Current Exhibitions
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Compiled by Graham Boettcher, Wendy Greenhouse, and Alicia Longwell
Current exhibitions on historical American art are listed alphabetically by institution. For more information about an exhibition, click on the link to the institution's website.
Individuals and institutions are encouraged to submit material for listing. Exhibition notices should include the name and website address of the institution where the exhibition is currently on view, the complete title and dates of the exhibition, and other dates and venues if the exhibition is traveling. Send exhibition notices for institutions beginning with A through L to Alicia Longwell at longwell@parrishart.org, and with M through Z to Graham Boettcher at gboettcher@artsbma.org. Please use the subject line "AHAA submission," and expect acknowledgement of receipt.
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Addison Gallery of American Art Andover, MA / 978.749.4015 / andover.edu/Addison
Then and Now / May 10–July 13, 2008
Allentown Art Museum Allentown, PA / 610.432.4333 / allentownartmuseum.org
National Geographic: The Art of Exploration / through May 25, 2008
American Folk Art Museum New York, NY / 212.265.1040 / folkartmuseum.org
Earl Cunningham's America / 
through Aug. 31, 2008
Amon Carter Museum Fort Worth, TX / 817.638.1933 / cartermuseum.org
Intimate Modernism: Fort Worth Circle Artists in the 1940s / through May 11, 2008
The Art of the American Snapshot, 1888–1978 / through Apr. 27, 2008
100 Years of Autochrome / through July 27, 2008
Marsden Hartley and the West: The Search for an American Modernism / June 14–Aug. 24, 2008
Archives of American Art, Smithonian Institution Washington, DC / 202.275.2156 / www.aaa.si.edu
A Thousand Kisses: Love Letters from the Archives of American Art / through May 30, 2008
Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL / 312.443.3600 / artic.edu
Edward Hopper / through May 10, 2008
Watercolors by Winslow Homer: The Color of Light / through May 11, 2008
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Baltimore Art Museum Baltimore, MD / 410.396.7100 / artbma.org
Looking Through the Lens: Photography 1900–1960 / through June 8, 2008
Birmingham Museum of Art Birmingham, AL / 205.254.2566 / artsbma.org
Into the Woods: American Art and the Natural Sublime / through May 3, 2008
Boston Athenaeum Boston, MA 02108 / 617.227.0270 / bostonathenaeum.org
“Always Delightfully Cool”: Summer Vacations in Northern New England, 1825-1900 / May 7–Aug. 22, 2008
Albert Wein, American Modernist / Sept. 17–Nov. 29, 2008
Bowdoin College Museum of Art Brunswick, ME / 207.725.3275 / bowdoin.edu/art-museum/
The American Scene Part II / through Aug. 31, 2008
Homer's Etchings / July 1–Aug. 31, 2008
The Walker Sisters and Collecting in Victorian Boston / through Aug. 28, 2008
Brandywine River Museum Chadds Ford, PA / 610.388.2700 / brandywinemuseum.org/
Double Lives: American Painters as Illustrators, 1850-1950 / Sept. 6–Nov.23, 2008
Brigham Young Museum of Art Provo, UT / 801.422.8287 / moa.byu.edu
Minerva Teichert: Pageants in Paint / through May 26, 2008
Brooklyn Art Museum Brooklyn, NY / 718.638.5000 / brooklynmuseum.org
Votes for Women / through Nov. 30, 2008
Bruce Museum of Arts and Science Greenwich, CT / 203.869.0376 / brucemuseum.org
20th-Century American Prints from the Bruce Museum Collection / through July 6, 2008
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Cedar Rapids Museum of Art Cedar Rapids, IA / 319.366.7503 / crma.org
Malvina Hoffman: Rodin's Last Student / through Apr. 20, 2008
American Artists Abroad, 1900-1950 / through May 11, 2008
