Mark Dion / MATRIX 173

The Wadsworth Atheneum’s Great Chain of Being 

New York artist Mark Dion (American, born 1961) attended Hartford Art School in the early 1980s and, as a young artist, found inspiration and delight in the Wadsworth Atheneum’s collection. Dion has returned to Hartford many times over the years and continues to be a presence at the Wadsworth Atheneum. In 2006, the museum acquired Dion’s Providence Cabinet (2001) – a curiosity cabinet of cultural artifacts collected from one of three New England Digs– for the collection. Since 1991, the museum has also developed an impressive collection of Dion’s works on paper. Read more.

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