Since 1895, La Biennale di Venezia—the Venice Biennale—has been the most prestigious and influential showcase of contemporary art in the world, with millions of attendees.
This year, Pablo Delano, the Charles A. Dana Professor of Fine Arts at Trinity College, was among the international artists invited by curator Adriano Pedrosa to present their work in the Central Pavilion. Delano’s multimedia installation, “The Museum of the Old Colony,” focuses on his homeland of Puerto Rico.
Delano was joined in Venice by Amanda Guzmán, assistant professor of anthropology and co-director of Trinity’s Center for Caribbean Studies, along with a contingent of Trinity faculty members and administrators. “I’m feeling exhilarated and uplifted,” Delano said. “The model that you saw in Hartford has been transformed from a small-scale model on a desktop to a full-fledged installation that takes up almost 2,800 square feet.”
The exhibition opened in April and will run through November 24. Read more here and see the video below.
The American Academy of Arts and Letters has recognized Associate Professor of English Ethan Rutherford with the Rosenthal Family Foundation Award for Literature for his debut novel, North Sun: Or, the Voyage of the Whaleship Esther.
The Museum of the Old Colony, an art installation by Professor of Fine Arts Pablo Delano, opened March 14, 2026, at the New Britain Museum of American Art.
Professor of Chemistry Michelle Kovarik has been named the recipient of the 2026 J. Calvin Giddings Award for Excellence in Education by the American Chemical Society (ACS) Division of Analytical Chemistry.
Academy Award-nominated writer and director Paul Schrader spoke at Trinity College about his filmmaking career and his creative collaborations with a close friend, the late writer Russell Banks.
