Members’ Preview: 5 to 6:30 pmPublic Reception: 6:30 to 8 pmAt the Spring/Summer Season Launch reception on 29 April, the community will have the much-anticipated chance to view Rembrandt’s Portrait of a Man with Arms Akimbo for the first time since its arrival at the Agnes last fall. The painting will be installed alongside our two smaller studies by this master in the exhibition Singular Figures: Portraits and Character Studies in Northern Baroque Painting.At the same time, we will launch four new exhibitions that draw directly on Kingston’s artists, histories and communities: Dig: Chaka Chikodzi, Ben Darrah, Pat McDermott, Joan Scaglione, Su Sheedy, Sharon Thompson; Art Scenes Kingston: 1840s / 1940s / 1970s; The Inspired “Amateur”: Kingston Women Artists, 1890s to 1920s; and Stories to Tell: Africans and the Diaspora Respond to the Lang Collection.We are introducing a new Season Launch feature: a Preview for gallery members from 5 to 6:30 pm. Make sure your membership is up-to-date before 29 April to join gallery supporters, artists and other special guests for the Preview. Arrive at 5 pm to enjoy curators’ introductions to the new Rembrandt portrait and two new exhibitions: Dig and Art Scenes Kingston. Formal remarks will take place at 6:30 pm, at the start of the Public Reception.
