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Current Exhibitions

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
Blue wall in foreground with a silver material and wire sculpture. Two other suspended sculptures in background.
On View

Tim Prentice: After the Mobile
Two large pink canvas works on a white wall
On View

Clarity Haynes: Collective Transmission
Stainless steel sculpture in form of abstract star by Frank Stella set in the lawn by Main Street in Ridgefield, CT in front of the Museum.
On View

Frank Stella's Stars, A Survey | Outdoor Installation
The art contents of the Aldrich Care Box featuring two artists' books and small sculptures.
On View

Aldrich Care Box

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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 10 am 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
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Adults $12
Seniors $7
Students $7
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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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Silhouette of a fountain in white with "The Suburbs" above it against a background of fall foliage.
August 27, 2021 | Public Programs

The Suburbs - Produced by Thrown Stone

Thrown Stone has commissioned three new plays by Tony Meneses, Phanésia Pharel, and Catherine Yu. These short, site-specific works will be performed in sequence at Keeler Tavern Museum and History Center, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, and West Lane Inn as a single “roving production” (where the audience follows the action from location to location).

Table setting.
October 1, 2021 at 7:00 pm | Special Event

Aldrich Artists at the Table

Dine in The Aldrich’s Sculpture Garden with artists and fellow art lovers at Aldrich Artists at the Table, a locally sourced three-course dinner prepared by the Museum’s culinary partner Hayfields Market Catering.

Upcoming Exhibitions

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A person who appears to be swimming horizontally through the frame against a blue background.
September 8, 2021 to January 2, 2022 | Leir Atrium

Adrienne Elise Tarver
Multi-part suspended sculpture of yellow squares strung together forming a curving line through a winter forest canopy.
September 19, 2021 to April 24, 2022 | Sculpture Garden

Tim Prentice: After the Mobile | Outdoor Installation
Otherworldly abstract painting and symbols appear on top of vintage cloth background.
October 17, 2021 to May 8, 2022 | Opatrny Gallery Vestibule, Opatrny Gallery, Sound Gallery

Karla Knight: Navigator
Greyscale drawing of a loggia with a checkered floor.
January 17, 2022 to May 8, 2022 |

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 |

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: Revisiting a Feminist Milestone

Featured Artwork

Hugo McCloud, back to the wall (2021)
Hugo McCloud, back to the wall (2021)

Hugo McCloud, back to the wall (2021)

Hugo McCloud’s back to the wall (2021) features a figure with bags perched on the back of his bicycle. The work is made up of thousands of small plastic pieces cut from single-use plastic bags.

Featured Past Exhibitions

Tina Barney, Marina's Room (1987)
January 24, 1999, to March 14, 1999 |

Future-Present: Contemporary Photographs of Children from the Reader’s Digest Collection

The works included in this exhibition represent only a part of the vintage, modern, and contemporary photographic imagery owned by Reader's Digest. This exhibition marks the first time that a significant portion of the Reader's Digest photography collection has been assembled for public view.

Two large paintings in a gallery
May 22, 1983, to September 11, 1983 |

Changes

The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum is pleased to present Changes on view from May 22, 1983, to September 11, 1983.

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