Edward Hopper and the American Hotel, 2020
Edward Hopper and the American Hotel was organized by the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, in partnership with the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields. The exhibition looked at the iconic midcentury artist’s fascination with places of transience, escape, and anonymity. Guests could explore the romantic and noir-ish side of hotels, motels, and tourist homes; learn about the ways 20th-century Americans participated in travel culture depending on their race, gender, and bank account; and see how Hopper’s works fit into a long tradition of using hotels to suggest emotion and ideas in art.
Graphic Design: Jarryd Foreman
Photography: Eric Lubrick
