gay experience by Susan Dunne - NBC Connecticut, May 28, 2019
Hidden in Plain Sight: Optical Illusion of the Austin House, Dan Corcoran - Hartford Courant, May 21, 2019
A Rare Visit: Giorgione’s groundbreaking ‘La Vecchia’ leaves Venice for Wadsworth Atheneum by Susan Dunne - Voice of America
A Van Gogh Painting is Authenticated in Connecticut, Anna Nelson - Fox 61, May 3, 2019
Wadsworth Atheneum celebrates the homecoming of a master, Brent Hardin - Republican American, May 3, 2019
Artist Didn’t Blink: Giorgione put reality of age on canvas for all to witness, and now you, too, can see it by Tracey O’Shaughnessy - Hartford Courant, April 26, 2019
Van Gogh Piece is Back: Artist’s ‘Vase with Poppies,’ authenticated last month, returns by Susan Dunne - New York Times, March 26, 2019
Disputed Painting Is a Real van Gogh, Researchers Say - Hartford Courant, March 23, 2019
It’s official: It’s a real Van Gogh: Wadsworth Atheneum says ‘Vase with Poppies’ has been authenticated by Susan Dunne - ARTnews, March 22, 2019
Wadsworth Atheneum’s ‘Vase with Poppies’ Authenticated by Van Gogh Museum by Claire Selvin - The Art Newspaper, Adventures with Van Gogh
Fake no more: poppy painting in US museum is by Van Gogh—and has a surprise under the surface by Martin Bailey - Hartford Courant, March 6, 2019
Looking to the Horizon: Sean Scully’s abstract ‘Landline’ series on display at Wadsworth Atheneum by Susan Dunne - Artscope, March/April 2019
Soft Uncertain Spaces: Scully gives abstraction back to the people by Kristin Nord - American Fine Art Magazine, March/April 2019
American Moderns in Watercolor: An intimate exhibition of watercolors by Edward Hopper and his contemporaries is on view at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art - Art & Antiques, March 2019
Memory of Land and Sea: In his latest exhibition, Sean Scully depicts land, sea, and sky with eloquent simplicity by Elizabeth Pandolfi - Hartford Courant, Feb. 10
A feminist, surreal twist on an old tale at Wadsworth Atheneum by Susan Dunne - Boston Globe, Jan. 20
Edward Hopper and contemporaries, awash in the modern by Murray Whyte - Hartford Courant, Jan. 1
A vision of America from the road: The travels of Edward Hopper, other watercolorists at the Wadsworth by Susan Dunne
2018
- Apollo Magazine, Dec. 2018
Apollo Acquisition of the Year 2018 - Wall Street Journal, Oct. 22
‘Monsters & Myths: Surrealism and War in the 1930s and 1940s’ Review: Our Irrationality Laid Bare by Michael FitzGerald - Architectural Digest, Oct. 17
Bouke de Vries Reinterprets Spun-Sugar Centerpieces in a Stunning Show at the Wadsworth Atheneum by Mitchell Owens - Hartford Courant, Oct. 9
Sculptor Uses Sugar, Porcelain And Transformers as A Commentary on Warfare by Susan Dunne - Hartford Business, Sept. 19
TheaterWorks pivots to Wadsworth during renovations by Joe Cooper - The Hartford Courant, Sept. 18
TheaterWorks To Stage Shows At Wadsworth During Pearl Street Renovations by Christopher Arnott - The Hartford Courant, Sept. 4
‘Egon Schiele’ Biopic At Wadsworth Atheneum by Susan Dunne - The Hartford Courant, July 10
The Sculptures Outside the Wadsworth, Explained by Susan Dunne - Hartford Business Journal, June 26
UConn trustees approve Hartford campus fine-arts move by Matt Pilon - The Wall Street Journal, June 18
‘Frederic Church: A Painter’s Pilgrimage’ Review: A Voyage Into the Past by Barrymore Laurence Scherer - The Hartford Courant, June 3
‘Frederic Church: A Painter’s Pilgrimage’ at Wadsworth Atheneum by Susan Dunne - Incollect, May 29
Events of the Week by Johanna McBrien - Antiques And The Arts Weekly, May 15
Frederic Church: A Painter’s Pilgrimage by Kristin Nord - The New York Review of Books, May 10
The Art of Elsewhere by Jed Perl - Artforum, May 1
Death Becomes Him by Sam McKinniss - Princeton University Press, April 11
Erin Monroe on Gorey’s Worlds - The Wall Street Journal, April 3
Abstract Expressionism’s Forgotten Sculptor by Karen Wilkin - The New Yorker, March 27
Edward Gorey’s Art Collection by Deb Lucke - Republican-American, March 24
Gorey’s weird world: Wadsworth pairs the odd from the artist’s collection by Tracey O’Shaughnessy - Hartford Courant, March 22
Frank Mitchell Helps People Hold Difficult Conversations About Race, Culture And Equity by Christopher Arnott - CT Post, March 12
A peek inside the art collected by eccentric artist Edward Gorey by Joel Lang - Unlocking Connecticut, Feb. 20
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art by Lora Karam and Beverly Canepari - The Wall Street Journal, Feb. 14
Gorey’s Worlds Review: The Man Behind the Manically Macabre by Barrymore Laurence Scherer - Hartford Courant, Feb. 13
The Gothic, Gloomy Worlds Of Edward Gorey At Wadsworth Atheneum by Susan Dunne - Hartford Courant, Feb. 6
Finder Of Lost Da Vinci To Tell His Tale At Wadsworth Atheneum by Susan Dunne - The Boston Globe, Jan. 26
From Degas to digital art, 10 eye-opening shows by Cate McQuaid - Hartford Courant, Jan. 24
Atheneum Triple-Feature Pays Tribute to Actress-Inventor Hedy Lamarr by Susan Dunne - Connecticut Magazine, Jan. 14
Make Your Reception a Work of Art by Michelle Bodak Acri - The Wall Street Journal, Jan. 6
The Art That Thrilled Edward Gorey by J.S. Marcus
More Wadsworth in the News: 2017 and earlier
Media Contact
media@thewadsworth.org