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MoCA\CT and WestPAC Debut Art, Jazz + the Blues, with Sold-Out Opening Night
+ + + + + March 30, 2026New Exhibition Celebrating the Interplay Between Visual Art and African American Musical Traditions Now Open Through June 7 (Westport, CT) March 2, 2026 — The Museum of Contemporary Art \ Connecticut (MoCA\CT) and the Westport Public Art Collections (WestPAC) celebrated the opening of Art, Jazz + the Blues February 26 with a sold-out reception that […]
That Was Me: California Native Recognizes herself in 1978 Photo
+ + + + + March 30, 2026Oct 14, 2025 — by Marissa Alter Contemporary art can and should surprise and connect people, according to Pamela Hovland, acting executive director at the Museum of Contemporary Art Connecticut. MoCA\CT’s current exhibition, “Tod Papageorge: At the Beach,” did just that, bringing together strangers at the Westport museum, who now share a unique bond. The […]
Photography exhibition celebrates influence of School of Art veteran
+ + + + + March 30, 2026October 7, 2025 — by Isabella Sanchez Black and white prints of sweaty, half-naked beachgoers in 1970s and ’80s Los Angeles line the walls of the Museum of Contemporary in Westport, known as MoCA CT. On display for the first time on the East Coast, the exhibition, “At the Beach,” immortalizes the bodies and beaches […]
Sink or Swim
+ + + + + March 26, 2026July 5, 2025 — by Emma Allen Fifty years ago, a glitchy yet terrifying animatronic shark persuaded movie audiences never to go in the water again. Luckily—for the photographer Tod Papageorge, at least—it didn’t keep people off the beaches. That same year, 1975, Papageorge was slowly making his way across the country, from New York […]
The Brilliant Light of California’s Beaches
+ + + + + March 26, 2026June 25, 2025 — By Lisa Kereszi In 1975, the thirty-five-year-old photographer Tod Papageorge took a cross-country trip that ended on the beaches of Los Angeles. There, challenged by the play of the brilliant light on skin, swimsuits, sand, water, and surfboards, he experimented with the descriptive qualities of the medium-format camera he brought with […]