BY HER HAND
ARTEMISIA GENTILESCHI AND WOMEN ARTISTS IN ITALY, 1500-1800
Through January 9, 2022
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Experience the first exhibition solely dedicated to Italian women artists at the Wadsworth. By Her Hand explores how important women artists succeeded in the male-dominated art world of the time. Artemisia Gentileschi (1593–after 1654), one of the most fascinating seventeenth-century Italian painters, takes center stage. Beyond Gentileschi, the accomplishments of a diverse and dynamic group—from the court painter Sofonisba Anguissola (1532–1625), to the Venetian pastel artist Rosalba Carriera (1673-1757), among other talented and virtually unknown Italian women artists—are introduced and celebrated.
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The exhibition is accompanied by a fully-illustrated 208-page catalogue published by Yale University Press with essays by Eve Straussman-Pflanzer, Oliver Tostmann, and Sheila Barker; and individual object entries are written by the exhibition curators as well as Babette Bohn, C. D. Dickerson, Jamie Gabbarelli, Hilliard T. Goldfarb, Joaneath Spicer, and Lara Roney. $40. Available to purchase at the Museum Shop.
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TOURS
By Her Hand: October 1—January 9
Wednesdays at 1pm
Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays at 12:30pm
Women Artists in Focus: October 1—January 9
Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays at 2:30pm
RELATED PROGRAMS
5pm exhibition viewing, 6pm free public lecture by Elizabeth Cropper—in theater.
There will be a livestream of this program. Access link will be available via thewadsworth.org.
Supported by the Trinity College Department of Fine Arts and the James F. and Isabelle S.C. English Fund.
1pm. Free with museum admission.
1pm exhibition tour, 2pm opera—in theater
Noon-2pm, Free
1pm gallery talk, 2pm concert—in Avery Court
NEW SAFETY GUIDELINES: For all programs in the theater proof of vaccination and matching photo ID are required upon entry. Patrons who are not vaccinated (including those under age 12) must provide a recent negative COVID-19 test. Learn more at thewadsworth.org.
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Located in the heart of Hartford, the Wadsworth is your place to connect with amazing art. Home to nearly 50,000 works of art, the collection encompasses European art from antiquity through Modernism as well as American art from the 1600s through today. The Wadsworth is the oldest continuously operating public art museum in the United States, opening to the public in 1844. Today, visitors find captivating and innovative programs mining the iconic holdings and offering new stories that illustrate the breadth and quality of the museum’s collection.
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By Her Hand: Artemisia Gentileschi and Women Artists in Italy, 1500-1800 is generously supported by the Cheryl Chase and Stuart Bear Family Foundation, JPMorgan Chase & Co., the National Endowment for the Arts, The David T. Langrock Foundation, the Robert Lehman Foundation, the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, the Tavolozza Foundation, the Private Art Dealers Association, Linda Cheverton Wick and Walter Wick, the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, and the Dau Family Foundation.
Sustaining support for the Wadsworth Atheneum provided by the Greater Hartford Arts Council’s United Arts Campaign with support from the Department of Economic and Community Development, Connecticut Office of the Arts.
Image: Installation view of By Her Hand.
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The Wadsworth is welcoming visitors Thursday–Sunday, noon-5pm. Advance registration is recommended via my.thewadsworth.org but not required. We care about your safety, face masks are required and social distancing is encouraged. Check our website for more information on how we are preparing for your visit.
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