All-Stars: American Sporting Prints from the Collection of Reba and Dave Williams / May 31–Aug. 31, 2008
Columbus Museum Columbus, GA / 706.748.2562 / columbusmuseum.com
What Makes It American? A Selection from the Collection / through Aug. 17, 2008
American Explorations / through Aug. 10, 2008
Corcoran Gallery of Art Washington DC / 202.639.1700 / corcoran.org
The American Evolution: A History through Art / through July 27, 2008
Chance Encounters: Photographs from the Collection of Norman Carr and Carolyn Kinder Carr / through June 22, 2008
Crocker Art Museum Sacramento, CA / 916.264.5423 / crockerartmuseum.org
American Pop: Featuring Andy Warhol’s Athletes from the Richard Weisman Collection / Aug. 16–Nov. 2,
2008
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Dallas Museum of Art Dallas, TX / 214.922.1200 / dallasmuseumofart.org
Bluebonnets and Beyond: Julian Onderdonk , American Impressionist / through July 20, 2008
Discovering Texas: The Works of Robert Jenkins Onderdonk / through July 20, 2008
Making It New: The Art and Style of Sara and Gerald Murphy / June 8–Sept. 14, 2008
Denver Art Museum Denver, CO / 720.865.5000 / denverartmuseum.org
Clyfford Still Unveiled: Selections from the Estate / through June 29, 2008
Detroit Institute of Arts Detroit, MI / 313.833.7900 / dia.org
Life’s Pleasures: The Ashcan Artists' Brush with Leisure, 1895–1925 / May 25, 2008
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Farnsworth Museum and Wyeth Center Rockland ME / 207.596.6457 / farnsworthmuseum.org
The Prints and Related Works of William and Marguerite Zorach / through June 15, 2008
Florence Griswold Museum Old Lyme, CT / 860.434.5542 / flogris.org
Impressionist Giverny: American Painters in France / May 3–July 27, 2008
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Georgia Museum of Art Athens, GA / 706.542.GMOA / uga.edu/gamuseum
New Discoveries in Georgia Painted Furniture / through Apr. 27, 2008
Georgia O’Keeffe Museum Santa Fe, NM / 505.946.1000 / okeeffemuseum.org
Marsden Hartley and the West: The Search for an American Modernism / through May 11, 2008
Grand Rapids Art Museum Grand Rapids, MI / 616.831.1000 / gramonline.org
America: Black and White: Gordon Parks Photography / June 27–Oct. 12, 2008
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Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum Cambridge, MA / 617.495.9400 / artmuseums.harvard.edu
American Art at Harvard / through June 30, 2008
High Museum of Art Atlanta, GA / 404.733.HIGH / high.org
Georgia O'Keeffe and the Women of the Stieglitz Circle / through May 4, 2008
Hunter Museum of American Art Chattanooga, TN / 423.267.0968 / huntermuseum.org
Charles Burchfield: The Seasons / through June 1, 2008
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Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ / 732.932.7237 / zimmerlimuseum.rutgers.edu
From Here to the Horizon: American Landscape Prints from Whistler to Celmins / through July 31, 2008
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Katonah Museum of Art Katonah, NY / 914.232.9555 / katonahmuseum.org
All Things Bright and Beautiful: California Impressionists / July 13–Oct. 5, 2008
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Long Island Museum of American Art, History & Carriages Stony Brook, NY / 631.751.0066 / longislandmuseum.org
Country Scenes for City Patrons: Works by William Sidney Mount / through July 13, 2008
Loyola University Museum of Art Chicago, IL / 312.915.7600 / luc.edu/luma
Manifest Destiny / Manifest Responsibility: Environmentalism and the Art of the American Landscape / May 17–Aug. 10, 2008
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Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum San Antonio, TX / 210.824.5638 / mcnayart.org
