"American Stories" Brings Masterworks of American Art to the Bruce

"American Stories" Brings Masterworks of American Art to the Bruce
© 2026 Mickalene Thomas / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

Mickalene Thomas (American, b. 1971), Isn’t She Lovely, Tracey Norman, 2022. Rhinestones, acrylic and oil paint on canvas mounted on wood panel, 72 x 96 in. The Newark Museum of Art, Purchase 2022 Collections Exchange Fund, Mr. and Mrs. William V. Griffin Fund, and Helen McMahon Brady Cutting Fund, 2022.6. 

American Stories from Sargent to O’Keeffe brings forty-five masterworks of American art to Greenwich and the region through an extraordinary partnership with The Newark Museum of Art. Newark’s American art collection ranks among the finest in the nation, with exceptional holdings spanning from the colonial period and Hudson River School to the present day. Audiences will experience iconic paintings including Georgia O’Keeffe’s White Flower on Red Earth, No. 1, Edward Hopper’s The Sheridan Theatre, portraits by John Singer Sargent and Mickalene Thomas, luminous landscapes by Albert Bierstadt and Marsden Hartley, and powerful sculptures by Alexander Calder, Louise Nevelson, and Martin Puryear.

Event Information
Start Date: October 15, 2026
End Date: October 10, 2027
Venue: Bruce Museum

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