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Kirsten Hassenfeld, Blue Star, 2012, paper with mixed media, 47" x 30" x 30"

EXHIBITIONS

ABOUT EXHIBITIONS

 

Since 1948, the centennial year of Saint-Gaudens’s birth, the Saint-Gaudens Memorial has sponsored exhibitions that feature both historical and contemporary art. Located in the Picture Gallery and occasionally on the grounds, the roster of exhibitions (2-3 per season) span from exploring the creative talent of the Cornish Colony, to artists working in a range of media while responding to the park’s collections and other local artistic and natural stimuli. Each summer one of the exhibitions features the work of the Saint-Gaudens Fellow selected the previous year.

 

Our exhibitions program provides visitors with insights into the evolution of artistic expression over time, highlighting innovative contemporary artists alongside the work of Augustus Saint-Gaudens, who was forward-thinking in his own era. Through these exhibitions and programs, the Saint-Gaudens Memorial seeks to promote sculpture, the arts, and the creative legacy of Saint-Gaudens and the Cornish Colony. Exhibitions are included with paid admission to Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park.

The Picture Gallery is sponsored by the Trustees of the Saint-Gaudens Memorial in cooperation with the Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park.

CURRENT EXHIBITION

Zenovia Toloudi, 2024 Saint-Gaudens Fellow

May 24 - August 4, 2025

Public Nests references the legacy of Augustus Saint-Gaudens’ public monuments, and the creative community in which he lived and worked. Toloudi states, “beyond the sculptures, designs, and monuments, the exhibition engages with the history of the Cornish Colony – its structures and activities that supported artistic production in the isolated New Hampshire landscape.” Public Nests explores publicness in the wilderness, emphasizing the physically remote, isolated landscape in which artistic production was carried out, as well as the practices of imagination and creativity that take place “out there” – outside conventions. Zenovia Toloudi is an artist and architect whose work questions and seeks alternatives to the increasing disconnection of people from nature and from each other. Zenovia Toloudi is the 2024 recipient of the Saint-Gaudens Fellowship, an annual award presented to an emerging artist practicing primarily in the United States.
A mixed material installation entitled Publicness in the Wilderness

Zenovia Toloudi/Studio Z, Publicness in the Wilderness, work in progress