George Inness
Private Treasures

Through April 1, 2012

George Inness: Private Treasures is the first special exhibition to be held in the Montclair Art Museum’s George Inness Gallery. It brings together ten works from private collections in the Montclair area.

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Image: George Inness, Autumn in Montclair, c. 1894, oil on canvas.
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Martucci.

Marina Zurkow

Friends, Enemies, and Others

Extended through April 1, 2012

The inaugural exhibition in New Directions, a new series of contemporary art exhibitions at MAM, features the work of digital media artist and 2011 Guggenheim Fellow Marina Zurkow.

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Image: Marina Zurkow, Mesocosm (Northumberland, UK), Winter, 2011. Archival pigment print. Courtesy the artist.

Patterns, Systems, Structures
Abstraction in American Art

Part II opens February 12.
Through May 19, 2013

This exhibition, curated by MAM’s Chief Curator Gail Stavitsky, is drawn entirely from the permanent collection of the Montclair Art Museum and explores the rich variety of approaches to abstraction in American art.

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Image: Morgan Russell (1886-1953), Study for Synchromy, ca. 1913, oil on board. Morgan Russell Archives and Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Henry M. Reed.

Motor Lodge: An Installation by Dan Funderburgh

Through June 2012

For his first museum exhibition, artist and wallpaper designer Dan Funderburgh was invited by the Montclair Art Museum to create a site-specific installation in The Blanche & Irving Laurie Foundation Art Stairway that would complement the exhibition Warhol and Cars: American Icons. 

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Highlights from the Native American Collection

A selection of MAM's collection of over 4,000 Native American works is on view in the Rand Gallery of Native American Art. The collection includes all seven major culture areas in the United States and has particularly distinguished examples of basketry and jewelry.

For more information on the Native American collection and to view a slideshow of works, click here.