American Art Since 1945: In a New Light / June 7–Aug. 24, 2008
Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester Rochester, NY / 585.276.8900 / mag.rochester.edu
American Impressionism: Paintings from The Phillips Collection / through June 15, 2008
Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY / 212.535.7710 / metmuseum.org
Silversmiths to the Nation: Thomas Fletcher and Sidney Gardiner (1808-1842) / through May 4, 2008
Jasper Johns: Gray / through May 4, 2008
Milwaukee Art Museum Milwaukee, WI / 414.224.3200 / mam.org
A Revolutionary in Milwaukee: The Designs of George Mann Niedecken / Apr. 17–July 20, 2008
Sensory Overload: Light, Motion, Sound, and the Optical in Art Since 1945 / through Oct. 2009
Minneapolis Institute of the Arts Minneapolis, MN / 612.870.3131 / artsmia.org
Banks Personified: Selections from the Katherine Kierland Herberger Collection / through Mar. 22, 2009
Peter Henry Emerson and American Naturalistic Photography / May 3–Sept. 7, 2008
Mississippi Museum of Art Jackson, MS / 601.960.1515 / msmuseumart.org
Jacob Lawrence’s Migration Series: Selections from The Phillips Collection / through Apr. 13, 2008
Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts Montgomery, AL / 334.240.4333 / mmfa.org
American Impressionism from The Phillips Collection / July 4–Oct. 19, 2008
Morris Museum of Art Augusta, GA / 706.724.7501/ themorris.org
Something to Look Forward To: Abstract Art by 22 Distinguished Americans of African Descent / through May 25, 2008
Landscape of Slavery: The Plantation in American Art / Aug. 23–Oct. 19, 2008
Musée d’Art Américain Giverny Giverny, France / 33 (0) 2 32 51 94 65 / maag.org
Portrait of a Lady: American Paintings and Photographs in France, 1870-1915 / through July 14, 2008
At Leisure: American Paintings / through Oct. 31, 2008
American Art on the Silver Screen / July 22–Oct. 31, 2008
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, IL / 312.280.2660 / mcachicago.org
Gordon Matta-Clark: “You Are the Measure” / through May 4, 2008
Alexander Calder in Focus / through Feb. 2009
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Boston, MA / 617.267.9300 / mfa.org
Twentieth-Century Modernism / through April 20, 2008
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX 1001 Bissonnet St., Houston, TX 77005 / 713.639.7300 / mfah.org
Landmark Portrait of George Washington / through July 31, 2008
Museum of the City of New York New York, NY 10029 / 212.534.1672 / mcny.org
Catholics in New York, 1808-1946 / May 16–Dec. 31, 2008
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National Academy Museum New York, NY 10128 / 212.369.4880 / nationalacademy.org
Out of the Ashcan: Robert Henri and the National Academy / through May 4, 2008
National Gallery of Art Washington, DC 20565 / 202.842.6353 / nga.gov
Crosscurrents: American and European Masterpieces from the Permanent Collection / through Jan. 2009
National Museum of Women in the Arts Washington, DC / 800.222.7270 / nmwa.org
Louise Nevelson: Dawn’s Wedding Feast / through May 18, 2008
National Portrait Gallery Washington, DC / 202.633.8300 / npg.si.edu
Zaida Ben-Yusuf: New York Portrait Photographer / Apr. 11–Sept. 1, 2008
Edward Steichen: Portraits / Apr. 11–Sept. 1, 2008
Herblock’s Presidents: “Puncturing Pomposity” / May 2–Nov. 30, 2008
Ballyhoo! Posters as Portraits / May 9, 2008–Mar. 1, 2009
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Kansas City, MO / 816.751.1278 / nelson-atkins.org
American Horizons: The Photographs of Art Sinsabaugh / through Apr. 6, 2008
In the Public Eye: Photography and Fame / through June 1, 2008
New-York Historical Society New York, NY / 212.873.3400 / nyhistory.org
