upcoming exhibition

Ann Agee: Madonna of the Girl Child Series

On view at the Currier Museum of Art from March 7 to June 5, 2025

Ann in her studio. Credit: Amanda Marie Mason Photography
Ann in her studio. Credit: Amanda Marie Mason Photography

Since the early 1990s, Ann Agee (American, b. 1959) has been celebrated for her ability to infuse ceramics with complex narratives that challenge the familiar, transforming the domestic into a space for critical reflection. This exhibition, her first institutional solo show in New England, takes its title from one of Agee’s most significant bodies of work, Madonna of the Girl Child.

The series offers a contemporary feminist reinterpretation of the Madonna and Child theme by depicting the child as a girl, rather than a boy, subverting long-standing gender norms in religious art and Christian iconography. The exhibition at the Currier Museum of Art features recent and newly created porcelain works from this series, specially produced for the museum. These works continue Agee’s exploration of gender, power, and maternal identity, reframing iconic religious imagery through a feminist lens.

Agee has exhibited extensively across the United States and internationally, with her works held in the permanent collections of major institutions such as The Brooklyn Museum, The Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

Ann Agee: Madonna of the Girl Child is supported by P·P·O·W, New York.

past exhibitions

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