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Imagining an Archipelago: Art from Cuba, Guam, the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Their Diasporas
July 11, 2026–June 6, 2027
Explore highlights from our collection of more than ten thousand artworks.
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Imagining an Archipelago: Art from Cuba, Guam, the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Their Diasporas

A vertical portrait of a person whose face and neck are covered in white pigment. Their head and face are tightly bound in a grid-like "trap" or cage made of pink and black braided fabric. The subject looks directly at the camera with a neutral expression against a plain white background.

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By Design: The Worlds of Betsy James Wyeth

A photograph of a dimly lit, rustic wooden attic space. In the center of the dark wooden floor, an open rectangular hatch leads to the floor below. A small window on the left lets in bright white light, and a single lit wall sconce glows near a slanted ceiling beam. A mysterious, faint blue horizontal blur floats in the center of the frame.

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Alex Katz | Out of Sight: A Drawing Survey

An abstract ink wash painting in reddish-orange on white paper, featuring thick, vertical strokes and gestural blotches that suggest a dense thicket of trees.

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Alex Katz: Quick Things Passing

A vertical composition featuring a light-grey and white tree trunk positioned slightly off-center. The trunk is surrounded by a lush canopy of vibrant green leaves, rendered in flat, rhythmic dabs of light and dark green paint. The perspective looks slightly upward into the bright foliage.

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Edmonia Lewis

White marble bust of a figure with long hair and a decorative necklace on a cylindrical pedestal.

Norman Lewis

Abstract artwork with overlapping angular shapes in earthy tones and misty background.

Faith Ringgold

A colorful quilt depicting green trees against a red background, with black silhouetted figures and multicolored stars in the border.

James McNeill Whistler

Painting of figures walking along a riverfront promenade with smokestacks and a steamer ship in the distance. Gray tones fill the hazy atmosphere.

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Colby College Museum of Art Acquires Rare Matisse Cut-Out Textile, Océanie, le ciel

A large, horizontally oriented artwork by Henri Matisse installed on a white gallery wall. The piece features a muted tan or beige background filled with white silk-screened cutouts of stylized marine life, birds, coral, and organic shapes. The artwork is enclosed in a simple, thin gold frame.

The Woman Who Made Andrew Wyeth’s World

A realist painting depicts a large, two-story white house perched atop a grassy hill overlooking calm, glassy water that clearly reflects the building below. On the far left, a small sailboat with a prominent white sail glides near the shoreline under a heavy, overcast sky. The composition features a highly muted, desaturated palette of grays, whites, and earthy greens, creating a quiet and serene atmosphere.

Giddily Toward Oblivion: Gladys Nilsson Paints the Human Comedy

A circular multimedia artwork framed inside a wooden embroidery hoop depicts an abstract, stylized landscape with dense, interlocking organic shapes. Two main orange and ochre figures with finger-like extensions sit in the center, surrounded by pale blue and grey tubular plant forms and a patterned ground texture. The composition uses flat colors, fine stippling, and bold black outlines to separate the interlocking elements.

July Book Bag: from a selection of US folk art to a closer look at the work of YBA Gary Hume

A graphic poster or book cover design features a textured, granular background with a split color scheme: a weathered teal-blue on top and a deep ocean blue below. Peach-colored typography overlays the image. The text reads "Imagining an" at the top, "Art from Cuba, Guam, the Philippines, Puerto Rico," across the middle, "Archipelago" in large letters near the bottom, and "and Their Diasporas" along the lower edge.