Newport Mansions

Ongoing: Richard Morris: Hunt In A New Light. Richard Morris Hunt, the premier architect of the Gilded Age, is known for imposing works such as Marble House and The Breakers in Newport, R.I., yet this exhibition will take a more intimate look at his life, creativity and ideas. For the first time, the exhibition will bring together Hunt’s personal sketchbooks, scrapbooks, architectural and interior drawings and family objects, drawn from the Library of Congress, Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, Vermont Historical Society, Bennington Museum (VT), the Preservation Society’s collections and more.

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Bannister Art Gallery at Rhode Island College

November 6–December 5: The Galileo Project: Works by Doug Bosch and Richard Whitten, Book Design by Nancy Bockbrader. Drawing from the history and the visual language of the scientific instruments housed in the Museo Galileo, Doug Bosch and Richard Whitten each interprets and reimagines these objects through the lens of their own practice. Bockbrader’s hand-bound catalogue provides a satisfyingly unique companion for the exhibition.

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