Pretty Tough Women at the Aldrich

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  Matriarch, by Kate Clark

  

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  Chapter 11: Rest, and a vision, by Kyung Jeon

  

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Though I have only been there twice, the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Ridgefield, Connecticut, is one of my favorite New England art institutions, focused as it is on bring new art and recent trends to a wider audience. You can be pretty sure of finding art that will expand your awareness and appreciation of what art can be any time you visit the Aldrich.

In Pretty Tough: Contemporary Storytelling (through January 3, 2010), curator M