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Current Exhibitions

Three large-scale unstretched paintings with similar dark motifs against cream colored background hung together on a wall.
On View

Karla Knight: Navigator
A person who appears to be swimming horizontally through the frame against a blue background.
On View

Adrienne Elise Tarver: The Sun, the Moon, and the Truth
Gallery with two large metal gate sculptures and a colorful wall mural
On View

Lucia Hierro: Marginal Costs
Four large canvas works on white gallery walls
On View

Hugo McCloud: from where i stand
The art contents of the Aldrich Care Box featuring two artists' books and small sculptures.
On View

Aldrich Care Box
Open square silvery kinetic sculpture installed low to the grass.
On View

Tim Prentice: After the Mobile | Outdoor Installation

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Features

  1. Abstract shapes that look like underwater or outer space crafts against a yellow background with grids and symbols floating around the perimeter.

    Artist Conversation: Karla Knight and Roz Chast | December 7

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The New York Times writes that our exhibitions are the kind you expect at a “big-guns urban institution, but [find] at The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in leafy suburban Connecticut.” – September 2019

We’re open today from 12 pm to 5 pm
258 Main Street, Ridgefield, CT 06877

Hours and Admission

Hours
Date Time
Sunday 12 pm to 5 pm
Monday 12 pm to 5 pm
Tuesday Closed
Wednesday 12 pm to 5 pm
Thursday 12 pm to 5 pm
Friday 12 pm to 5 pm
Saturday 10 am to 5 pm
Admission
Category Price
Adults $12
Seniors (60+) $7
Students $7
Members
Educators
Children under 13
Military Families
Third Saturdays 		Free
The Museum is closed on the following holidays:
Thanksgiving, Christmas Day, New Year’s Day.
Contact us at 203.438.4519 or general@thealdrich.org

Selected Upcoming Events

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Class attendees gather around the gallery with clipboards
October 20 at 11:00 am to November 17, 2021 at 12:30 pm | Public Programs

“Getting” Contemporary Art: Art History Class Series

This five-session class series, which includes a visit with exhibiting artist Karla Knight and an off-site excursion, provides a roadmap to central themes and ideas that have influenced artistic practice since the 1960s.

Three canvas works on white gallery walls
November 6, 2021 at 6:00 pm | Public Programs

Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra Quartet at The Aldrich

Please join us for this special collaboration with the Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra’s newly formed RSO Quartet as they perform a selection of chamber music selected for Hugo McCloud’s exhibition, from where i stand.

Multi-part suspended sculpture of yellow squares strung together forming a curving line through a winter forest canopy.
November 20, 2021 at 12:00 pm | Public Programs

Mindful Walking Under the Sky: Tim Prentice

Join Aldrich Educator and yoga instructor Susie Buckley for a mindful, outdoor walking tour beneath the kinetic sculptures of Tim Prentice: After the Mobile in the Museum’s Sculpture Garden.

Abstract shapes that look like underwater or outer space crafts against a yellow background with grids and symbols floating around the perimeter.
December 7, 2021 at 7:00 pm | Public Programs

Artist Conversation: Karla Knight and Roz Chast

Please join artist Karla Knight and cartoonist Roz Chast for a live conversation and Q&A in conjunction with Karla Knight: Navigator, the artist’s first solo museum exhibition.

Vinyl installation of a memorial on a green wall
December 18, 2021 at 1:00 pm | Children and Family Programs, Group Tours

Family Tour: Lucia Hierro and Hugo McCloud

Bring your whole family to enjoy the collaged paintings, soft sculptures, iron gates, and large-scale installations of Hugo McCloud: from where i stand and Lucia Hierro: Marginal Costs before the exhibitions close, through this gallery tour guided by our Aldrich Educators!

Upcoming Exhibitions

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Greyscale drawing of a loggia with a checkered floor.
January 17, 2022 to May 8, 2022 | Leir Gallery, Screening Room

Milano Chow: Prima Facie
Dark abstract panting with horizontal lines and bands of color, especially red and light green.
January 17, 2022 to May 8, 2022 | Project Space, Balcony Gallery, South Gallery

Duane Slick: The Coyote Makes the Sunset Better
Beige and tan squares in a grid.
June 4, 2022 to January 8, 2023 | Lobby, Leir Gallery, Screening Room, Ramp, Project Space, Balcony, South Gallery, Sound Gallery, Opatrny Gallery

52 Artists: A Feminist Milestone

Featured Artwork

Yellow mattress with a screen printed grocery cart
Lucia Hierro, Casita (Little Home; 2021)

Lucia Hierro, Casita (Little Home; 2021)

Lucia Hierro’s Casita (Little Home; 2021) is composed out of a twin mattress and fitted bedsheet. Upholstered in clear plastic, Hierro preserves a temporary urban castoff: a repurposed grocery cart.

Featured Past Exhibitions

Installation of multiple sculptural works
June 18, 1967 to August 4, 1967 |

Highlights of the 1966-67 Art Season

The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum is pleased to present Highlights of the 1966-67 Art Season on view from June 18, 1967, to September 4, 1967.

Pindell
April 18, 1971, to June 13, 1971 |

Twenty Six Contemporary Women Artists

The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum is pleased to present Twenty Six Contemporary Women Artists on view from April 18, 1971, to June 13, 1971.

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