Organized by the Wadsworth, this multimedia exhibition features nearly 300 works of art and memorabilia, including painting, ceramics, sculpture, furniture, jewelry, metalwork, documents, photographs, and Sam Colt's renowned firearms collection. Special charge applies. A site-specific, public project on the grounds of the museum will focus on these issues as they relate to Connecticut's Mashantucket Pequot Tribe. The exhibition features a selection of work reflecting the artist's collaborations with Australian aboriginal artists of the Tandaya wand Boomalli tribes. This exhibition on the undergarments of Victorian America exposes the robes and wrappers Victorians wore in their private lives, and reveals the fantastic variety of body shaping devices and unmentionable necessities that usually were hidden from public view.
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This exhibition, a collaborative effort between the department of contemporary art and the Amistad Foundation, features the photographic work of Dawoud Bey. Through his portraits, Bey is interested in using the museum as a site to engage in a dialogue with members of the local community. This exhibition reflects the many facets of the Caribbean consciousness. This annual display, sponsored by the Women's Committee of the Wadsworth Atheneum, celebrates the arrival of spring through glorious floral arrangements that complement or interpret works of art in the museum's collection. Special charge applies.