June 04, 2015
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Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
  July 2015 Calendar


The following programs are for your calendars and event listings. Please note: some programs require a separate fee; please include this information with any mentions of such programs. If you have any questions or would like to request a related publicity image, please contact Taryn Bunger, Communications & Marketing Coordinator, at (860) 838-4081 or [email protected].

 

Thursday, July 9, 7 p.m.
Film: The Nightingale (Ye Ying: Le Promeneur D'Oiseau) 

Filled with breathtaking images of China, this heartwarming tale portrays a grandfather who journeys mostly by foot with his spoiled city granddaughter to his native rural village. 2013. China. 100 min. Not rated. Subtitles. Directed by Philippe Muyl. Additional screenings Saturday, July 11 at 4 p.m. and 7 p.m.; Sunday, July 12 at 2 p.m.
Tickets: $9; Seniors and students $8; Members $7; Insider Access and above members free. 

 

Friday, July 10, 5 - 10 p.m.
Summer Sizzle Under the Stars: It Happened One Night
An � la carte dinner in Gengras Courtyard accompanied by live Dixieland with Alta and Matt DeChamplain and Kris Jenson, followed at approximately 8:15 p.m. by the classic comedy, It Happened One Night. Tickets (not including dinner purchase): $9; Seniors and students $8; Members $7; Insider Access and above members free.  

Saturday, July 11, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Second Saturdays, "Paper Play"

Look at MATRIX 172 artist Mark Bradford's works using paper in imaginative ways. Make a pulp paper sculpture and think about paper's endless possibilities. Each Second Saturdays program is free and includes hands-on art projects, tours for families, live music, and engaging fun through film, theater and dance. Free admission to museum during program. 

http://thewadsworth.org/event/second-saturdays-paper-play/    

 

Thursday, July 16, noon 

Gallery Talk: "Peter Blume"
Peter Blume, a leading modern American painter, lived in Sherman, Connecticut amidst an international artistic community. Hear curator Erin Monroe speak in the Peter Blume: Nature and Metamorphosis exhibition about how the Connecticut environment impacted Blume's work and that of his friends and neighbors, including Alexander Calder and Arshile Gorky. Free with museum admission. Stay after for a free screening of Without Gorky at 1 p.m.
http://thewadsworth.org/event/gallery-talk-peter-blume/ 

 

Thursday, July 16, 1 p.m. 

Art on Film: Without Gorky 
With a combination of archival footage, shots of paintings, and memories of those who knew him, this personal documentary explores Armenian Surrealist and Abstract Expressionist Arshile Gorky's legacy. 2011. UK. 58 min. Not rated. Directed by Cosima Spender. Free. Arrive before the screening for a 12 p.m. gallery talk with curator Erin Monroe, in the Peter Blume: Nature and Metamorphosis exhibition. Additional screening Saturday, July 18 at 2 p.m. Free.
http://thewadsworth.org/event/art-on-film-without-gorky/

Thursday, July 16, 7 p.m.
Film: Dukhtar
Based on a true story and set in the mountains of Pakistan, this beautifully shot film tells the story of a mother and her ten year-old daughter who flee their home on the even of the girl's marriage to a tribal leader many years her elder. 2014. Pakistan. 93 min. Not rated. Subtitles. Directed by Afia Nathaniel. Additional screenings Saturday, July 18 at 4 p.m. and 7 p.m.; Sunday, July 19 at 2 p.m. Tickets: $9; Seniors and students $8; Members $7; Insider Access and above members free.
http://thewadsworth.org/event/film-dukhtar/  
 
Friday, July 17, 5 - 10 p.m.
Summer Sizzle Under the Stars: Libeled Lady 
An � la carte dinner in Gengras Courtyard accompanied by live Latin Jazz with Alta and Matt DeChamplain and Jeremy Osterling, followed at approximately 8:15 p.m. by the 1936 film Libeled Lady. Tickets (not including dinner purchase): $9; Seniors and students $8; Members $7; Insider Access and above members free.
http://thewadsworth.org/event/summer-sizzle-libeled-lady/ 

Thursday, July 23, 7 p.m.
Film: Little England (Mikra Anglia)
Set during the 1930's on the Greek island of Andros, this exquisitely photographed family saga depicts two sisters in love with the same man. 2013. Greece. 132 min. Not rated. Subtitles. Directed by Pantelis Voulgaris. Additional screenings Saturday, July 25 at 4 p.m. and 7 p.m.; Sunday, July 26 at 2 p.m. Tickets: $9; Seniors and students $8; Members $7; Insider Access and above members free.
http://thewadsworth.org/event/film-little-england-mikra-anglia/

 
Friday, July 24, 5 - 10 p.m.
Summer Sizzle Under the Stars: To Have and Have Not
 

An � la carte dinner in Gengras Courtyard accompanied by live Swing with Alta and Matt DeChamplain and Haneef Nelson, followed at approximately 8:15 p.m. by a screening of To Have and Have Not. Tickets (not including dinner purchase): $9; Seniors and students $8; Members $7; Insider Access and above members free.
http://thewadsworth.org/event/summer-sizzle-to-have-and-have-not/
 

