The Department of Contemporary Art is responsible for art in all media from around the world created between 1971 and the present. 

Staff

Helen Molesworth, Maisie K. and James R. Houghton Curator of Contemporary Art, Ph: 617-496-3640
Jessica Ficken, Staff Assistant, Ph: 617-496-1822
Eve Lambert, Theodore Rousseau Curatorial Fellow, Ph: 617-495-1680
Department fax: 617-496-2359

Contemporary Collection Highlights
The modern collection comprises approximately 300 works by artists from around the world from 1971 to the present.

Louise Lawler WAR IS TERROR, 2001/2003 Cibachrome mounted on aluminum panel 76.2 x 65.41 cm (30 x 25 3/4 in.) Promised gift of Barbara Lee in honor of Helen Molesworth, Maisie K. and James R. Houghton Curator of Contemporary Art 28.2007

Artists represented in the collection include:
Louise Bourgeois, Guo-Qiang Cai, Tacita Dean, Leonardo Drew, Rachel Harrison, Louise Lawler, Sol LeWitt, Glenn Ligon, Agnes Martin, Paul McCarthy, Ree Morton, Louise Nevelson, Gerhard Richter, Fred Sandback, and Rudolf Stingel, among others.

Glenn Ligon Untitled (negro sunshine), 2005 Neon 13.02 x 107.95 x 6.35 cm (5 1/8 x 42 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.) The Jorie Marshall Waterman '96 and Gwendolyn Dunaway Waterman '92 Fund 2007.98

Please note: We do not accept unsolicited exhibition proposals, artist slides, or requests for portfolio reviews.