Framing American Democracy

The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
600 Main Street
Hartford, CT, 06103
USA

Framing American Democracy: Contemporary Artists Reflect
March 19 – September 13, 2026
Avery Court

I love America more than any other country in the world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.

– James Baldwin, Notes of a Native Son, 1955

Framing American Democracy: Radical Roots
April 23 – September 27, 2026
Austin Gallery, Wadsworth level 3

The foundation of authority is laid, firstly, in the free consent of the people. As God has given us liberty, let us take it.

– Reverend Thomas Hooker sermon, Hartford, May 31, 1638