Press Releases from 2008

AIDS: An African Crisis, A World Problem
December 2–5, 2008

WCMA receives grant for summer exhibition "Prendergast in Italy"
Summer 2009

Sol LeWitt: A Wall Drawing Retrospective (Main Release)
November 14, 2008 and ongoing
A collaboration among Yale University Art Gallery, MASS MoCA, and Williams College Museum of Ar

Sol LeWitt: A Wall Drawing Retrospective (Opening Weekend Events)
November 14, 2008 and ongoing
A collaboration among Yale University Art Gallery, MASS MoCA, and Williams College Museum of Ar

Sol LeWitt: A Wall Drawing Retrospective (Installation Fact Sheet)
November 14, 2008 and ongoing
A collaboration among Yale University Art Gallery, MASS MoCA, and Williams College Museum of Ar

Sol LeWitt: A Wall Drawing Retrospective (Exhibition Fact Sheet)
November 14, 2008 and ongoing
A collaboration among Yale University Art Gallery, MASS MoCA, and Williams College Museum of Art

The ABCDs of Sol LeWitt
November 14, 2008–May 17, 2009

The Annual Plonsker Family Lecture in Contemporary Art
Artist Carolee Schneemann
Thursday, November 13 at 7:00 pm
Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall, Williams College

Liu Zheng: The Chinese
November 15, 2008–April 26, 2009

A Season Premiere Party and Artist’s Talk by Tina Barney
Thursday, October 16, 2008

Beyond the Familiar: Photography and the Construction of Community
September 20, 2008–March 8, 2009

Fiona Tan: Countenance
September 20, 2008–February 11, 2009

Independent Film and Ethnography
November 14, 2008–February 11, 2009

Nick Zammuto: Laser Show
Six Perspectives on a Chaotic Resonator
July 12—September 14 , 2008

The Long Night and the New Day: Lithographs by Benton Spruance
July 12—October 5, 2008

Summer Tours and Events
July 4, 2008

Emily Driscoll: Works
May 31–October 5, 2008

...The Horse You Rode In On.
May 9–June 1, 2008

Julie Mehretu: City Sitings
April 19–July 27, 2008

The Matter of Theology: A Conversation with the Collection
March 22, 2008 and ongoing

Museum Exhibition "Moving Pictures" Receives Award
March 17, 2008

Model American Men
March 1—August 24, 2008

William Kentridge Prints
February 9 – April 27, 2008 and June 21 – August 24, 2008
and History of the Main Complaint, 1996
February 2–April 27, 2008

Symposium on Contemporary Artists' Response to Global Diaspora
The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute and the Williams College Museum of Art
Present Artistic Crossings of the Black Atlantic
Saturday, March 1, 2008

Unchained Legacies
January 26 – June 22, 2008

Manifestos: American Dreams and Their Founding Documents
January 19, 2008 and ongoing

Media Field Gallery/William Kentridge: Felix in Exile
September 18–November 18, 2007

Felix Gonzalez-Torres "Untitled" (Placebo), 1991
December 1, 2007-March 23, 2008

Manifestos: American Dreams and Their Founding Documents
January 19, 2007 and ongoing

Williams College Museum of Art Receives
$100,000 Grant from the Ellsworth Kelly Foundation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 31, 2007

The Annual Plonsker Family Lecture in Contemporary Art
Artist Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle
Saturday, October 13 at 2 pm
Brooks-Rogers Auditorium, Williams College

New Acquisitions/New Perspectives
September 15, 2007–January 6, 2008

Senior Cuator to Retire from WCMA
September 17, 2007

Critical Encounters: Collecting Contemporary Photography
August 4–December 16 , 2007

Making It New: An "Un-Symposium" Announced
Saturday, September 15 , 2007

Karin Stack: Idylls
July 14–September 16 , 2007

Making It New: Public Programs
Summer and Fall

Making It New: The Art and Style of Sara and Gerald Murphy
July 8 –November 11, 2007

Kota Ezawa: Re-Animating History
February 10–June 10, 2007

Warhola Becomes Warhol—Andy Warhol: Early Work
February 10–June 10, 2007

Carrie Mae Weems: The Hampton Project
100 Years of Difference
January 13–April 29, 2007

WCMA receives NEH Grant for "Making It New: The Art and Style of Sara and Gerald Murphy"
October 10, 2006

Patternings: Ed Epping and Barbara Takenaga
October 28, 2006–January 7 , 2007

The Moon Is Broken: Photography from Poetry, Poetry from Photography
November 11, 2006–July 8 , 2007

Drawing on Hopper: Gregory Crewdson/Edward Hopper
October 12, 2006–April 15, 2007

Museum receives Terra Foundation Grant
August 2006

Contact: Suzanne Augugliaro Silitch
Director of Communications and Strategy
413.597.3178