A to Sze: Collecting at MAM (2000-2025)

Themes of spirituality, history, global cultures, artistic agency, and social justice resonate throughout the manifold variety of works on view, acquired via purchases and generous donations since 2000. MAM continues to make strategic additions to the collection with artwork by both established and emerging American and Indigenous artists, with an emphasis on members of under-represented communities.
 

Featured Artists
 

The exhibition is curated by Gail Stavitsky, Ph.D, Chief Curator, Montclair Art Museum.

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^{Roy Lichtenstein (1923–1997). Mythological Meeting, 1979. Oil on canvas. 43 x 58 in. Gift of Dorothy Lichtenstein to honor the Staff of the Montclair Art Museum, 2007.5.}

^{Kay WalkingStick (Cherokee Nation, b.1935). Tucson Series V, 1991. Charcoal on paper. 25 15/16 x48 ¼ in. Gift of Dirk Bach, 2011.5.}

^{Virgil Ortiz (b. 1969, Cochiti Pueblo). Tahu, Blind Archer 1680, 2016. Corning glass and ceramic finial/stopper with leather straps attached at the neck. 28 x 12 x 12 in. Montclair Art Museum Acquisition Fund, 2020.5 a,b.}

^{Derrick Adams (b. 1970). There’s More Than One Beauty School, 2018. Fabric, acrylic, wood, and mirror on panel. 48 x 72 in. Museum purchase; Acquisition Fund 2024.1.}

^{A to Sze: A Quarter Century of Collecting (2000-2025) is made possible with generous support from the Lyn and Glenn Reiter Endowed Special Exhibition Fund, Christine James and Nick De Toustain, Wendy and Andrew Lacey, Ann and Mel Schaffer, Toni LeQuire-Schott and Newton B. Schott Jr.*, Margo and Frank Walter.}

^{All MAM programs are made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, and Museum members.}

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^*deceased