After undergoing two months of interior renovations, Amherst’s Mead Art Museum is set to unveil six new exhibitions and installations that offer a fresh perspective on the College’s distinguished art collection.
From recently acquired contemporary artworks to permanent collection objects, some of which haven’t been shown in more than a decade, the works on view encourage deep and immediate visitor engagement with art across centuries, continents and media.
“In the spirit of the liberal arts, we want to create a museum that sparks the imagination and inspires debate,” says David E. Little, Mead director and chief curator. “This reinstallation has been a pivotal opportunity to rethink the collection and allow us to engage students, professors and the public in new ways with art across time and the globe.”