Her Crowd: New Art by Women from Our Neighbors’ Private Collections

New Exhibition at the Bruce Museum
1 Museum Drive, Greenwich, CT

September 24, 2016 - December 31, 2016

Greenwich and nearby communities in Fairfield and Westchester counties are home to a number of the finest contemporary collections, and thus to some of the most exciting art being made today. The Bruce Museum exhibition Her Crowd will offer the rare opportunity to see what some of America’s most influential collectors of contemporary art consider beautiful, important, and compelling. 

Featuring works by artists from established figures to brilliant newcomers, the exhibition includes remarkable pieces by

• Yayoi Kusama
• Kiki Smith
• Betye Saar
• Annie Lapin
• Margaret Lee 
• Carol Bove
• Dana Schutz
• Jessica Stockholder
• Jenny Saville 
• Tara Donovan
• and others 

Her Crowd: New Art by Women from Our Neighbors’ Private Collections will offer a glimpse into the exciting interchange between contemporary artists and their passionate collectors.

The exhibition is co-curated by Kenneth E. Silver, New York University Professor of Modern Art and Bruce Museum Adjunct Curator of Art, and Mia Laufer, PhD candidate (Washington University in Saint Louis) and Bruce Museum Zvi Grunberg Resident Fellow. 

It will be accompanied by a fully illustrated scholarly catalogue and educational programming including a lecture series, film series, and an audio guide.

Generously underwritten by the Charles M. and Deborah G. Royce Exhibition Fund, First Republic Bank, and Withers Bergman.

For information call 203-869-0376 0r visit brucemuseum.org. 

Image caption:

Wangechi Mutu (b. Nairobi, Kenya, 1972)Untitled (from Tumors series), 2004 Ink, acrylic, photocollage, and contact paper on Mylar 41 ¾ x 42 in. Private Collection, Greenwich, Connecticut Image: © Wangechi Mutu, Courtesy of the artist