About The Clark
A place where art and inspiration abound. Our 140-acre campus hosts an art museum, library and research center for visual arts. Plan your escape to the Berkshires today!
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Surrounded by 140 acres of meadows, forests and mountain vistas, the Clark is one of the world’s most loved and respected art museums. Renowned for its intimate galleries and outstanding collection, it is both an art museum and a center for research and higher education in the visual arts. The Clark's transformed campus includes the Clark Center, designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Tadao Ando; the expanded and renovated Museum Building, reconceived by Selldorf Architects; and a redesign of its campus by Reed Hilderbrand Landscape Architecture. The Clark library, open to the public with more than 240,000 volumes, is one of the nation’s premier art history libraries. The Institute also houses and co-sponsors the Williams College Graduate Program in the History of Art.
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Here’s a special moment for Father’s Day: we captured this memorable encounter between actress Sophie Renoir and her great-grandfather during her recent visit to our galleries.
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Self Portrait, c. 1875, oil on canvas. Clark Art Institute, 1955.584
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The one that started it all. In 1916, Sterling Clark purchased his first Renoir painting of a woman crocheting. Clark would go on to collect more than thirty works by Renoir, eventually describing him as “perhaps the greatest [artist] that ever lived.” On view now in Renoir: The Body, The Senses.
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919), Woman Crocheting, c. 1875. Oil on canvas, 28 15/16 × 23 3/4 in. Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts. Acquired by Sterling Clark, 1916.
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The Berkshire Eagle showcases Renoir: The Body, The Senses...come see for yourself and let us know what you think of the show!
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We're glad so many of our members could join us yesterday for Member Appreciation Day! Every year, our members are invited to visit on a day the museum is closed to the public for exclusive access -- and this year, Renoir gallery talks from curatorial assistant Jeanie Noto!
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Exhibition curators Esther Bell and George Shackelford gave a terrific overview of our new Renoir: The Body, The Senses exhibition to a packed audience today, shedding new light on Renoir’s body of work.
On view today through September 22!
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Looking forward to opening the doors to Renoir: The Body, The Senses tomorrow! Join us for the opening lecture from exhibition curators Esther Bell, Chief Curator of the Clark, and George Shackelford, Deputy Director of the Kimbell Art Museum.
" 07 June 2023