The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum

The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum The Aldrich is the only museum in Connecticut devoted to contemporary art.

Reopening on June 7, The Shop at The Aldrich will offer a refreshed selection of contemporary goods and exhibition merch...
05/29/2026

Reopening on June 7, The Shop at The Aldrich will offer a refreshed selection of contemporary goods and exhibition merchandise. 💙

Julia Wachtel’s practice moves fluidly between painting and image culture, pulling from the visual language of advertisi...
05/28/2026

Julia Wachtel’s practice moves fluidly between painting and image culture, pulling from the visual language of advertising, cartoons, and mass media to examine how images shape emotion, memory, and attention. Working from her studio in a converted barn in Bridgewater, Connecticut, Wachtel continues a decades-long exploration of appropriation, perception, and the uneasy familiarity of contemporary life.

Julia Watchel, LOL, 2023, will be on view in The Aldrich Decennial: I am what is around me from June 7, 2026, to January 10, 2027.

The Shop at The Aldrich reopens June 7.Expect a carefully curated selection of artist-made goods, contemporary design ob...
05/26/2026

The Shop at The Aldrich reopens June 7.

Expect a carefully curated selection of artist-made goods, contemporary design objects, books, and Aldrich merchandise — all rooted in the Museum’s commitment to supporting artists, small brands, and creative dialogue.

Become an Aldrich Member to enjoy Shop discounts and attend special events like the upcoming Member Opening for The Aldrich Decennial: I am what is around me on June 6.

Last weekend to see Chenlu Hou and Chiara No: What the Hands Remember to Hear. Bringing together two artists working in ...
05/23/2026

Last weekend to see Chenlu Hou and Chiara No: What the Hands Remember to Hear. Bringing together two artists working in clay, the exhibition traces how sculpture can hold memory, myth, and sound as shared forms of storytelling. Hou draws on Chinese folklore and diasporic experience through hand-built vessels and rattles, while No creates bell-like figures inspired by shifting mythologies and historical symbols. On view through Monday, May 25.

Final days to see Jennie Jieun Lee: Luteal Elements and Grooves. This is the artist’s first solo museum exhibition, brin...
05/23/2026

Final days to see Jennie Jieun Lee: Luteal Elements and Grooves. This is the artist’s first solo museum exhibition, bringing together new and recent work that moves between clay, painting, and installation. Drawing on memory, diasporic experience, and layered cultural references, Lee transforms ceramic processes into expansive, experimental forms. On view through Monday, May 25.

05/20/2026

Aldrich Projects | Larissa Bates: Motherland / La Madre Patria closes this Sunday, May 25.

Through richly detailed paintings that are composed of landscapes, interiors, and family histories, Bates explores memory, cultural inheritance, and the experience of growing up between Costa Rica and Vermont. Her vibrant compositions merge autobiography and fantasy, drawing from both personal recollection and mythic imagination.

The ‘zine for Larissa Bates: Motherland / La Madre Patria, was produced on the occasion of the artist’s first solo museum presentation at The Aldrich. It includes a text by Caitlin Monachino, Curatorial and Publications Manager. ‘Zine design by Kaiya McCormick. Published by The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum.

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“Space was something hollow made from something cut. And it was radiant and it was long. Space was long and dark and it ...
05/18/2026

“Space was something hollow made from something cut. And it was radiant and it was long. Space was long and dark and it was radiant and it was cut and large and unknown. It was tiny and radiant. It was radiant and dark. As I stare I saw something slanting through something cut. And something extending into something clearing.”

—Renee Gladman

Renee Gladman, they will arrive in a weather system, 2025, will be on view in The Aldrich Decennial: I am what is around me from June 7, 2026, to January 10, 2027.

05/17/2026

Chenlu Hou and Chiara No: What the Hands Remember to Hear closes May 25.

Now available: What the Hands Remember to Hear, published on the occasion of the two-person exhibition featuring ceramic works by Chenlu Hou and Chiara No. Through vessels, bells, and sculptural forms, both artists explore how sound, ritual, and storytelling can carry memory across generations, geographies, and belief systems.

The fully illustrated catalogue includes an introduction and conversations with the artists by Amy Smith-Stewart, Diana Bowes Chief Curator, and Caitlin Monachino, Curatorial and Publications Manager. Catalogue design by Gretchen Kraus. Published by The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum.

Uman: After all the things … closes this Sunday, May 10.
Color becomes memory. Handsewn canvas pieces radiate citrus yel...
05/07/2026

Uman: After all the things … closes this Sunday, May 10.

Color becomes memory. Handsewn canvas pieces radiate citrus yellows, violets, tangerines, and barn reds. A small black fringe mirrors the fringe on the thing #1, tying painting and sculpture together. Dedicated to Uman’s grandmother, the work glows like a home seen from a window.

ayoyo’s warmness, 2025

This exhibition is curated by Amy Smith-Stewart, Diana Bowes Chief Curator. Uman: After all the things … is on view through May 10, 2026.

Closing soon: Uman: After all the things … is on view through May 10.Across these works, Uman turns memory, dreams, and ...
04/30/2026

Closing soon: Uman: After all the things … is on view through May 10.

Across these works, Uman turns memory, dreams, and lived experience into luminous, immersive worlds shaped by light. It appears sometimes as a glowing portal, sometimes as a distant sun or an interior flicker—guiding how each scene unfolds. Space doesn’t behave in a fixed way; viewpoints shift and merge so that you feel both inside and above, grounded and drifting at once. Landscapes feel half-remembered, half-invented, carrying a sense of quiet movement and reflection. There’s a subtle playfulness throughout, where the natural and the cosmic meet and where time seems to fold in on itself, creating a space that feels both deeply personal and expansively open.

i’m staying inside, 2025
melancholia in a fall breeze, 2025
melancholia in a snowy walk, 2025
amazing grace glorious morning, 2025
first class, window seat, 2025

Curated by Amy Smith-Stewart, Diana Bowes Chief Curator.

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