Upcoming Exhibitions

Advance Exhibition Schedule

George de Forest Brush:
The Indian Paintings
September 14, 2008–January 4, 2009

Oceans, Rivers, and Skies: Ansel Adams, Robert Adams, and Alfred Stieglitz
October 12, 2008–March 15, 2009

Pompeii and the Roman Villa:
Art and Culture Around the Bay of Naples
October 19, 2008–March 22, 2009

Jan Lievens: A Dutch Master Rediscovered
October 26, 2008–January 11, 2009

Looking In: Robert Frank’s
"The Americans"
January 18–April 26, 2009

Current Exhibitions

Martin Puryear
June 22–September 28, 2008

Medieval to Modern: Recent Acquisitions of Drawings, Prints and Illustrated Books May 4–November 2, 2008

Exhibitions on Tour

Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures from the National Museum, Kabul
Asian Art Museum, San Francisco,
October 24, 2008–January 25, 2009
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 22–May 17, 2009
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, June 23–September 20, 2009

Richard Misrach: On the Beach
Henry Art Gallery at the University of Washington, Seattle
October 11, 2008–January 18, 2009
The High Museum of Art, Atlanta
May 23–August 16, 2009

In the Forest of Fontainebleau: Painters and Photographers from Corot to Monet
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
July 13–October 19, 2008.

J.M.W. Turner
Dallas Museum of Art, February 10–May 18, 2008
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, June 24–September 21, 2008

 

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