Past Exhibitions
Light My Fire
Rock Posters from the Summer of Love
In the spring of 1966, the Avalon Ballroom and the Fillmore Auditorium, two separate venues near the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco...
Tradition and Transformation
Japanese Art 1860-1940
Immediately following the arrival of Commodore Matthew Perry’s “black ships” in 1853, Japan cast aside its self-imposed isolation from the...
Degas to Picasso
Modern Masters
“Degas to Picasso: Modern Masters” is an ambitious, kaleidoscopic survey of European art from 1900 to the 1960s. This unprecedented panorama of...
Facets of Cubism
“This is an art that plays with difficulties and conquers them.”—Guillaume Apollinaire
2005 Maud Morgan Prize
Shelley Reed
A selection of striking paintings by Shelley Reed, recipient of the 2005 Maud Morgan prize, is on view in the Museum's Lower Rotunda through Dec 11...
West African Gold
Akan Regalia from the Glassell Collection
The Akan peoples, one of the largest ethnic groups in Ghana and Ivory Coast, are culturally similar and speak closely related languages. They have...
Contemporary Cloth
Stoles by Minagawa Makiko
Innovation replaces tradition in the special exhibition of the luminous, textured shawls of cutting-edge designer Minagawa Makiko. Her sensual fabrics...
Contemporary Clay
Japanese Ceramics for the New Century
Japan today is home to the world's most vibrant ceramic culture, with many thousands of potters working the length and breadth of the country...
Zhang Huan
Seeds of Hamburg
“Zhang Huan: Seeds of Hamburg” showcases a powerful performance by Chinese artist Zhang Huan, known for his ritualistic body art. In 2002, at the...
Things I Love
The Many Collections of William I. Koch
Founder of The Oxbow Group, one of the top 500 privately held companies in America, William I. Koch is an international businessman, chemical engineer...