2020/20+ Women @ NBMAA Celebrating the Impact of Female-Identifying Artists throughout American History

The New Britain Museum of American Art will present 2020/20+ Women @ NBMAA, a year-long series of seven groundbreaking exhibitions devoted exclusively to women artists beginning January 2020. 100 years after women gained the right to vote, only 27% of major exhibitions are devoted to women artists worldwide. Challenging underrepresentation and celebrating diversity, artists featured will include Kara Walker, Anni Albers, Shantell Martin, Yoko Ono, Nancy Spero, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Carrie Mae Weems, Jennifer Wen Ma, and more.

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Virtual Experiences

Experience robust digital offerings including walkthroughs of 2020 special exhibitions Kara Walker: Harper’s Pictorial History of the Civil War, and In Thread and On Paper: Anni Albers in Connecticut, available for free.

In partnership with presenting sponsor Stanley Black & Decker, the NBMAA will offer a dynamic series of virtual programs honoring this historic milestone and all those who have fought for opportunity and change.

Kara Walker: Harper’s Pictorial History of the Civil War (Annotated)
January 24–August 23, 2020

In Thread and On Paper: Anni Albers in Connecticut
March 19–September 13, 2020

Anything but Simple: Shaker Gift Drawings and the Women Who Made Them
August 6, 2020–January 10, 2021

Lights, Camera, Ellen Carey: A Solo Exhibition at The Delamar Presented by NBMAA
September 10, 2020–March 1, 2021

Some Day is Now: Women, Art & Social Change
October 1–January 24, 2020

NEW/NOW: Shantell Martin
October 22, 2020–April 18, 2021

Over Time We’re Left with the Best: Helen Frankenthaler Late Works 1990–2003
February 11–May 23, 2021

NEW/NOW: Jennifer Wen Ma
May 6–September 26, 2021