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Current Exhibitions

Clear plastic wrapped rectangular yellow mattress with an image of a shopping cart with assorted items inside.
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 shaped canvases, to the left a pink heart, to the right a pink triangle, with tromp l'oeil images,
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 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 $7
Students $7
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Children under 13
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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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The art contents of the Aldrich Care Box featuring two artists' books and small sculptures.
June 19, 2021 at 1:00 pm | Public Programs

Empowering Connection on Juneteenth with the Community Mindfulness Project

Join the Community Mindfulness Project (CMP) and Education Assistant Lorena Sferlazza—outdoors in the Museum’s Sculpture Garden with your kids and loved ones—to reflect on the power of CONNECTION and how you can change the world with it.

An orange and yellow circle on a black background with multi-color lines
June 20, 2021 at 3:00 pm | Public Programs

Ander Mikalson: Scores for the Stars, Part II

Scores for the Stars, 2020-21, is a two-part series by artist Ander Mikalson commissioned by The Aldrich and dedicated to Frank Stella’s Stars.

Clear plastic wrapped rectangular yellow mattress with an image of a shopping cart with assorted items inside.
July 14, 2021 at 6:00 pm | Public Programs

Virtual Artist Talk: Lucia Hierro

Join artist Lucia Hierro in conversation with Senior Curator Amy Smith-Stewart on the work and ideas behind Marginal Costs, the artist’s first solo museum exhibition.

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

A Place at the Table: Community, Cuisine, & Culture

Celebrate the season with an unforgettable dining experience in The Aldrich Sculpture Garden, seated among Tim Prentice’s newly installed kinetic works of art.

Upcoming Exhibitions

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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 1, 2022 | Opatrny Gallery Vestibule, Opatrny Gallery, Sound Gallery

Karla Knight: Navigator
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
Greyscale drawing of a loggia with a checkered floor.
January 15, 2022 to May 1, 2022 |

Milano Chow

Featured Artwork

Two wheels with red circles on a white wall
Tim Prentice, Wall Wheel (Three Groups of Four) (left) and Wall Wheel (Four Groups of Three) (right)

Tim Prentice, Wall Wheel (Three Groups of Four) (left) and Wall Wheel (Four Groups of Three) (right)

Featured Past Exhibitions

Jessica Stockholder
June 26, 2011 to December 31, 2011 |

Jessica Stockholder: Hollow Places Court in Ash-Tree Wood

In 2009 an ailing, 125-year-old American ash tree was cut down in The Aldrich’s Sculpture Garden. It was agreed that the wood should be offered to an artist, and sculptor Jessica Stockholder was invited to utilize it in an exhibition.

Dry Mountain, Dry Water
May 22, 1988, to September 5, 1988 |

Interaction: Light, Sound, Motion Technology and Art

The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum is pleased to present Interaction: Light, Sound, Motion Technology and Art on view from May 22, 1988, to September 5, 1988.

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