French Founding Father: Lafayette’s Return to Washington’s America / through Aug. 10, 2008
Plague in Gotham! Cholera in Nineteenth-Century New York / Apr. 4–June 29, 2008
The Hudson River School at the N-YHS / Apr. 4, 2008–Jan. 16, 2009
Allure of the East: Orientalism in New York, 1850-1930 / Apr. 11–Aug. 17, 2008
Newark Museum Newark, NJ 07 / 973.596.6550 / newarkmuseum.org
Now is Then: Snapshots from the Maresca Collection / through May 11, 2008
Small But Sublime: Intimate Views by Durand, Bierstadt and Inness / through Sept. 28, 2008
New Britain Museum of American Art New Britain, CT / 860.229.0257 / nbmaa.org
All Things Bright and Beautiful: California Impressionist Paintings from the Irvine Museum / Apr. 1–June 29, 2008
Double Lives: American Painters as Illustrators, 1850-1950 / Dec. 10, 2008–Feb. 22, 2009
New Orleans Museum of Art New Orleans, LA / 504.658.4100 / noma.org
Louisiana: Where Land Meets Water / through Apr. 27, 2008
North Carolina Museum of Art Raleigh, NC / 919.839.6262 / ncartmuseum.org
Modern American Paintings from the Bequest of Fannie and Alan Leslie / ongoing
Norton Museum Of Art West Palm Beach, FL / 561.832.5196 / norton.org
In the Hands of African American Collectors: The Personal Treasures of Bernard and Shirley Kinsey / Apr. 19–July 20, 2008
Alexander Calder Jewelry / through June 15, 2008
The Hunter Gifts / through Sept. 7, 2008
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Oakland Museum of California Oakland, CA / 510.238.3402 / museumca.org
Birth of the Cool: California Art, Design and Culture at Midcentury / May 17– Aug. 17, 2008
Oklahoma City Museum of Art Oklahoma City, OK / 800.579.9ART / okcmoa.com
Brett Weston: Out of the Shadow / through May 18, 2008
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Parrish Art Museum Southampton, NY / 631.283.2118 / parrishart.org
Modern Photographs—The Machine, the Body and the City: Selections from the Charles Cowles Collection / Sept. 21–Nov. 30, 2008
Peabody Essex Museum Salem, MA / 978.745.9500 / pem.org
Wedded Bliss: The Marriage of Art and Ceremony / Apr. 26–Sept. 14, 2008
Philadelphia Museum of Art Philadelphia, PA / 215.763.8100 / philamuseum.org
The Art of Lee Miller / through Apr. 27, 2008
Frida Kahlo / through May 18, 2008
Portrait of Professor Benjamin H. Rand by Thomas Eakins / through May 31, 2008
Colonial Philadelphia Porcelain: The Art of Bonnin and Morris / through June 1, 2008
Transcending the Literal: Photographs by Ansel Adams from the Collection / through Aug. 17, 2008
Designing Modern: 1920 to the Present / through Sept. 1, 2008
Philbrook Museum of Art Tulsa OK / 918.749.7941 / philbrook.org
The Eugene B. Adkins Collection / through December 31, 2008
Phillips Collection Washington, DC / 202.387.2151 / phillipscollection.org
Degas to Diebenkorn: The Phillips Collects / through May 25, 2008
The Great American Epic: Jacob Lawrence’s Migration Series / May 3–Oct. 26, 2008
Diebenkorn in New Mexico / June 21–Sept. 7, 2008
Brett Weston: Out of the Shadow / June 21–Sept. 7, 2008
Phoenix Art Museum Phoenix, AZ / 602.257.1880 / PhxArt.org
Richard Avedon: Photographer of Influence / through Apr. 20, 2008
Portland Museum of Art Portland, ME / 207.775.6148 / portlandmuseum.org
The Powerful Hand of George Bellows: Drawings from the Boston Public Library / Apr. 10–June 1, 2008
Georgia O’Keeffe and the Camera: The Art of Identity / June 12–Sept. 7, 2008
André Kertész: On Reading / Aug. 30–Nov. 16, 2008
Landscapes from the Age of Impressionism / Oct. 23, 2008–Jan. 4, 2009
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Reynolda House Museum of American Art Winston-Salem, NC / 336.758.5150 / reynoldahouse.org
Forty Artful Years / through August 31, 2008
