Featured Exhibition

Small Abstractions: Highlights from Sheldon’s Permanent Collection

January 31, 2020 through July 5, 2020

Underscoring the distinction of Sheldon’s collection of twentieth-century abstract paintings, this exhibition features small-scale works that give insight to a wide range of abstraction’s visual vocabulary. More info

Exhibitions

Person of Interest

January 31, 2020 through July 5, 2020

Exploring nuances in portraiture from the late nineteenth century to today—and testing the very definition of the genre—Person of Interest presents depictions of the literal and abstracted body from Sheldon’s rich holdings and selected loans. More info

Sheldon Museum of Art

For more than fifty years, Sheldon Museum of Art has provided a venue for students, faculty and staff, alumni, and visitors to engage with art and one another. More info

Sheldon Treasures

January 31, 2020 through July 5, 2020

Now in its sixth iteration, Sheldon Treasures continues to highlight of some of the museum’s most important and best known objects. More info

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Featured Exhibition

Small Abstractions: Highlights from Sheldon’s Permanent Collection

Exhibitions

Person of Interest

Sheldon Museum of Art

Sheldon Treasures

Events

First Friday at Sheldon

Study at Sheldon

Look at Lunchtime

Portraiture and Power: Women, Nature, and the Erotic

Picturing Identity —A conversation with artists Radcliffe Bailey, Renée Cox, and Renée Stout

First Friday at Sheldon

Look at Lunchtime

Study at Sheldon