{"id":231495,"date":"2026-01-13T21:05:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T21:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/231495\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T21:05:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T21:05:08","slug":"the-aldrich-names-artists-for-first-ever-decennial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/231495\/","title":{"rendered":"The Aldrich Names Artists for First-Ever Decennial"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The contemporary art museum’s new exhibition, opening in June, will focus on artists living and working in Connecticut.<\/p>\n


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For the first time in its 62-year history, the Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art will present a survey of artists living and working in Connecticut. Today, Tuesday, January 13, the institution named the 40 participating artists in the inaugural Aldrich Decennial. <\/p>\n

The Aldrich Decennial: I am what is around me<\/a> will open on June 7 and run until January 10, 2027. A complete list of artists is included at the end of this article.<\/p>\n

Drawing on the state’s history as a home to artists including Alexander Calder and Sol LeWitt, the show will focus on works created in the prior decade by artists who have never had a solo museum exhibition in the state. New Haven-based painter Dominic Chambers<\/a>, Iranian-born multi-media artist Arghavan Khosravi, and novelist and poet Renee Gladman are among the inaugural cohort. <\/p>\n

The title is derived from the 1917 poem \u201cTheory”<\/a> by Wallace Stevens, who was a longtime resident of Hartford, Connecticut. The poem evokes identity as formed by one’s context.<\/p>\n

\u201cConnecticut has always been a site for visionary artists and daring ideas,\u201d Chief Curator Amy Smith-Stewart said in a press release. \u201cThis survey spotlights artists who call this place home \u2014 artists whose work is deeply rooted in the Museum\u2019s community yet resonates far beyond it. It\u2019s an honor to share their powerful voices with the world through this new exhibition series.\u201d<\/p>\n

The complete list of the Aldrich Decennial\u2019s participating artists, in alphabetical order, is listed below. <\/p>\n

Faustin AdeniranEllen AltfestScott Carrillo AzevedoJen BervinCarlos Bautista BiernnayLula Mae BloctonGary BurnleyDominic ChambersCarl D\u2019AlviaChris DomenickAnindita DuttaAzza El SiddiqueAnoka Faruqee & David DriscollEnrique FigueredoLizzie GillRenee GladmanDan GunnEdward HendersonHu\u00ea Thi HoffmasterKristy HughesJilaine JonesArghavan KhosraviSonja LangfordEmily LarnedJihyun LeeBeck LowryDanica LundyTammy NguyenGrace O\u2019ConnorEm RooneyLucy SallickKern SamuelAki SasamotoJohn ShenRemy SosaPhilip TaaffeFelandus ThamesAmanda Russhell WallaceJulia Wachtel<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"News The contemporary art museum’s new exhibition, opening in June, will focus on artists living and working in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":231496,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[442,498,499,500,501,156,111,139,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-231495","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-artsdesign","12":"tag-design","13":"tag-entertainment","14":"tag-new-zealand","15":"tag-newzealand","16":"tag-nz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=231495"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231495\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/231496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}