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The Clark Gets Abstract

(WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) – Roll over, Renoir, and give Monet the news – for the first time in its history, the Clark Art Institute will feature abstract paintings by the likes of Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, Helen Frankenthaler, Ellsworth Kelly and Jasper Johns, in Make It New: Abstract Painting from the National Gallery of Art, 1950–1975,…

Concertante Chamber Players Kick off Four-Week Chamber Series at The Clark

(WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) – The Concertante Chamber Players kick off a four-week series of chamber music concerts at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute on Tuesday, August 6, 2013, at 8 pm. Upcoming concerts feature the Gryphon Trio (August 13), the Dover Quartet (August 20), and the Dorian Wind Quintet with pianist Spencer Myer (August…

Berkshire Farm & Table Comes To The Clark

Dining at The Clark's Stone Hill Café

ChefX Stone Hill Table Dinner Features Chef Dan Smith from John Andrews Restaurant(WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) – The Clark will host a farm-to-table dinner on Friday, August 30 , 2013, set on the terrace of the Clark’s exceptional Stone Hill Center and featuring a meal prepared by chef-owner Dan Smith of John Andrews Farmhouse Restaurant. The convergence…

Blockbuster Homer Show on Tap at The Clark for Summer 2013

(WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) – The greatest collection of works by Winslow Homer assembled by one person since the artist’s death — and one of the leading collections of any art museum in the United States — will be featured this summer at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. On view June 9, 2013, through September…

New Orleans Legends to Perform at The Clark

(WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) – New Orleans’s renowned Preservation Hall Jazz Band performs at The Clark on Friday,  June 28, 2013, at 8 pm. The group is the house band at Preservation Hall, the venerable music venue located in the heart of the city’s French Quarter and founded in 1961 by Allan and Sandra Jaffe. The band has…

Artworks Reveal Hidden Stories at The Clark

(WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass..) — A painting is a three-dimensional object, but often visitors to art museums are only privy to one aspect, and thus are deprived of the whole story the artwork can tell. In the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute’s exhibition Backstories: The Other Side of Art, the hidden aspects of works of art…

String Trio Performs Chamber Works by (Mostly) Modern Composers at The Clark

(WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) – A string trio in residence at The Clark will perform chamber music works by Halvorsen, Dvorák, Mendelssohn, Schnittke, Schumann, Ravel, Arvo Pärt, and Piazzolla on Sunday, November 18, 2012, at 3 pm. While in town, the musicians – Edward Arron, cello; Jeewon Park, piano; and Kyung Sun Lee, violin – will offer…

The Clark Opens Exhibition Created By Eleven-Year-Old Guest Curator

(WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) – In what may well be a first for any museum of its kind in the world, The Clark opens a new exhibition created by its youngest curator ever, when Giselle’s Remix, an installation created by eleven-year-old guest curator Giselle Ciulla as part of The Clark’s interactive uCurate program, is unveiled this Saturday,…

Rita Coolidge Christmas Concert Kicks Off Holiday Walk Weekend at The Clark

(WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) — Two-time Grammy Award-winning pop-country vocalist Rita Coolidge will perform in a special concert featuring a mix of her greatest hits, jazz standards, and Christmas songs as part of Williamstown’s annual Holiday Walk weekend at The Clark on Friday, November 30, 2012, at 8pm. The Williams College Gospel Choir will join Coolidge for…

Phillip Lopate, Distinguished Author and Teacher, to Speak at The Clark

(WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) – Award-winning novelist, essayist and poet Phillip Lopate speaks at The Clark on Sunday, September 30, 2012, at 3 pm, as part of the museum’s Profession of Words series, featuring lectures and book signings celebrating writers who are making a career in the difficult business of creating books. Admission is free. Lopate has…