Eric Sloane: American Modern

@ the Eric Sloane Museum in Kent, CT

Exhibit runs June 12 – September 11, 2026

Opening and closing nights, June 12th and September 11, 2026 from 5:00 – 7:00 pm will include a special program, part of the Night at the Museum events. Refreshments will be served, and there will be time for questions related to any aspect of Sloane’s life and work.  Pre-Registration is required.  100% of sales go to the Friends of the Eric Sloane Museum and donations are gratefully accepted.  For ticket information, see the Eric Sloane Museum website or email:  ericsloane.museum@ct.gov.

You’re familiar with Duchamp, Pollock, Calder, Stankiewicz, Johns, Nevelson, Rauschenberg, and Kosuth as giants of Modern Art, but what about Eric Sloane?  This fascinating, historical, and immersive experience challenges visitors to view Sloane as a Modernist, something the artist would have vehemently denied.  On display are replicas of Sloane’s sculpture and his “Placements” – the artist’s response to the Modernist movement.   Exhibit creator and author Wil Mauch will give a brief talk on Eric Sloane’s relationship to the Modern Art movement.   

Tony Tafel – 11/27/39-1/11/25

If you haven’t read about Tony Tafel, check out our Things We Think Eric Sloane Would Have Liked Archives to learn more about his life and work. Tony was a passionate and avid collector of early American tools and antiquities, but did you know he was also the author of a splendid book about his collection?