The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum

On Friday, November 15th, following a yearlong construction project, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum celebrated the reopening of the Sculpture Garden with a ribbon cutting ceremony.

The Aldrich’s 60th Anniversary Gala honoring Trustee and Chair Emeritus Eric Diefenbach and artist Loie Hollowell was held on April 20, 2024.

We’re thrilled to share that the renovations to our grounds and Sculpture Garden are continuing to go smoothly. This week trees were planted in the Sculpture Garden.

Thanks to a generous extended loan by Brown Jordan, visitors are welcome to enjoy the Walter Lamb Collection by Brown Jordan throughout the Museum’s outdoor spaces.

The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum is pleased to announce that curator and architect Eduardo Andres Alfonso has been named Associate Curator and will be starting his new role at the Museum on February 13, 2023. Using research to situate exhibition histories within larger social, economic, and political contexts, Alfonso’s curatorial practice engages audiences through new commissions and innovative exhibition design.

Amy Smith-Stewart has been named Chief Curator after nine years at the Museum acting first as Curator, and most recently as Senior Curator. Smith-Stewart succeeds Richard Klein who retired from his position as The Aldrich’s Exhibitions Director on June 10 after over thirty years at the Museum.

Richard Klein will conclude his administrative duties as Exhibitions Director in June 2022 and organize his final exhibition at the Museum in February 2023. Klein has worked at the Museum for over three decades, holding the position of Exhibitions Director since 2004.