David Winton Bell Gallery

{{Infobox museum

| name = David Winton Bell Gallery

| image = List Art Center, Brown University.jpg

| established = {{Start date and age|1971}}

| location = Providence, Rhode Island

| coordinates = {{Coord|41.82635|-71.40541|display=inline,title}}

| collection_size = 7,000

| website = https://bell.brown.edu/

}}

The David Winton Bell Gallery is a contemporary art gallery at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. The gallery was established in 1971 through a donation from the Bell family.{{Cite web |title=About the Gallery |url=https://www.brown.edu/campus-life/arts/bell-gallery/about/about-the-gallery |access-date=2023-06-18 |website=www.brown.edu}} The Bell Gallery serves as a hub of contemporary art within the university community and beyond, offering a diverse range of exhibitions, programs, and events.{{Cite news |last=Lloyd |first=Ann Wilson |date=2002-01-06 |title=Art/Architecture; The Drama of Digging In New England's Trash |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/06/arts/art-architecture-the-drama-of-digging-in-new-england-s-trash.html |access-date=2023-06-18 |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite web |last=McQuaid |first=Cate |title=At Brown University, 'Fertile Ground' exhibition rethinks the art world's romance with Mother Nature - The Boston Globe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/art/2019/10/10/brown-university-fertile-grounds-exhibition-rethinks-art-world-romance-with-mother-nature/pwfMAJMMoQanOVMwIV8cWO/story.html |access-date=2023-06-18 |website=The Boston Globe |language=en-US}} It is housed in the Albert and Vera List Art Center, and is part of the Brown Arts Institute.{{Cite news |date=1971-10-08 |title=Art Center Dedication |pages=S-3 |work=Brown Daily Herald |url=https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:984668/}}

Each year, the gallery features four to five major shows, as well as dozens of student exhibitions.{{Cite web |title=List: Love It or Hate It? |url=https://www.brownalumnimagazine.com/articles/2022-08-24/list-art-center-brutalist-building |access-date=2023-06-19 |website=www.brownalumnimagazine.com |language=en}} Recent exhibitions have featured work by Elisabeth Subrin,{{Cite web |last=Shearer |first=Jessica |date=2023-05-15 |title=Reclaiming Agency Over Trauma |url=http://hyperallergic.com/821569/reclaiming-agency-over-trauma-elisabeth-subrin/ |access-date=2023-06-18 |website=Hyperallergic |language=en-US}} Lisa Reihana,{{Cite web |title=Lisa Reihana: in Pursuit of Venus [infected] |url=https://www.brown.edu/campus-life/arts/bell-gallery/exhibitions/lisa-reihana-pursuit-venus-infected-1 |access-date=2023-06-18 |website=www.brown.edu}} Melvin Edwards,{{Cite web |last=McQuaid |first=Cate |title=The strength, and beauty, of steel |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/2018/01/24/the-strength-and-beauty-steel/8vxutvyDpU86I9H7QZbQBI/story.html |access-date=2023-06-18 |website=The Boston Globe |language=en-US}} Wendy Edwards,{{Cite web |first=Cate |last=McQuaid |date=February 13, 2020 |title=The lush, feminine paintings of Wendy Edwards |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/02/13/arts/lush-feminine-paintings-wendy-edwards/ |access-date=2023-06-18 |website=BostonGlobe.com |language=en-US}} and Carrie Mae Weems.{{Cite web |title=List Art Center features artist Carrie Mae Weems |url=https://www.browndailyherald.com/article/2017/11/list-art-center-features-artist-carrie-mae-weems |access-date=2023-06-18 |website=The Brown Daily Herald |language=en-US}}