Wadsworth Atheneum

John G. Matilus landscape painting of a tree-covered grassy hill under a cloud-filled sky
Made in Connecticut: Celebrating 25 Years of the CT Art Trail
The Connecticut Art Trail is celebrating twenty-five years of guiding art aficionados on a journey that includes twenty-two world-class museums and historic sites.
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Cheap Thrills: Coney Island during the Great Depression
Reginald Marsh captures the excitement of 1930's Coney Island in his dramatic depiction of a steeplechase, Wooden Horses (1936). Curator Erin Monroe discusses this moment in American history…
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Homage to JFK: Rauschenberg's "Retroactive I"
Robert Rauschenberg was in the middle of creating this portrait of John F. Kennedy when the president was assassinated. Hear Steven Zucker and Patricia Hickson, Emily Hall Tremaine Curator of…
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Thought the Puritans Were Dour? Think Again!
Brandy Culp, Richard Koopman Curator of American Decorative Arts at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, and Beth Harris discuss a Court Cupboard (1665-73, red oak with cedar and maple (moldings),…