Southwest Gallery

Spray: Jules Olitski in the 1960s

In the 1960s, American artist Jules Olitski (1922-2007) exhibited his large-scale abstract Spray paintings and sculptures to critical acclaim. Sixty years since their inception, Spray: Jules Olitski in the 1960s features a selection of paintings, a sculpture, works on paper, and archival materials from the Jules Olitski Foundation.

Category: Abstraction, Color, New England
 

Southwest Gallery

Painting in Color: Contemporary Abstraction

Presented in conversation with Spray: Jules Olitski in the 1960s, this exhibition invites you to experience four contemporary artists continuing the tradition of abstraction: Heather Hutchison, Joseph Marioni, Jane Swavely, and John Zurier.

Category: Abstraction, Color, New Contemporary
 

Scheier Gallery

Danny Lyon: The Bikeriders

American photographer Danny Lyon didn’t just document the Chicago Outlaws Motorcycle Club: he joined them as a member while still an undergraduate at the University of Chicago. In his words, it was an “attempt to record and glorify the life of the American bikerider.” The result was a new form of documentary photography that brought viewers into the worlds of its subjects with intimacy, grit, and humanity. Danny Lyon: The Bikeriders presents more than a dozen of these exceptional photographs, offering a time capsule of 1960s Americana.

​

Image credit: Danny Lyon, Cal, Elkhorn, Wisconsin, The Bikeriders Portfolio, 1966. © Danny Lyon / Magnum Photos. www.bleakbeauty.com. Instagram: @dannylyonphotos2

Category: Photography, Motorcycles
 

Scheier Gallery

Together, Apart, Away: Snapshots from the Peter J. Cohen Collection

Family road trips. Budding friendships. Sibling rivalries. These are just some of the human moments captured by everyday photographers in snapshots from the collection of Peter J. Cohen. Individually, each snapshot welcomes you into a recognizable world. As a whole, they tell a story about how we tell our stories. This moving and nostalgic exhibition is presented in conversation with Danny Lyon: The Bikeriders.

​

Image credit: Unknown photographer, Man and girl on motorcycle, c. 1940-1960. Promised gift of Peter J. Cohen

Category: Photography
 

Upper East Gallery

Seeing Empire
and the Masking of Violence

Centered around a long-term loan by Dutch Master Frans Post, this new installation displays representations of colonialism in conversation with contemporary explorations of identity, asking timely questions about power, erasure, and beauty.

Category: 
Thought-Provoking, Dutch Masters

Putnam Gallery

Ceramics and Glass from the Collection

Ceramics and Glass from the Collection illustrates the evolution of utilitarian craft into fine art. Explore fifty historic and contemporary works by leading artists from Great Britain and the United States, with a special focus on craftsmen working in New Hampshire.

Category:
Ceramics, Glass, Craft, Collection

Welcome Gallery

Frank Lloyd Wright in Manchester: The Histories of the Zimmermans and Kalils

On view through June 2026, this installation uses archival documents to tell the story of the two visionary families who brought Frank Lloyd Wright to Manchester.

Category:
Architecture, Frank Lloyd Wright, New Hampshire

East Gallery

Keeping It Real: East Coast Paintings, 1960s–1980s

This new installation shines the spotlight on American painters who reinvented realism from the 1960s through the 1980s. From landscapes to city scenes, gems from the Currier collection tell a story of artists turning to the world around them for inspiration and reflecting our lives back to us in new ways.

Category:
Realism, Contemporary