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Artist Interview: Tim Prentice

Tim Prentice (b. 1930) is known for his innovative work in the field of motion in sculpture. Prentice has been a resident of Connecticut since 1975, and After the Mobile marks his first solo museum exhibition since 1999.


Artist Interview: Karla Knight

Karla Knight has spent the last forty years creating an impressive body of work that spans painting, drawing, and photography.


Frank Stella’s 56-Year History with The Aldrich

Since The Aldrich’s founding in 1964, Frank Stella has participated in fifteen group shows, and yet, Frank Stella’s Stars, A Survey marks the first exhibition dedicated solely to the artist at the Museum.


With The Aldrich Care Boxes, A Museum Proposes A Radical New Model, Forbes

During the pandemic, the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Ridgefield, Connecticut, has been experimenting with ways to bring art out of its white galleries, and into homes within the local community.


Stella On His Artistic Obsessions, CBS Sunday Morning

The 84-year-old abstract artist's giant star sculptures, now on display in Connecticut, exhibit a life of their own.


Genesis Belanger's Scrumptious Last Supper, Frieze

At the Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, the artist's series of stoneware works offer a feminist critique of domestic life under the unmistakable presence of death.


Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum's New Program 'Blurs Lines' Between Gallery Space and Home, The Ridgefield Press

A world without art would be a gloomy and dreary place and while art lovers can visit some museums or take a virtual stroll through exhibitions, the COVID-19 pandemic has distanced many not just from their social circles but also from art.


In Frank Stella’s Constellation of Stars, a Perpetual Evolution, The New York Times

An exhibition in Connecticut unites two dozen works featuring a single motif, reaffirming the restlessness of this painter’s progress.


Artists Slow Time By Drawing Out Events in 2020, The Art Newspaper

Two years ago, when The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Ridgefield, Connecticut, set about its exhibition planning for 2020, an obvious event to address was the US election.


The Visual Arts Museum Through the Screen of a Computer: Thoughts on Working at The Aldrich Virtually

In the midst of a wholly digital world, where all one has to do to see a work of art is perform a simple Google search, what is the role of the art museum? Education and Exhibitions intern, Anika Khakoo reflects on her virtual internship at The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum.


NBC CT Launches ‘Connecticut In Color,' NBC

Rudy Shepherd’s Somebody’s Child paints the portraits of victims in an effort to celebrate their humanity and mourn the loss of life.


Genesis Belanger: Through the Eye of a Needle, Brooklyn Rail

In Genesis Belanger’s exhibition Through the Eye of a Needle, curated by Amy Smith-Stewart, death is an expected, albeit uninvited, guest, at home in the affluent domiciles orchestrated here through tableaux and mise-en-scène.


The Aldrich Museum in Gingerbread by Caitlin Monachino

Curatorial Assistant and Publications Manager Caitlin Monachino created a gingerbread replica of The Aldrich for a local event at the Lounsbury House in Ridgefield. Read about her process of creating this incredible masterpiece!


Can Art Help Us Heal? Rudy Shepherd Has Been Working On It for More Than A Decade, The Art Newspaper

The artist has painted 400 portraits pulled from the news cycle to understand the people beyond the headlines.


Putting Pencil to Paper, in Galleries and in the Voting Booth, The New York Times

Twenty Twenty's 71 works are by only seven artists, who in late 2019 were asked to capture 2020 with drawings they based on photographic images.


A List of 12 Connecticut Art Exhibits Taking On Sexism, Racism and Politics in 2020, Hartford Courant

“Twenty Twenty,” an exhibit that documents and responds to the 2020 election season.


Artist Frank Stella credits Aldrich with Supporting Early Career, The Ridgefield Press

The show highlights Stella’s work with star figures, a form he’s often explored during a career of more than six decades.


Frank Stella Has Always Been a Star, Architectural Digest

A new exhibition calls to mind an interview with Frank Stella from a 1983 issue of Architectural Digest.


Genesis Belanger's Dinnertime At the Core of the Void, Garage

The artist's first ever major solo exhibition is now showing at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Connecticut.


Genesis Belanger’s Uncanny Ceramics Help Us Cope with the Present, Artsy

There’s always something slightly unnerving about Genesis Belanger’s sculptures. Her tableaux of furniture and ceramics, with their crisp edges, soft, buttery textures, and dusty pink and tan hues, are spiked with a sharp, humorous bite.