The Clark

05/29/2026

Come one, come all, and join the spectacular festivities at our annual Community Day!

Head into the galleries for free, then bring the artwork to life through hands-on activities, live performances, and special food vendors—all inspired by our summer exhibitions. Don your own ruff based on the fun frills in “An Exquisite Eye: Introducing the A*o O. Tavitian Collection;” play with tools used for nautical navigation featured in “CoastLines: American Prints and Drawings;” and enjoy a taste of Italy, home of artist Giorgio Griffa.

Keep an (exquisite) eye on our website as the full day of programming is announced. From jugglers to live lute music and caricature artists, there is so much more in store!

Refreshments available for purchase. Held rain or shine. Details: events.clarkart.edu

The Clark is one of only a handful of institutions globally with a dual mission as an art museum and a distinguished center for research and higher education, dedicated to advancing and extending the public understanding of art.

05/28/2026

For almost sixty years, Giorgio Griffa has explored the potential of painting in a practice that is both rigorous and lyrical.

“Giorgio Griffa: Paths in the Forest” marks the artist’s first solo museum exhibition in the United States. Working with unstretched, unprimed canvases and diluted acrylics in soft pastel hues, Griffa embraces what he calls “the intelligence of materials,” creating works he sees as neither representational nor abstract, but as real, material facts.

The forest, for him, is a symbol of the unknown. But it also exemplifies Griffa’s ecological ethic: his commitment to growth and change, difference and interrelation, vitality and intelligence. There is no single path for him, nor intention to escape; the unknown is a place to dwell, in pensive darkness and exultant light.

“Giorgio Griffa: Paths in the Forest” opens June 13 at the Clark’s Lunder Center on Stone Hill.

Exhibition Images by Julia Featheringill

Giorgio Griffa, Disordine PF (Disorder PF), 2025, acrylic on canvas. Courtesy of Fondazione Giorgio Griffa, Turin, and Casey Kaplan, New York

Giorgio Griffa, Campo rosso (Red field), 1990, acrylic on canvas. Courtesy of Fondazione Giorgio Griffa, Turin, and Casey Kaplan, New York

05/27/2026

Our New Parents Tour is back on Saturday, June 6!✨
Enjoy free admission and a baby-friendly visit to the Clark by joining a Clark educator for an informal, thematic tour of the permanent collection, without any worries about short attention spans or fussy babies.

Recommended for caregivers with babies who are not yet walking. Strollers and front-style baby carriers are welcome. Meet in the Clark Center admissions lobby. Details: events.clarkart.edu

05/25/2026

Wishing you all a meaningful Memorial Day!
Rainy skies in the forecast? Make it a museum day at the Clark! We’re open today from 10 am–5 pm. Plan your visit: clarkart.edu

Image: Samuel S. Carr, Children Playing on the Beach, 1879, oil on canvas. The Clark, 1955.672

05/23/2026

Don’t miss “Raffaella della Olga: Typescripts!” before it closes May 31! ⌨️✨

Step into the artist’s first solo museum exhibition and explore a world where typewriters become tools for art. Discover Raffaella della Olga’s artist books, typed paintings, and cut-fabric works, alongside rare books and artist books from the Clark library that celebrate the typewriter’s enduring creative spark from the late nineteenth century to today.

Come see what happens when words, texture, and imagination collide before this one types its final page.

Images: Mandy Johnson, JZJN Architecture

05/22/2026

Did you know it’s ? Whether you’re in for a quick detour or a Berkshires day trip, the Clark is a can’t-miss stop along the way. 🚗

Make the most of the long weekend and swing by for art, fresh air, and a little inspiration. We’ll be open 10 am–5 pm on Memorial Day!

Plan your visit: clarkart.edu

05/20/2026

We are delighted to celebrate Carolina Caycedo’s participation in the 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, curated by Koyo Kouoh and titled “In Minor Keys,” on view from May 9 through November 22, 2026. For the Biennale, Caycedo brings her signature blend of art, activism, and ecological inquiry.

Clark visitors will remember Caycedo from “Humane Ecology: Eight Positions” (2023), where her vibrant, murals, tapestries, and signs transformed spaces in and around the Conforti Pavilion. The project honored what Caycedo calls “the feminine and feminist labor of care at the center of environmentalism.” Rather than treating nature as something viewed from afar, Caycedo invites us into relationship with it through portraits of plants, people, and land stewards shaped by her deeply rooted, place-based “spiritual fieldwork.” Among the installation’s many meaningful connections was a tribute to Ella Besaw, a Mohican herbalist, honoring the ancestral land on which the Clark stands. Several elements of the work were also created in collaboration with students from the Williams College Art Department.

From Williamstown to Venice, we couldn’t be more excited to see Caycedo’s thoughtful, powerful practice take the international stage.

Image: When You Take From Mother Earth You Can Give Back By Sprinkling To***co (Ella), 2023

05/19/2026

Please yield to the local residents. Tiny waddlers crossing. 🪿

05/18/2026

Every day feels like when you visit the Clark! 🖼️✨

While our doors may be closed today, the art adventure doesn’t have to stop. Wander through the galleries, discover favorite works, uncover stories behind the art, and explore the Clark from wherever you are with our guide on Bloomberg Connects.

Or, if you’re craving an art-filled stroll, our grounds are always ready to welcome you! Take in the beauty of spring and experience “Ground/work 2025,” where contemporary art meets the Berkshires landscape. 🌿

05/16/2026

Battling the pull of a dangerous undertow, rescuers struggle to bring two women safely to shore, their heavy, waterlogged bathing dresses threatening to drag them beneath the waves. The figures feel almost sculptural, their strong, muscular forms modeled after ancient Greek marble statues. In 1883, Winslow Homer witnessed a dramatic seaside rescue near Atlantic City, New Jersey, an event said to have inspired this gripping painting.

Image: Winslow Homer, Undertow, 1886, oil on canvas. The Clark, 1955.4

05/14/2026

We are delighted to announce that Georgina Kleege has been selected as the recipient of the 2026 Clark Prize for Excellence in Arts Writing. An acclaimed essayist, cultural critic, and disability studies scholar, Kleege’s work has significantly influenced contemporary conversations about blindness and visual culture.

Learn more: https://www.clarkart.edu/About/Clark-Prize/2026-GEORGINA-KLEEGE

📸 Fayen D’Evie