 

Thursday, July 30, 7 p.m.
Film: Life in a Fishbowl (VONARSTR�TI)
A critical and commercial hit in Iceland, this film follows the struggles of three people who are leading double lives as their paths intersect. 2014. Iceland. 129 min. Not rated. Subtitles. Directed by Baldvin Zophoniasson. Additional screenings Saturday, August 1 at 4 p.m. and 7 p.m.; Sunday, august 2 at 2 p.m. Tickets: $9; Seniors and students $8; Members $7; Insider Access and above members free.
http://thewadsworth.org/event/life-in-a-fishbowl-vonarstraeti/

 
Friday, July 31, 5 - 10 p.m.
Summer Sizzle Under the Stars: Pat and Mike
  

An � la carte dinner in Gengras Courtyard accompanied by life Soul Jazz with Orice Jenkins and Jocelyn Pleasant, followed at approximately 8:15 p.m. by the film Pat and Mike. Tickets (not including dinner purchase): $9; Seniors and students $8; Members $7; Insider Access and above members free.
http://thewadsworth.org/event/summer-sizzle-pat-and-mike/ 

 

 

TOURS

All tours are free with museum admission and meet at the Information Desk by the Museum Shop.    

 

Highlights Tours
Wednesdays through Sundays, 1 p.m.

  

 

OPENING EXHIBITIONS

 

Peter Blume: Nature and Metamorphosis
July 3, 2015 - Sept. 20, 2015
Peter Blume: Nature and Metamorphosis is the first retrospective of the American artist Peter Blume (1906-1992) since 1976. Organized by the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the exhibition reveals Blume's central role in the development of American modernism and examines the artist's impact on late 20th-century narrative painting. Visions from Home: Surrealism in Connecticut, a companion exhibition featuring works by Blume's peers, the community of artists that flourished in Northwestern. Connecticut beginning the 1930's also opens on July 3. 

 

 

Director's Choice
Aspects of Portraiture: Photographs from the Wadsworth Atheneum

July 11, 2015 - Nov. 15, 2015
Aspects of Portraiture addresses the various approaches to photographic portraiture taken by artists, ranging from classical pieces by Irving Penn, Richard Avedon and Timothy Greenfield Sanders, to symbolic portraits by Patti Smith and John Coplans, to those that tell stories by artists like Adrian Piper and Carrie Mae Weems. Organized by Wadsworth Atheneum Director and CEO Susan Talbott, this selection of nearly 50 works examines social history, identity and race, as well as nostalgia for the traditional portraits that once defined photography, and outlines the transformation of photographic portraiture throughout modernist movements such as Dadaism and Surrealism. Unmediated traditional portraits going back to the 1940s are displayed in concert with symbolic portrayals using objects as surrogates for human subjects, and narrative portraits, often employing a mix of images and text. Such new approaches to capturing the core of human character are well represented in the Wadsworth Atheneum's rich collection of post-war and contemporary photography, and come together for the first time in this thoughtful survey of portraiture from the museum.
http://thewadsworth.org/exhibitions/upcoming/aspects-of-portraiture-photographs-from-the-wadsworth-atheneum/ 

   

 

ON VIEW

 

Post-War & Contemporary Art
Permanent Installation
The museum's exquisitely restored Hilles and Huntington galleries feature never-before exhibited works along with steadfast favorites in the first complete reinstallation of the Contemporary Art collection in nearly 20 years. 

 

Mark Bradford / MATRIX 172
June 4, 2015 - Sept. 6, 2015

Mark Bradford (American, born 1961) grew up in South Central Los Angeles, where the everyday realities of the local community and urban landscape inform his racially and politically charged work. Known for his tactile, map-like collage paintings, Bradford's trademark monumental, mixed-media abstractions layer string and advertising posters stripped from the streets of his notoriously gritty neighborhood, where he maintains his studio. For Bradford's MATRIX exhibition, he creates a site-specific wall drawing inspired by Sol LeWitt, the conceptual artist and Hartford native who is the founder of the "wall drawing" art form.

http://thewadsworth.org/exhibitions/upcoming/matrix172/  

 

 

About the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art

Founded in 1842, the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art is the oldest public art museum in the United States. The museum's nearly 50,000 works of art span 5,000 years, from Greek and Roman antiquities to the first museum collection of American contemporary art. The museum's five connected buildings-representing architectural styles from Gothic Revival to modern International Style-are located at 600 Main Street in Hartford, Conn. Since 2010 the museum has been undergoing a major, $33 million renovation, and will celebrate its Grand Reopening Sept. 19, 2015. Hours: Wed - Fri: 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Sat and Sun: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.; First Thursdays: 11 a.m. - 8 p.m. Admission: $5 - 10; discounts for members, students and seniors. Phone: (860) 278-2670; website: http://thewadsworth.org.

 

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