Museum of Art

Urban Cadence tells the multifaceted stories of two urban environments—Lagos, Nigeria and Johannesburg, South Africa—experienced through the artistic expressions of photography and video.

African cities are growing rapidly, and these two cities have experienced this growth in diverse yet fascinating ways: the first as a mega-city, the latter as a center of industrial development. The street scenes in this exhibition represent the complex narratives of these urban areas: tales of migration, labor, desperation, success, hope, and imagination among others.

Working in collaboration with Middlebury Theatre and Dance students, Visiting Assistant Professor Jonathan Vandenberg directs a performance installation in the Museum of Art’s largest gallery. Axis mundi (“axis of the world”) is the concept in many traditions of a liminal realm between lower and upper domains, such as between the terrestrial and the celestial. Historically, this concept has been investigated through diagram, painting, sculpture, and architecture. In this performance installation, a radical Axis “diagram” emerges.

Come join Student Friends at the Art Museum for a real Night at the Museum! We will be screening the 2009 hit movie Night at the Museum! Classic movie snacks provided. Open to Middlebury College faculty, staff, and students.

This gallery is sometimes closed during periods when the adjacent Johnson Gallery is being reinstalled. Please call the Museum reception desk or check the website for up-to-date information. Highlights of the display include Buddhist and Hindu sculpture, Chinese imperial Ming ceramics, Islamic tiles, Chinese jades, Chinese and Japanese paintings, and a suit of Japanese armor.

This gallery is sometimes closed during periods when the adjacent Johnson Gallery is being reinstalled. Please call the Museum reception desk or check the website for up-to-date information. Highlights of the display include Buddhist and Hindu sculpture, Chinese imperial Ming ceramics, Islamic tiles, Chinese jades, Chinese and Japanese paintings, and a suit of Japanese armor.

This gallery is sometimes closed during periods when the adjacent Johnson Gallery is being reinstalled. Please call the Museum reception desk or check the website for up-to-date information. Highlights of the display include Buddhist and Hindu sculpture, Chinese imperial Ming ceramics, Islamic tiles, Chinese jades, Chinese and Japanese paintings, and a suit of Japanese armor.

This gallery is sometimes closed during periods when the adjacent Johnson Gallery is being reinstalled. Please call the Museum reception desk or check the website for up-to-date information. Highlights of the display include Buddhist and Hindu sculpture, Chinese imperial Ming ceramics, Islamic tiles, Chinese jades, Chinese and Japanese paintings, and a suit of Japanese armor.

This gallery is sometimes closed during periods when the adjacent Johnson Gallery is being reinstalled. Please call the Museum reception desk or check the website for up-to-date information. Highlights of the display include Buddhist and Hindu sculpture, Chinese imperial Ming ceramics, Islamic tiles, Chinese jades, Chinese and Japanese paintings, and a suit of Japanese armor.

This gallery is sometimes closed during periods when the adjacent Johnson Gallery is being reinstalled. Please call the Museum reception desk or check the website for up-to-date information. Highlights of the display include Buddhist and Hindu sculpture, Chinese imperial Ming ceramics, Islamic tiles, Chinese jades, Chinese and Japanese paintings, and a suit of Japanese armor.

This gallery is sometimes closed during periods when the adjacent Johnson Gallery is being reinstalled. Please call the Museum reception desk or check the website for up-to-date information. Highlights of the display include Buddhist and Hindu sculpture, Chinese imperial Ming ceramics, Islamic tiles, Chinese jades, Chinese and Japanese paintings, and a suit of Japanese armor.