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((short description|Contemporary art museum in Lincoln, Massachusetts))
((More citations needed|date=January 2021))
((Infobox museum
| name = deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum
| logo = 
| image = deCordova-museum.png
| alt = deCordova
| imagesize = 260px
| map_type = Massachusetts#USA
| map_caption = <small>Location of deCordova in Massachusetts</small>
| coordinates = ((coord|42.43108|-71.31143|display=inline))
| type = [[Art museum]] and [[sculpture park]]
| former_name = 
| established = 1950<ref name="history">((cite web|title=The History of deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum|url=https://live-trustees.pantheonsite.io/content/decordova-history/|publisher=The Trustees of Reservations|access-date=2021-07-16))</ref>
| location = 51 Sandy Pond Road<br /> [[Lincoln, Massachusetts]]<br />[[United States]]
| director = Jessica May
| owner = [[The Trustees of Reservations]]
| publictransit = Lincoln stop on the [[Fitchburg Line|Fitchburg MBTA Line]] and a 1.5 mile walk
| website = [https://thetrustees.org/place/decordova/ deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum]
))

The '''DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum''' is a sculpture park and contemporary art museum on the southern shore of [[Flints Pond|Flint's Pond]] in [[Lincoln, Massachusetts]], 20 miles northwest of Boston. It was established in 1950, and is the largest park of its kind in New England, encompassing 30 acres.

Providing a constantly changing landscape of large-scale, outdoor, modern and contemporary sculpture and site-specific installations, the Sculpture Park displays more than 60 works, most on loan to the museum. Inside, the museum features rotating exhibitions. DeCordova's permanent collection focuses on works in all media, with particular emphasis on photography and works by artists with connections to New England.

==History==

DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum is located on the former estate of [[Julian de Cordova]].<ref name="history"/> Independent appraisers determined that de Cordova's collections were not of substantial interest or value, so the collection was sold and the proceeds were used to create a museum of regional contemporary art. The Trustees reached this decision after they noticed the near absence of modern art exhibitions in the Boston area, and the lack of venues for works by regional contemporary artists. When it officially opened in 1950 as the '''DeCordova and Dana Museum''', it was the only museum to focus its exhibitions and collecting activities on living New England artists, while also offering an educational program in the visual arts.

The founding director was Frederick P. Walkey, a graduate of the [[School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts|School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston]]. He aggressively organized an exhibition schedule and arts instruction program with a clear educational mandate. DeCordova established a reputation for ground-breaking exhibitions that introduced New England audiences to important trends within contemporary art both regionally and nationally, including Pop Art and Boston's post-war expressionist movement. It changed its name to the deCordova Museum and Sculpture Park in around 1989. [[Georgia Litwack]] taught photography courses at the deCordova.<ref>((Cite web|last=Marquard|first=Bryan|date=May 17, 2020|title=Georgia Litwack, whose photography focused on accomplished women, dies at 98 of COVID-19 complications|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/05/17/metro/georgia-litwack-whose-photography-focused-accomplished-women-dies-98-covid-19-complications/|access-date=2020-12-12|website=The Boston Globe|language=en-US))</ref>

In 2019, deCordova was acquired by [[The Trustees of Reservations]], a land conservation and historic preservation non-profit.<ref>((cite news |last1=Laidler |first1=John |title=Town approves Trustees’ acquisition of deCordova park and museum |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/globelocal/2019/03/26/town-approves-trustees-acquisition-decordova-park-and-museum/nOne4GdkpKSewwz8XJBaRP/story.html |access-date=16 July 2021 |work=Boston Globe |date=26 March 2019))</ref>

DeCordova is under the artistic direction  of Jessica May. <ref>((cite news |last1=Whyte |first1=Murray |title=Jessica May named to artistic leadership at deCordova and other Trustees properties |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/03/12/arts/jessica-may-named-artistic-leadership-decordova-other-trustees-properties/ |access-date=16 July 2021 |work=Boston Globe |date=12 March 2021))</ref>  The prior director of deCordova was [[John Ravenal]], who was appointed in 2015.

==Architecture==

The New England architect John Quincy Adams designed the extensive renovations that transformed Julian de Cordova's mansion into a public museum prior to its opening in 1950. The lower floors housed galleries, while the third floor offered studio art classes. The School attracted hundreds of students, eventually overwhelming the limited space within the Museum. In 1966, deCordova constructed a complex of four studio buildings to accommodate its expanded educational programs and meet the equipment standards of a professional art studio. In the early 1980s, the Museum consolidated and renovated two existing buildings to form administrative offices for the School and its outreach programs.

