Past Exhibitions
2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998 | 1997 | 1996
Presumed Innocence: Photographic Perspectives of Children
Feb 2, 2008 – Apr 27, 2008
Photographs of Children from the DeCordova Permanent Collection
Feb 2, 2008 – Apr 27, 2008
Trainscape: Installation Art for Model Railroads
Sept 1, 2007 – Jan 13, 2008
New Arrivals: Gifts to the Permanent Collection
Sept 1, 2007 – Jan 13, 2008
Beauty and Decay: Photographs of Flowers
Sept 1, 2007 – Jan 13, 2008
Ricardo Barros: Facing Sculpture
Sept 1, 2007 – Jan 13, 2008
Approaches to Narrative
Sept 1, 2007 – Jan 13, 2008
Big Bang! Abstract Painting for the 21st Century
January 20 - April 22, 2007
Stephen DiRado: JUMP
January 20 - April 22, 2007
2006
Great Buys: Museum Purchases
October 8, 2005 – September 2006
Going Ape: Confronting Animals in Contemporary Art
September 2, 2006 – January 7, 2007
The 2006 DeCordova Annual Exhibition
April 29 – August 20, 2006
James Surls: The Splendora Years, 1977–1997
January 28 – April 16, 2006
Recent Print Acquisitions: The Workshop Portfolios
January 28 – April 16, 2006
January 28 – April 16, 2006
2005
Maryjean Viano Crowe, (Welcome to) Girl World, 2004, mixed media, 60” x 21”, Lent by the Artist, Courtesy Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA; featured in Pretty Sweet: The Sentimental Image in Contemporary Art
October 8, 2005 – September 2006
Saga: The Journey of Arno Rafael Minkkinen, Photographs 1970–2005
September 10, 2005 – January 8, 2006
John Huddleston: Killing Ground, Photographs of the Civil War and the Changing American Landscape
September 10, 2005 – January 8, 2006
September 10, 2005 – January 8, 2006
The 2005 DeCordova Annual Exhibition
April 30 – July 31, 2005
Collection Highlight: Makoto Yabe
April 30 – July 31, 2005
Pretty Sweet: The Sentimental Image in Contemporary Art
January 15 – April 17, 2005
2004
Robert ParkeHarrison, Making Rain, from the "Industrial Land" series, 1997, gelatin silver print, 65 x 55 cm; featured in Robert ParkeHarrison: The Architect's Brother
Abstract Elements: The Dr. Beatrice H. Barrett Collection of Art
September 18, 2004 – September 18, 2005
Robert ParkeHarrison: The Architect's Brother
September 18, 2004 – January 2, 2005
Luminous Forms: Abstractions in Color Photography
September 18, 2004 – January 2, 2005
Abstract Photography in the Permanent Collection
September 18, 2004 – January 2, 2005
September 18, 2004 – January 2, 2005
Henry Richardson: Sphere and Mortal Coil
June 17, 2004 – Ongoing
The 2004 DeCordova Annual Exhibition
June 12 – September 5, 2004
Jirimani: An Installation by Jo Yarrington
February 7 – December, 2004
Self-Evidence: Identity in Contemporary Art
February 7 – May 30, 2004
2003
Pat Keck, Watchman, 1987, painted wood/mixed media, private collection; featured in Puppets, Ghosts, and Zombies: The Sculpture of Pat Keck
Puppets, Ghosts, and Zombies: The Sculpture of Pat Keck
September 13, 2003 – January 18, 2004
DeCordova Collects: Gifts from Stephen and Sybil Stone
September 13, 2003 – January 18, 2004
Ron Kuivila: An Outgoing Message
September 13, 2003 – January 18, 2004
August 2003 – January 2004
Joseph Wheelwright: Stone Heads and Tree Figures
June 7, 2003 – May 16, 2004
The 2003 DeCordova Annual Exhibition
June 7 – August 31, 2003
Landscapes Seen and Imagined: Sense of Place, Part II
March 15, 2003 – August 29, 2004
Tools as Art: The Hechinger Collection
March 8 – May 25, 2003
Street Portraits, 1946–1976: The Photographs of Jules Aarons
March 8 – May 25, 2003
The Pig Wings Project by the Tissue Culture & Art Project
March 8 – May 25, 2003
January – August 2003
Robert Kieronski: Photonic Evolution in Deep Time II
January – August 2003
In the Loop: Cyclical Video Art
Throughout the year 2003
2002
Doug Anderson, There's No Cure Find A Place For It, 1982–83, oil on canvas, 84" x 72", Gift of Mario Russo: 1992.38, Collection of DeCordova Museum, Photo credit: Mark Teatum; featured in Painting in Boston: 1950–2000
October 2002 – Fall 2003
September 14, 2002 – February 23, 2003
Looking at Ground Zero: Photographs by Kevin Bubriski
September 14, 2002 – February 23, 2003
The Ambient Electron: Abstract Media Art
September 14, 2002 – February 23, 2003
July 20, 2002 – May 11, 2003
June 8, 2002 – January 2003
Web Racket: Contemporary Interactive Web Art
June 8 – September 1, 2002
The 2002 DeCordova Annual Exhibition
June 8 – September 1, 2002
Cindy Sedlmeyer: This is Not a Cloud
June 2002 – January 4, 2003
DeCordova Collects: Recent Acquisitions from the Permanent Collection
March 30 – May 27, 2002
Alone: Images of Isolation from the Permanent Collection
January 19 – September 1, 2002
Clara Wainwright: Quiltmaker and Celebration Artist
January 19 – May 27, 2002
Virtual Quilt: An Interactive Art Project
January 19 – May 27, 2002
Arcade: Industrial Panels by Andrew Neumann
January 19 – May 27, 2002
