On View
Animal, Vegetable, Mineral: Making Colors in Europe, 1400–1800 examines artistic production in the early modern period through the lens of its distinctive colors; recipes for pigments, dyes, and glazes were often closely guarded secrets and critical to the value of a work of art. The search...
Abstraction in North America predates the founding of the United States by thousands of years. Picking up this story in the 19th century, Always Already celebrates diverse approaches to color, geometry, and composition. In addition to paintings and drawings, it features textiles, ceramics,...
This exhibition investigates how ancient art from around the globe became part of the academic and aesthetic life of the college. Incorporating a timeline and paired with archival material, the exhibition complements the exhibition Stone, Sand, and Clay: Connecting Cultures in the Ancient...
How did common materials—stone, sand, and clay—serve as the foundations for artmaking in the ancient world? In this exhibition, objects that have never been on view in the Hood Museum’s galleries join familiar favorites in an exploration of the museum’s deep collection of ancient Mediterranean art.
Make Space: Out of the Box is the third iteration of our in-gallery artmaking space dedicated to experimentation, play, and reflection. Whenever the museum is open, visitors may drop in to create their own mixed-media box sculptures, assembled from a range of new and found materials. All...
Laura Maes’s Spikes makes audible the sun’s energy as it changes over time. As solar panels attached to the exterior of the building gather energy, they complete the more than 100 handmade circuits mounted on the ceiling. The clicking sound of each circuit varies and LEDs light up in...