Past Exhibitions

Since its inagural exhibition in 1961, the Carter has mounted more than 500 exhibitions. The most recently closed exhibitions can be found below, and a comprehensive list of all past exhibitions can be found on the Exhibition History page.

September 19, 2009–January 10, 2010

Views and Visions: Prints of the American West, 1820–1970

Experience the intrigue and fascination of the early American West in a special exhibition of nineteenth and twentieth century prints and illustrated books from the Carter’s permanent collection.

July 9, 2009–November 29, 2009

Circle of Friends: Portraits of Artists

With the advent of American modernism, artists began making portraits of one another with increasing regularity. Photographers made portraits to document the members of their artistic communities, but in so doing they also created works that embody their artistic and personal ambitions.

Ongoing

Rufino Tamayo: Tamarind Lithography Workshop

Renowned Mexican painter Rufino Tamayo had a fellowship at the Los Angeles-based Tamarind Lithography Workshop in 1964. Beginning this June, witness his work—ghostly apparitions of abstracted human figures—in this exhibition from the Carter’s permanent collection.

June 19, 2009–January 3, 2010

Masterworks of American Photography: Moments in Time

Journey through photography’s history in this sampling of works from the Carter’s renowned permanent collection. This presentation of Masterworks explores the medium’s unique relationship to time.

June 6, 2009–August 23, 2009

The Harmon and Harriet Kelley Collection of African-American Art: Works on Paper

See the works of more than fifty African-American artists from the late 1800s to the early years of this century. Drawn from one of the most esteemed private collections of works by African-American artists, this special exhibition features over ninety works by such luminaries as Elizabeth Catlett, William H. Johnson, and Charles White.

March 7, 2009–June 28, 2009

High Modernism: Alfred Stieglitz and His Legacy

Modern art photography is widely recognized as being born in the 1910s from the work of Alfred Stieglitz and his hand-picked group of artists. Follow the pathway set by Stieglitz and his colleagues in this exhibition of photographs that blend sharp focus, fine printing, and subscription to beauty.

February 14, 2009–May 10, 2009

Barbara Crane: Challenging Vision

Think of photography as a vibrant language that extends well beyond realism, where high contrast, overlapping exposures, and limited focus are just as important as acute detail. This is the work of Barbara Crane, whose special exhibition of nearly 200 photographs is on view at the Carter beginning in February.

December 5, 2008–June 7, 2009

First Look: Masterworks of American Photography

This is the first time these works-all part of the Amon Carter Museum’s renowned photography collection have been exhibited at the museum. Taken together, they reflect the diversity and richness of an American visual tradition.

November 15, 2008–February 15, 2009

Mary Lucier: The Plains of Sweet Regret

Enter a hauntingly beautiful world of landscape and loss in a video installation that brings into view, through music and imagery, the rapid depopulation of the northern plains. Laced with both melancholy and loveliness, this work by video artist Mary Lucier examines the seismic changes that have swept away family farms and ranches, small towns and rural schools.

October 26, 2008–April 19, 2009

An American Original: George Bellows, His Lithographs, and the 1936 Texas Centennial

Experience the fascinating and diverse lithographs of famed American painter and printmaker George Bellows (1882–1925) in this special exhibition from the Carter’s permanent collection.