Current Exhibitions
The Hudson River School Collection: A 3D Virtual Exhibition
The Art Center is excited to present this venerable collection in a new way: Enjoy our Hudson River School Galleries virtually from your computer, mobile device, or VR headset.
Women Picturing Women: From Personal Spaces to Public Ventures
February 6 - June 13, 2021
The Great Wonder: Violet Oakley and the Gothic Revival at Vassar
February 27 - June 13, 2021
The Ongoing Moment: Recent Acquisitions of Photography at the Loeb
March 13 - June 27, 2021
In the News
- Three-Part Series Honors Groundbreaking Professor of Art History Linda Nochlin
- New Miscellany News Article on The Ongoing Moment
- The Ongoing Moment: Recent Acquisitions of Photography at the Loeb
- Home Sick at the Trolley Barn
- Women Picturing Women: From Personal Spaces to Public Ventures
- Loeb Donates Art Supplies to Area Students
Events
AND SO WE WALKED a Live, Online Performance of the Original Play by DeLanna Studi, Cherokee Performance Artist and Activist
May 11, 7:30 p.m. EDT
Belle Ribicoff Lecture on the Futures of Latinx Art
Thursday, May 13, 2021, 5:00 p.m. EDT
A Virtual Gallery Talk on the Exhibition The Great Wonder: Violet Oakley and the Gothic Revival at Vassar
Friday, May 14, 1:00 p.m. EDT
Off the Wall Blog
Perspectives from our students.
An Anti-Colonial Glance at Jean-Léon Gérôme’s Camels at the Watering Place - Apr. 23, 2021
Today’s post comes from Ian Shelley, Vassar class of 2022 and Art Center student docent.
One of the most conspicuous expressions of colonialism in Western art has been Orientalism, a nineteenth-century movement broadly characterized by exoticized... Read More
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