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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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Are you a business owner who is looking for new ways to engage and connect with local Newport customers on a year round basis? We have the perfect opportunity. Sponsor a Newport tradition - The Newport Art Museum - Make NAM part of your marketing plan in 2025. We have an array of events and exhibits to offer you. Our first exciting event is the 2025 Winter Speaker Series in its 97th Year.
Opening Reception Friday, June 14, 5:00 – 7:00 PM Griswold House
Renee Cox is one of the most influential photographers working today. Born in Colgate, Jamaica and active in New York, Cox began her career as a fashion editor and photographer in New York and Paris for Glamour Magazine, Votre Beaute, and Vogue Homme. During her three years in Paris, she also photographed for designers Issey Miyake and Claude Montana among others.
In 1980, Cox turned the camera on herself. Inspired by the birth of her first son, she became a fine art photographer and earned her MFA at the School of Visual Arts in 1992. Her early works celebrated Black womanhood and motherhood, identity, and culture. Wearing different guises, and creating new narratives and tableaux, Cox has created different bodies of work that challenge historical stereotypes and counter the sexism and racism prevalent in Western culture. She aptly refers to this practice as “flipping the script.”
Featuring early works, from Cox’s “Yo Mama” series, to her recent works, from the “Soul Culture”series and her Afrofuturistic work “The Signing,” this survey exhibition champions Cox’s forty-year career as an artist and trailblazer for Black and women photographers.
Missy at Home from the series "The Discreet Charm of the Bougies," 2009, digital ink jet print on watercolor paper, 30 x 40 in., Courtesy of the Artist.
Cousins at Pussy Pond from "The American Family Series," 2001, three archival digital c-prints on aluminum, Courtesy of the Artist.
Nanny Washing from the series "Queen Nanny of The Maroons," 2004, color digital inkjet on watercolor paper, Courtesy of the Artist.
River Queen from the series "Queen Nanny of The Maroons," 2004, digital inkjet on watercolor paper, 44 × 44 in., Courtesy of the Artist.
Liberation of Aunt Jemima and Uncle Ben from the series "Raje," 1998, Cibachrome print, 48 x 60 in., Courtesy of the Artist.