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Founded in 1912, the Newport Art Museum is one of the oldest continuously operating and most highly regarded art museums and schools of its kind in the country.
The Newport Art Museum’s collection consists of approximately 3,000 works of art in a range of media including works on paper (prints, drawings, watercolors, and photographs), paintings, sculptures, decorative arts, installation works, and textiles and is expanding to include new media. Concentrated on American art and contemporary art, the Museum’s collection includes works of art from the 18th century to present.
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By supporting the Newport Art Museum Annual Fund at any level, you help make a positive difference in the lives of many. Our exhibitions, public programs, education, and community outreach, which includes a diversity of artistic voices, would not be possible without you. Help the Newport Art Museum continue to spark reflection, inspiration, discovery and build lasting connections by making your tax-deductible contribution today. We thank you for believing in the transformative power of art and allowing us to make art accessible to all for generations to come. Help the Newport Art Museum continue to spark reflection, inspiration, discovery, and build connections by making your tax-deductible contribution TODAY!
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The Museum’s growing photography collection includes 20th and 21st century works by Lindsey Beal, Richard Benson, Jesse Burke, Caleb Cole, Ron Cowie, Kerry Stuart Coppin, Ralph Gibson, Lucas Foglia, Sally Gall, Henry Horenstein, Nancy Grace Horton, Tom Jones, Sal Lopes, Alen MacWeeney, Joel Meyerowitz, Rania Matar, Lindsay Morris, Annu Palakunnathu Matthew, Neal Rantoul, Lissa Rivera, Camille Seaman, David Seltzer, Lawrence F. Sykes, Peter Turnley, Andy Warhol, and considerable holdings of photographs by Donna Ferrato, Aaron Siskind, and Rhode Island photographer Salvatore Mancini. The Museum also owns 400 autochromes dating from the early 20th century by John Jay Mason, as well as two lantern slide projectors.
Tom Jones, Peyton Grace Rapp, 2017, digital photograph with glass beads, Purchased with funds from Marianne Conese, Karl and Teryn Weintz, and the Museum Acquisitions Fund, 2023.005.001
Sally Gall, Bali, 1992, archival pigment print, Gift of The Rybicki Family, 2020.004.038.
Lissa Rivera, Poolside, Family Home from the series "Beautiful Boy," 2015, archival pigment print, Museum Purchase, 2018.005.001.
Lindsay Morris, Elias Matso from the series “Camp I Am,” 2021, archival pigment print, Purchased with funds from Susan and Rufus Williams and the Newport Art Museum Acquisitions fund, 2021.004.001.
Annua Palakunnathu, Man on Beach from the series "Memories of India," 2003, archival pigment print, Gift of the Artist, 2022.004.001.
Rania Matar, Christilla, Rabieh, Lebanon from the series "A Girl and Her Room," 2010, archival digital pigment print on Baryta paper, Museum Purchase, 2019.001.002.
Aaron Siskind, Bahia (Boxes on the Dock), 1985, cibachrome mounted on aluminum, Gift of Melvin G. Alperin, 2008.008.001.
Kerry Stuart Coppin, Untitled: Wedding Reception of Yetunde Aimbola Yusuf and and Oluwaafemi Moses Otuyelu/God's Family Church, Broad Street, Providence, RI from the series "Africa in Rhode Island," 2009, pigment inkjet print, Gift of the Artist, 2009.008.001.
Joel Meyerowitz, Bay/Sky Series, Red Bar from the series “Cape Light," undated, vintage chromogenic print, Gift of Harley Fastman, 2016.021.002.
Jesse Burke, Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream from the series “Wild and Precious,” 2012, archival inkjet print, Gift of Dr. Joseph A. Chazan, 2016.019.005.
Neal Rantoul,Wheat, 2019, archival inkjet print, Gift of the Artist, 2021.002.003.
Andy Warhol, Study for Querelle, 1982, unique silver gelatin print, Partial Gift from James R. Hedges, IV, 2020.003.001. © 1982 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
Aaron Siskind, Durango, 1961, gelatin silver print, Gift from the collection of Dr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Chazan, 2000.003.005.
Henry Horenstein, Waylon Jennings, Performance Center, Cambridge, MA from the series "Honky Tonk," 1976, gelatin silver print, Museum Purchase, 2017.010.001.
Camille Seaman, Breaching Iceberg - Greenland, August 8, 2008 from "Last Iceberg Series III," 2023, photographic print, Museum Purchase with funds provided by Karl and Teryn Weintz, 2023.002.001.