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St. Louis Art Museum St. Louis, Missouri / 314.721.0072 / slam.org
Missouri Made Quilts, 1850-1940 / through June 1, 2008
A Stitch in Time: Images of Needleworking, 1850-1920 / through June 8, 2008
Bare Witness: Photographs by Gordon Parks / May 9–Aug. 3, 2008
Seattle Art Museum Seattle, WA / 206.654.3100 / seattleartmuseum.org
Inspiring Impressionism: The Impressionists and the Art of the Past / June 19–Sept. 21, 2008
Smart Museum of Art Chicago IL / 773.702.0200 / smartmuseum.uchicago.edu
Seeing the City: Sloan’s New York / May 22–Sept. 14, 2008
Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, DC / 202.633.1000 / americanart.si.edu
Color as Field: American Painting, 1950-1975 / through May 26, 2008
Obata’s Yosemite / through June 1, 2008
Aaron Douglas: African American Modernist / May 9–Aug. 3, 2008
Georgia O’Keeffe and Ansel Adams: Natural Affinities / Sept. 26, 2008–Jan. 4, 2009
The Honor of Your Company is Requested: President Lincoln’s Inaugural Ball / through Jan. 10, 2009
Smithsonian American Art Museum Renwick Gallery Washington DC / 202.633.2850 / americanart.si.edu/renwick
Ornament as Art: Avant-Garde Jewelry from the Helen Williams Drutt Collection / through July 6, 2008
Speed Art Museum Louisville, KY / 502.634.2700 / speedmuseum.org
Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness: Art and the American Experience, 1660-1893, from the Yale University Art Gallery / Sept. 9, 2008–Jan. 4, 2009
Spencer Museum of Art Lawrence, KS / 785.864.4710 / spencerart.ku.edu
Make a Mark: Art of the 1960s / through June 1, 2008
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The Telfair Museum of Art Savannah, GA / 912.790.8800 / telfair.org
Picturing Savannah: The Art of Christopher A. D. Murphy / through June 1, 2008
Tyler Museum of Art Tyler, TX / 903.595.1001 / tylermuseum.org
Graham Williford’s America / through May 11, 2008
Father and Son: Charles and Karl Umlauf / Apr. 13–May 25, 2008
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University of Kentucky Art Museum Lexington, KY / 859.257.5717 / uky.edu/artmuseum
From Picasso to Warhol: Modern and Contemporary Prints from the Collection / May 25–Aug. 24, 2008
University of Virginia Art Museum Charlottesville, VA / 434.924.3592 / virginia.edu/artmuseumThe Landscape of Slavery: The Plantation in American Art / through Apr. 20, 2008
John Toole: Itinerant Painter / June 21–Aug. 9, 2008
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Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Richmond, Virginia / 804.340.1400 / vmfa.state.va.us
Landscapes from the Age of Impressionism: French and American Paintings from the Brooklyn Museum /through May 11, 2008
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Making a Splash: American Beach Fashions, 1850-1920 / through July 13, 2008
Westmoreland Museum of American Art Greensburg, PA / 724.837.1500 / wmuseumaa.org
Seeing the City: John Sloan’s New York / through Apr. 27, 2008
Painting in the United States / June 29–Oct. 19, 2008
Whitney Museum of American Art New York, NY / 800.WHITNEY / whitney.org
Chimneys and Towers: Charles Demuth's Late Paintings of Lancaster / through Apr. 27, 2008
Williams College Museum of Art Williamstown, MA / 413.597.2429 / wcma.org
Model American Men / through August 24, 2008
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Yale University Art Gallery New Haven, CT / 203.432.0600 / artgallery.yale.edu
Making It New: The Art and Style of Sara and Gerald Murphy / through May 4, 2008
The Photographs of Jerome Liebling / May 23–Sept. 7, 2008
From Any Angle: Photographs from the Collection of Doris Bry / May 23–Sept. 7, 2008
