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Byun Today’s Hours: 1pm – 5pm The Addison Gallery, located on the campus of Phillips Academy in Andover, MA, is free and open to the public. Plan your visitOn View Now Laying the Foundation: Exploring the Nucleus of the Addison’s Collection Jan. 24, 2024 to Jul. 31, 2024 READ MORE Robert Frank and Todd Webb: Across America, 1955 Feb. 10, 2024 to Jul. 31, 2024 READ MORE A Long Arc: Photography and the American South since 1845 Mar. 2, 2024 to Jul. 31, 2024 READ MORE Finding American Form: 20th-Century Selections from the Permanent Collection Mar. 2, 2024 to Jul. 31, 2024 READ MORE All Exhibitions on View Our Mission Home to a world-class collection of American art, the Addison Gallery, located on the campus of Phillips Academy in Andover, MA, presents an adventurous exhibition program, hosts a vital artist-in-residence program, and works collaboratively with students and faculty at the Academy and in neighboring communities. Through our ongoing query What is America? , the Addison seeks to engage with the history of American art and American experience—past, present, and future. Read moreAbout Our Collection 25,000+ objects spanning the 18th century to the present Comprised of more than 25,000 works in all media—painting, sculpture, photography, drawings, prints, and decorative arts—from the 18th century to the present, the Addison Gallery’s collection of American art is one of the most important in the world. The museum’s founding collection included major works by such prominent American artists as John Singleton Copley, Thomas Eakins, Winslow Homer, Maurice Prendergast, John Singer Sargent, John Twachtman, and James McNeill Whistler. In the nine decades since, aggressive purchasing and generous gifts have added works by such artists as Mark Bradford, Alexander Calder, Stuart Davis, Arthur Dove, Walker Evans, Robert Frank, Marsden Hartley, Hans Hofmann, Edward Hopper, Kerry James Marshall, Eadweard Muybridge, Georgia O’Keeffe, Jackson Pollock, Charles Sheeler, Lorna Simpson, John Sloan, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Frank Stella, Kara Walker, and Stanley Whitney. Read moreProfessor Henry A. Rowland, 1897 Thomas Eakins (1844–1916) Oil on canvas Instagram We continue to remember and celebrate Frank Stella’s indelible legacy today by highlighting just a few of his many extraordinarily generous gifts to the Addison’s permanent collection.⁣ ⁣ In 1991 Stella, remembering the impact of the Addison’s collection on him as a young artist and keen to expand the Addison’s offering of immediate sources,” teamed up with then director Jock Reynolds to organize the Addison Art Drive, aimed at strengthening the museum’s holdings of contemporary art and ensuring that future students would be able to engage with the art of their time as well as that of the past. Kicking off an ambitious campaign to add significant works to the collection, Stella invited Reynolds to select works from his personal collection. A magnanimous and transformative gift, works by artists such as Jasper Johns, Donald Judd, Ellsworth Kelly, Ad Reinhardt, Kenneth Noland, Agnes Martin, John Chamberlain, and Stella himself not only gave the contemporary collection a tremendous boost, but remain important sources of inspiration to students and visitors today.⁣ ⁣ Frank Stella (1936-2024). East Broadway, 1958. Oil on canvas. 85 x 85 inches. Gift of the artist (PA 1954), 1980.14⁣ ⁣ Adolph Gottlieb (1903-1974). Untitled, c. 1953. Oil and enamel on composite board. 20 9/16 x 28 1/4 inches. Gift of Frank Stella (PA 1954), Addison Art Drive, 1991.43⁣ ⁣ Ellsworth Kelly (1923-2015). Green Red-Orange, 1974. Oil on canvas. 42 x 154 inches.⁣ Gift of Frank Stella (PA 1954), Addison Art Drive, 1991.39⁣ ⁣ Jasper Johns (born 1930). Target, 1958. Sculpmetal and collage on canvas. 12 x 11 inches. Gift of Frank Stella (PA 1954), Addison Art Drive, 1991.44⁣ ⁣ Ad Reinhardt (1913-1967). Abstract Painting, Red, 1952. Acrylic on canvas. 50 x 20 inches. Gift of Frank Stella (PA 1954), Addison Art Drive, 1991.49⁣ ⁣ Donald Judd (1928-1994). To Susan Buckwalter, December 15, 1965. Galvanized iron, aluminum, and lacquer. 30 x 141 inches. Gift of Frank Stella (PA 1954), 1993.45⁣ ⁣ Kenneth Noland (1924-2010). Crows Over the Cornfield, 1961. 37 5/8 x 37 5/8 inches. Oil on canvas. Gift of Frank Stella (PA 1954), Addison Art Drive, 1991.47⁣ ⁣ #frankstella⁣ 79 0 Open We continue to remember and celebrate Frank Stella’s indelible legacy today by highlighting just a few of his many extraordinarily generous gifts to the Addison’s permanent collection.⁣ ⁣ In 1991 Stella, remembering the impact of the Addison’s collection on him as a young artist and keen to expand the Addison’s offering of immediate sources,” teamed up with then director Jock Reynolds to organize the Addison Art Drive, aimed at strengthening the museum’s holdings of contemporary art and ensuring that future students would be able to engage with the art of their time as well as that of the past. Kicking off an ambitious campaign to add significant works to the collection, Stella invited Reynolds to select works from his personal collection. A magnanimous and transformative gift, works by artists such as Jasper Johns, Donald Judd, Ellsworth Kelly, Ad Reinhardt, Kenneth Noland, Agnes Martin, John Chamberlain, and Stella himself not only gave the contemporary collection a tremendous boost, but remain important sources of inspiration to students and visitors today.⁣ ⁣ Frank Stella (1936-2024). East Broadway, 1958. Oil on canvas. 85 x 85 inches. Gift of the artist (PA 1954), 1980.14⁣ ⁣ Adolph Gottlieb (1903-1974). Untitled, c. 1953. Oil and enamel on composite board. 20 9/16 x 28 1/4 inches. Gift of Frank Stella (PA 1954), Addison Art Drive, 1991.43⁣ ⁣ Ellsworth Kelly (1923-2015). Green Red-Orange, 1974. Oil on canvas. 42 x 154 inches.⁣ Gift of Frank Stella (PA 1954), Addison Art Drive, 1991.39⁣ ⁣ Jasper Johns (born 1930). Target, 1958. Sculpmetal and collage on canvas. 12 x 11 inches. Gift of Frank Stella (PA 1954), Addison Art Drive, 1991.44⁣ ⁣ Ad Reinhardt (1913-1967). Abstract Painting, Red, 1952. Acrylic on canvas. 50 x 20 inches. Gift of Frank Stella (PA 1954), Addison Art Drive, 1991.49⁣ ⁣ Donald Judd (1928-1994). To Susan Buckwalter, December 15, 1965. Galvanized iron, aluminum, and lacquer. 30 x 141 inches. Gift of Frank Stella (PA 1954), 1993.45⁣ ⁣ Kenneth Noland (1924-2010). Crows Over the Cornfield, 1961. 37 5/8 x 37 5/8 inches. Oil on canvas. Gift of Frank Stella (PA 1954), Addison Art Drive, 1991.47⁣ ⁣ #frankstella⁣ ... 79 0 One of the most impactful and innovative artists of our time, Frank Stella (1936-2024) consistently challenged the boundaries of painting and the potential of abstraction. While there is an undeniable thread of logic running from one body of work to the next, the steadfast and dramatic evolution of his art from early disciplined minimalist paintings to the later dynamic, baroque—even explosive—compositions attest to the artist’s extraordinary expansiveness. As the late art...