Newport Mansions

Through January 12: Wild Imagination: Art and Animals in the Gilded Age. During the Gilded Age (1865–1914), Americans’ relationship with animals transformed in lasting ways. Wild Imagination explores how this exciting, tumultuous era shaped our modern attitudes towards animals, from pampered pups to wondrous sea creatures. A broad range of artworks, photographs, scientific specimens, and other objects reflect vital period developments including the dawn of the animal rights movement, the surge in pet keeping, the popularization of natural history pursuits like birdwatching, and the golden era of zoos and circuses. They also reveal the stories and experiences of individual creatures who continue to capture our imagination.

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Armenian Museum of America

Ongoing: Filtered Identity: The Art of Tigran Tsitoghdzyan. Tigran is a New York-based artist whose photo-realistic paintings merge an interest in classical and modern art with an emphasis on his own experiences as a father and an immigrant. He has exhibited widely including Art Basel Miami, Cube Art Fair in Times Square, and globally in cities such as Dubai, Singapore, Zurich, and Brussels.

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Three Stones Gallery

September 11–October 20: Edge of Dreams. Patricia Ganek’s paintings radiate with an impasto style. Natasha Dikareva’s surreal sculptures are conduits to contemplation. Lyca Blume’s paintings, inspired by kintsugi (mending with gold), evoke healing the psyche through dreams. Reception: Saturday, September 21, 6–8 p.m. Opening: October 23: Belle Terre. Jonathan MacAdam’s paintings capture the tranquility of New England landscapes. Jennifer Johnston’s abstract photographs highlight elements that shape the land. Colleen Pearce’s paintings interpret geological formations and plants. Reception: Saturday, November 2, 6–8 p.m.

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Mattatuck Museum

The museum showcases American art and cultural history through its collection of over 15,000 objects, provides access to a research library and archives, hosts lectures, workshops, and community events, and offers spaces for corporate, wedding, and holiday rentals. Through January 5: Poskas, Father and Son. Through January 12: Federico Uribe’s Menagerie. Ongoing: O’Keeffe in Conversation. Opening January 12: Mixmaster 2025: Juried Members’ Exhibition. Opening January 19: Gordon Parks, Homeward to the Prairie I Come. Opening celebrations: Sunday, January 19.

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The Current

Opening January 16: Timothy Curtis: Two Hundred Years of Painting. Curtis will explore the relationships between Pennsylvania Dutch Stoneware of the 1860s in Philadelphia, 1960s graffiti writing in the same area, and his own artwork, highlighting the thread of influence in one region over 200 years. View original stoneware and new paintings by Curtis, along with a special area dedicated to celebrating the lives and work of 1960s African American Philadelphia graffiti writers.

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