In 1998, the institution completed the ''New Century Campaign for deCordova'', an $8 million effort to upgrade its building. [[Kallmann McKinnell & Wood]] modernized and expanded deCordova’s educational facilities to include a new studio, a store, and a gallery dedicated to exhibitions by School instructors and students. The Museum’s exhibition space was expanded with a 20,000 square foot addition and a roof terrace to provide views of the Park. The main galleries were renovated to install a climate control system, a café, and a library.

==Art==
[[File:Texas Triangles.jpg|thumb|''Texas Triangles,'' by [[Charles Ginnever]] at the DeCordova Sculpture Park]]
DeCordova's emphasis on modern and contemporary art fueled its rapid popularity during the 1950s and 1960s, but by the 1980s, the Museum faced competition from a growing number of local museums, universities, and private galleries all of which shared a similar artistic mission. With the arrival of director Paul Master-Karnik in 1982, deCordova initiated a series of curatorial programs to further strengthen its commitment to New England’s contemporary artists. Master-Karnik introduced the ''Annual Exhibition'', formerly ''Artist/Visions'', which featured works by emerging New England artists and provided an annual snapshot of regional talent.

To maintain the institution’s connection to New England and its support for local emerging artists, former director Dennis Kois (appointed in 2008) established the PLATFORM series, an ongoing exhibition series of site-specific installations by New England artists. In 2010 the ''deCordova Biennial'' replaced the ''Annual Exhibition'' series to expand the curatorial voice, allowing for an advisory board and co-curator opportunities. Now occurring every other year, the ''deCordova Biennial'' displays New England’s leading emerging to mid-career artists, emphasizing the quality and vitality of the art created in this region.

In order to emphasize its focus, the Museum officially changed its name in 2009 from deCordova Museum and Sculpture Park to deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum. The landscaped lawns, forests, fields, and terraces of deCordova's Sculpture Park reveal a cross-section of how contemporary artists work outdoors, and how outdoor art enters into complex dialogues with sites and environmental conditions. This is accomplished with a three-tiered program of collection works, loans, and site-specific projects and commissions. The collection includes works by significant twentieth- and twenty-first-century artists that provide an art-historical context for other work in the park, and include sculptures by [[Dorothy Dehner]], [[Antony Gormley]], [[Dan Graham]],  [[Sol LeWitt]], [[Alexander Liberman]], [[Nam June Paik]], [[Beverly Pepper]], [[Jaume Plensa]], [[George Rickey]], and [[Ursula von Rydingsvard]]. Artists with sculptures currently on loan to deCordova include [[Jim Dine]], [[DeWitt Godfrey]], [[Paul Matisse]], and [[Isaac Witkin]]. Site-specific projects and special installations are designed and implemented especially for the Sculpture Park. Recent site-specific works include [[Steven Siegel]]’s ''Big, with Rift''; Fritz Horstman's "Formwork for a Spiral Movement"; and a major installation by environmental artist [[Alan Sonfist]], ''The Endangered Species of New England''.  In 2019, deCordova completed work on ''Watershed'', a permanent installation by sculptor [[Andy Goldsworthy]].<ref>((cite web |title=Watershed |url=https://thetrustees.org/content/andy-goldsworthy-watershed/ |publisher=The Trustees of Reservations |access-date=16 July 2021))</ref><ref>((cite news |last1=Rabinkin |first1=Gretchen |title=Hidden in Plain Sight |url=https://www.architects.org/stories/hidden-in-plain-sight |access-date=16 July 2021 |work=ArchitectureBoston |date=9 January 2020))</ref><ref>((cite news |last1=Shea |first1=Andrea |title=How A Drain Hole Inspired Land Artist Andy Goldsworthy's 'Watershed' At The deCordova |url=https://www.wbur.org/artery/2019/07/09/andy-goldsworthy-decordova-watershed |access-date=16 July 2021 |work=The Artery |publisher=WBUR |date=9 November 2019))</ref>

==References==
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== External links ==
((commons category|DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum))
*[https://thetrustees.org/place/decordova/ deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum] The Trustees of Reservations


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