Member Preview Day + Celebration: “Gertrude Abercrombie: The Whole World is a Mystery”

As a Member, you enjoy early access to Gertrude Abercrombie: The Whole World is a Mystery, the first nationally touring retrospective of the Abercrombie’s enigmatic paintings. In the evening, join us for live music and a cash bar in Windhover Hall before a special 6:15 p.m. talk by Thomas Busciglio-Ritter, Abert Family Associate Curator of American Art.

 

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10 a.m.-8 p.m. | Member-only exhibition access

5 p.m. | Live music and cash bar with snacks available for purchase

6:15 p.m. | Opening talk in Lubar Auditorium. Seating is first come, first served.

 

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Not a Member? Join today for access to this and other exclusive events. Call the membership team at 414-224-3284.

The Milwaukee Art Museum is grateful to its exhibition sponsors.

Gertrude Abercrombie: The Whole World Is a Mystery is co-organized by Carnegie Museum of Art and Colby College Museum of Art, and is curated by Eric Crosby, Henry J. Heinz II Director, Carnegie Museum of Art, and Vice President, Carnegie Museums, and Sarah Humphreville, Lunder Curator of American Art, Colby College Museum of Art, with Cynthia Stucki, curatorial assistant, Carnegie Museum of Art.

 

Image: Gertrude Abercombie, A Picture in a Picture in a Picture (detail), 1955. Oil on Masonite. 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm). Private Collection. Courtesy of Sullivan Goss Galler