Two Views of Cuba: Photographs by Lou Jones and Peter Kayafas
January 18 – March 17, 2002
2001
Howard Johnson, Dirty Light, Sad Re-Membrance, 2000, g-string, ink, Prismacolor, corn plasters, various Band-aids, and mixed media on Mylar architecture plans, 35" x 26", Courtesy: Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston, MA and Feature, Inc., New York, NY; featured in Terrors and Wonders: Monsters in Contemporary Art
Terrors and Wonders: Monsters in Contemporary Art
September 15, 2001 – January 6, 2002
What's Under the Bed? Monsters in Children's Book Illustration
September 15, 2001 – January 6, 2002
Landscapes Seen and Imagined: Sense of Place
July 28, 2001 – September 14, 2002
Wendy Ross: A Garden of Unearthly Delights
June 16, 2001 – July 7, 2002
The 2001 DeCordova Annual Exhibition
June 9 – September 2, 2001
Water: Photographs from the Permanent Collection
June 9 – September 3, 2001
April 7 – May 28, 2001
Lighten Up: Art with a Sense of Humor
February 3 – May 28, 2001
2000
Len Gittleman, Untitled, c. 1980, color photogram, 9 1/2" x 7 1/2", Lent by the Artist; featured in Photography in Boston: 1955 – 1985
DeCordova Downtown: Art That Means Business
October 6 – November 24, 2000
No Hair Day: Photographs by Elsa Dorfman, Film by Bob Burns
September 16, 2000 – January 21, 2001
Photography in Boston: 1955 – 1985
September 16, 2000 – January 21, 2001
Just the Thing! Contemporary Outdoor Sculpture and the Object
June 17, 2000 – June 10, 2001
Welcome to the House of Art An Installation by Todd McKie
May 18, 2000 – August 2001
The 2000 DeCordova Annual Exhibition
May 13 – September 4, 2000
Kingdom: An Installation by Randal Thurston
March 31, 2000 – September 3, 2001
Celebrating Contemporary Art in New England: Recent Acquisitions
March 25 – April 30, 2000
March 25 – April 30, 2000
1999
Jonathan Bonner, Inversion #19, 1995, copper, 43" x 24" x 24", Collection of Dr. Joseph and Helene Chazan; featured in On the Ball: The Sphere in Contemporary Sculpture
Witness and Legacy: Contemporary Art About the Holocaust
December 18, 1999 – March 12, 2000
Light on the Familiar: The Paintings of Scott Prior
September 18, 1999 – November 28, 1999
Recoil: A Video Installation by Denise Marika
September 18, 1999 – November 28, 1999
Get Real: Representational Paintings from the Permanent Collection
September 18, 1999 – November 28, 1999
Robert Arneson: Bronze Self Portraits and Drawings
June 19, 1999 – June 4, 2000
The 1999 DeCordova Annual Exhibition
June 12, 1999 – September 6, 1999
New Work/New England: David Hilliard
March 27, 1999 – May 31, 1999
Make Your Move: Interactive Computer Art
March 27, 1999 – May 31, 1999
Images of Europe: Photographs from the Permanent Collection
March 13 , 1999 – November 28, 1999
Karl Sims: A Video Retrospective
January 16 – May 31, 1999
On the Ball: The Sphere in Contemporary Sculpture
January 16, 1999 – March 14, 1999
1998
Harriet Casdin-Silver, Renata I, 1992, laser transmission hologram, 20" x 24", Lent by the Artist; featured in Harriet Casdin-Silver: The Art of Holography
Two Inventions and A Law: The Explosion of Video Access
October 13, 1998 – January 17, 1999
City Views: Works on Paper from the Permanent Collection
September 26, 1998 – March 7, 1999
Harriet Casdin-Silver: The Art of Holography
September 26, 1998 – January 3, 1999
June 13, 1998 – May 31, 1999
The Mirror Project: Videos by Somerville Youth
June 13 – October 4, 1998
The 1998 DeCordova Annual Exhibition
June 13, 1998 – September 7, 1998
Abstract Expressionism/Figurative Expressionism: Common Ground
June 1998 – June 1999
Branching: The Art of Michael Mazur
March 28, 1998 – May 25, 1998
New Work/New England: Maria Muller
March 28, 1998 – May 25, 1998
March 28, 1998 – May 25, 1998
Great Buys: Recent Acquisitions from the Permanent Collection
March 28, 1998 – May 25, 1998
Photographs from the Permanent Collection: People and Places
March 28 – September 7, 1998
1997
David Macaulay, p. 19 from Shortcut, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1995, ink and felt marker on paper, Lent by the Artist; featured in Telling Stories with Pictures: The Art of Children's Book Illustration
The History of Video Art in Boston:Part II: The 1980s
September 13, 1997 – December 28, 1997
Telling Stories with Pictures: The Art of Children's Book Illustration
September 13, 1997 – December 28, 1997
Carlos Dorrien: The Nine Muses and Other Projects
June 20, 1997 –- June 7, 1998
February 8, 1997 – May 26, 1997
Sharon Daniel: Narrative Contingencies
February 8 – May 26, 1997
1996
DeCordova Collects Photographs: Recent Acquisitions
September 14, 1996 – January 20, 1997
September 14, 1996 – January 20, 1997
The History of Video Art in Boston: Part I: The Vision of Fred Barzyk
September 14, 1996 – January 20, 1997
John Van Alstine: Vessels and Voyages
June 1, 1996 – May 11, 1997
