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Bruce Presents: Everyday Hero(ine)s: Hidden Labor in Danish Art

Please join us for an in-depth lecture, discussion and conversation with Pat Berman based on the Danish Art collection of Ambassador John L. Loeb Jr. Patricia Berman is the Theodora L. and Stanley H. Feldberg Professor of Art at Wellesley College, where she also co-directs the Hillary Rodham Clinton Center for Citizenship, Leadership, and Democracy. Widely published in journals and anthologies, she has written books and exhibition catalogues about Danish art of the 19th century, the Belgian painter James Ensor,…

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March 6, 2025 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

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1 Museum Drive
Greenwich, CT 06830-7157 United States

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16 – 20

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Please join us for an in-depth lecture, discussion and conversation with Pat Berman based on the Danish Art collection of Ambassador John L. Loeb Jr. Patricia Berman is the Theodora L. and Stanley H. Feldberg Professor of Art at Wellesley College, where she also co-directs the Hillary Rodham Clinton Center for Citizenship, Leadership, and Democracy. Widely published in journals and anthologies, she has written books and exhibition catalogues about Danish art of the 19th century, the Belgian painter James Ensor, the Norwegian artist Edvard Munch, figure drawing, Andy Warhol, and the history of photography. Her latest exhibitions are “Edvard Munch: Il Grido Interiore,” currently on view at Palazzo Bonaparte in Rome, Italy, and “The Scandinavian Home: Art and Identity, 1880-1920,” opening at the Frick Pittsburgh in Fall 2025.

The lecture will begin at 6:30 with a small reception starting at 6:00. There will be a Q&A following the lecture.

Tickets are $20 for non members and $16 for members

Generously sponsored by Berkley One.

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iCreate 2025: Annual Juried Exhibition of High School Talent

The Bruce Museum proudly presents iCreate 2025, our annual juried exhibition showcasing exceptional artistic talent from high school students across the region. Now in its 17th year, this celebrated exhibition transforms our gallery into a vibrant showcase of emerging creativity, featuring works selected from hundreds of submissions representing dozens of schools throughout Connecticut, New Jersey, and New York. Major support for iCreate 2025 is generously provided by an anonymous donor, with additional support from the CT Department of Economic and…

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The Art of Work: Painting Labor in Nineteenth-Century Denmark

One hundred and fifty years ago a group of French artists staged their first independent exhibition in Paris and a radical movement called Impressionism was born. In July of that year, Danish artist Michael Ancher (1849–1927) joined Karl Madsen (1855–1938) in Skagen, Denmark, a fishing village located on the country’s northernmost point. As with the exhibition in Paris, Ancher’s arrival there marked the beginning of an artistic revolution that would upend the academic realism and traditional modes, subjects, and locales…

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iCreate 2025: Annual Juried Exhibition of High School Talent

The Bruce Museum proudly presents iCreate 2025, our annual juried exhibition showcasing exceptional artistic talent from high school students across the region. Now in its 17th year, this celebrated exhibition transforms our gallery into a vibrant showcase of emerging creativity, featuring works selected from hundreds of submissions representing dozens of schools throughout Connecticut, New Jersey, and New York. Major support for iCreate 2025 is generously provided by an anonymous donor, with additional support from the CT Department of Economic and…

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