The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum
The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum is located in Ridgefield, Connecticut. The Aldrich has no permanent collection and is the only museum in Connecticut that is dedicated solely to the exhibition of contemporary art.[1] The museum presents the first solo museum exhibitions by emerging artists, significant exhibitions of established and mid-career artists whose work is under recognized, thematic group exhibitions exploring topics in contemporary art and society, and newly commissioned work.
Established
Exhibitions[edit]
The Aldrich Museum features works by national and international emerging and mid-career artists. Larry Aldrich said in a 1986 interview: "Almost all the well-known American artists you can think of have been seen here at early stages of their careers. Among them Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, Frank Stella, and Cy Twombly."[2] Additional notable names include: Eva Hesse, Ann Hamilton, Robert Smithson, Jack Whitten, Olafur Eliasson, Huma Bhabha, KAWS, Mark Dion, and Shazia Sikander.[6]
Notable past exhibitions include Material Witness, Five Decades of Art by Harmony Hammond (2019); The Domestic Plane: New Perspectives on Tabletop Art Objects (2018); A Roll in the Way by Kate Gilmore (2014); Six Story Gathering Boxes by Mary Beth Edelson (2014); Underscore by Xaviera Simmons (2013); the first solo museum exhibition of KAWS (2010);[7] 50,000 Beds: A Project by Chris Doyle (2007); Velimir Chlebnikov by Anselm Kiefer (2006); No Reservations: Native American History and Culture in Contemporary Art (2007); Cameras by Tom Sachs (2009); Under the Westside Highway by Rackstraw Downes (2010);[8] Navigator by Karla Knight (2021-22).[9]