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From the Collection

Albert Bierstadt
River Landscape c. 1867
NAA-Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Abraham M. Adler

Exhibitions and Events

The Hyde Lecture:
Parametric Order—21st Century Order

February 7

4:30 p.m.

Patrick Schumacher of Zaha Hadid Architects delivers the Hyde Lecture in Sheldon’s Ethel S. Abbott Auditorium.

Angels Theatre Company presents Partners and Adversaries

Tuesdays in February

6:30 PM, Tickets available from 5:00 PM

Inspired by the exhibition Partners and Adversaries, the Angels Theatre Company will offer five short plays that explore relationships and themes of love, loss, sex, phobia, fear, humor, and hope.

This is a unique opportunity to experience live theater in a non-traditional setting while exploring the relationship between visual art and performance.

Admission is free. 40 tickets are available on the day of each performance, beginning at 5 PM in Sheldon’s Great Hall. Come early to get your ticket and enjoy an evening of partners and adversaries.

Art & Bubbly

Feb. 11, 2012

6—8pm

Join us for a champagne tasting with sweet treats, candlelight, and bubbling conversation. A silent auction and Polaroid snapshot will ensure you take home a special token of the evening.

Histories: The Sheldon Permanent Collection

Aug. 5, 2011 - Jul. 15, 2012

The term “history” suggests a single, unified explanation and understanding of events and actors on the world stage. And yet in both academic settings and popular culture, history reveals itself to be a complex, multifaceted topic, explored and interpreted in a variety of different ways.

Media Revolution: Early Prints from the Sheldon's Vault

Dec. 9, 2011 - Feb. 19, 2012

This exhibition brings to light little-seen masterpieces from the Sheldon Museum of Art's collection vault. Early modern woodcuts, engravings, and etchings are all on display.

Railroads and the Making of Modern America

Jan. 20, 2012 - May 27, 2012

Railroads and the Making of Modern America features fifty works from the Sheldon Museum of Art’s permanent collection—as well as a handful of local loans—and examines the ways artists captured and shaped the modern ideas and practices made possible by the railroad, emphasizing the broader cross-border movements and their global consequences.

Partners and Adversaries: The Art of Collaboration

Feb. 3, 2012 - May 27, 2012

Drawn largely from the Sheldon Museum of Art’s permanent collection, Partners and Adversaries: The Art of Collaboration explores the often productive—and sometimes contentious—world of artistic partnerships.

All is Pretty: Warhol Polaroids

Feb. 3, 2012 - Apr. 15, 2012

Coinciding with the 25th anniversary of Warhol’s death in February 1987, the exhibition debuts photographs donated to the Sheldon Museum of Art in 2008 by the Andy Warhol Foundation.

Sheldon Shopping

Amethysts for February
Shop the Sheldon Museum Store for unique, artist-made jewelry by April Stevenson. As the highlighted jeweler this month, April has created one-of-a-kind jewelry featuring the February birthstone, amethyst. The necklace and earrings, shown here, sell for $69 and $19 respectively.

Sheldon Art Association members receive a 10% discount in the museum store.

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