September 14 – December 10, 2021 This fall, the Fleming Museum is “showing our work” by exhibiting itself in a state of transformation and change, with listening to visitors at the center of that work. It is messy and vulnerable to work in public. Learning how to improvise and adapt—haven’t we all done so much of that …
Monthly Archives: September 2021
Storytelling Salon
September 14, 2021 – May 6, 2022 Storytelling is a catalyst for change. Our 2020 exhibition Reckonings: Fleming staff reflect on our collection and the current moment focused on how we can use art to tell stories about our feelings and experiences in reaction to worldwide trauma. “Reckoning” is a long-term and iterative process, particularly when it …
Abstracts: Opening Space for Imagination
September 14 – December 10, 2021 Change has had a domino effect in the Museum this year. Deconstructing the outdated African Gallery led to a deinstallation of the Marble Court balcony, which has long featured nearly all-white New England artists and especially landscapes. Just as our Absences project uses blank spaces to envision new possibilities, the empty …
Absence
September 14, 2021- December 2, 2022 In 2020 and 2021, we began to take down artworks and deinstall galleries that have been on view for decades and whose subject matter or background is hurtful to members of our community. Instead of filling these spaces with new artworks immediately, we have left them as intentional signs …