Connecticut museums and galleries offering virtual tours and exhibits
Connecticut is rich with art galleries, museums and artists in all corners of the state, with gorgeous and engaging exhibits opening every week.
Venues that are open to the public, as well as outdoor exhibits, are listed at the top of this file, by county. Visit their websites for social distancing rules. The venues that are still closed but have virtual offerings are listed in the “online” section.
Hartford County
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, 600 Main St. in Hartford: “Paul Manship: Ancient Made Modern” is up until July 3. “Todd Gray: MATRIX 186 is up until July 18. “Goya, Posada, Chagoya: Three Generations of Satirists” is up until Nov. 7. “A Remarkable Friendship: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and Jane Avril” is up until Aug. 29. “Reflections: 48th Annual Hartford Youth Art Renaissance” is up until June 30. ”Milton Avery: The Connecticut Years” is up until Oct. 17. hewadsworth.org.
New Britain Museum of American Art, 56 Lexington St.: “NEW/NOW Jennifer Wen Ma: An Inward Sea” is up until Oct.
24.
Real Art Ways, 56 Arbor
St. in Hartford: On view now: “The Things That Haunt Me Still:” Felandus Thames,”
“Part Fact, Part Aspect: Robin
Crookall,” “The Siren” Catalina Ouyang,””Kevin Quiles Bonilla: As the palm bent, the boy is inclined.” realartways.org.
Main Street in Hartford :A stroll down Main Street provides ample artworks to view. In front of the library, there is a sculpture by David Hayes and a statue of Mark Twain. Between City Hall and Wadsworth Atheneum is Alexander Calder’s massive red “Stegosaurus.” In front of the Atheneum are a statue of Nathan Hale and sculptures by Conrad Shawcross, Tony Smith and William Turnbull. Across the street from the Atheneumn is Carl Andre’s “Stone Field Sculpture.” Also across the street from the Atheneum is the Bushnell Towers sculpture garden. thewadsworth.org.
ArtSpace, 555 Asylum St. in Hartford, will hold a one-night exhibit and fund-raiser, to benefit Foodshare, the South Park Inn, Greater Hartford Harm Reduction Coalition and Make the Road Hartford. June 22 from 6 p.m. to midnight. Suggested donation of $5. fans@ntplx.net.
Pompanoosuc Mills, 21 Brace Road / Firehouse Square in
West Hartford: “Have a Seat,” a collection of chair- and sofa-inspired art by members of West Hartford Art League, will be up until the end of spring. Artists are Debra Cantor, Michelle Peterson and Amy Goldblas of Bloomfield; Shari Cassutt of Simsbury; Joanna Eickenhorst, Harriet Schneider and Leslie Luksberg of West Hartford; Michaela
Frodermann and Heather Satloff of Avon; Lynn Katz, C. Dianne Zweig and Heather Satloff of Avon; Sue Ellen Landwehr of Bethel; Jill Pasanen of Burlington; Clare Phillips of Hartford; Arlene Pomaski of New Hartford; and Carolyn Venne of South Windsor. ]westhartfordart.org.
Fairfield County
MoCA Westport, 19 Newtown Turnpike: “Smash,” an exhibit of the videos of Marilyn Minter, is up to June 13. mocawestport.org.
Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, 258 Main St. in Ridgefield: “Clarity Haynes: Collective Transmission” and “Frank Stella’s Stars, A Survey” are up until
Sept. 6. “Tim Prentice:” After the Mobile” is up to Oct. 4. aldrichart.org.
Loft Artists Association, 575 Pacific St. in Stamford: “Bodies in Motion,” an all-members exhibit, is up until June 13. loftartists.org.
Mattatuck Museum, 63 Prospect St. in Waterbury: “Collecting Presidential History: Signatures and Ephemera,” an exhibit of pieces from the collection of Francis T. “Fay” Vincent Jr., is up until Dec. 31. “A Face Like Mine, works from a century of Black figurative art, is up until Sept. 12. Artists include Romare Bearden, Elizabeth Catlett, Kerry James Marshall, Lorna Simpson, James VanDer Zee and Kehinde Wiley “A Secret Heliotropism: The Art of Jeanne Silverthorne” is up until June 27. mattmuseum.org.
Gilbert V. Boro Studio 80 + Sculpture Grounds, 80 Lyme
St. in Old Lyme: The sculpture grounds, with works by Boro and other artists, is on private property but is open to the public. Boro asks guests not to enter any buildings. A YouTube video about the grounds, part of the Smithsonian Channel documentary series “America: Over the Edge,” can be seen at gilbertboro.com.
Lyme Art Association ,90 Lyme St. in Old Lyme: “Ship to Shore: A Marine Show” is up May 21 to July 22. lymeartassociation. org.