Special Exhibition
February 11, 2012–May 13, 2012
More than 100 of the finest and best-preserved watercolors by Charles M. Russell (1864–1926) will be featured in this special exhibition. Never before have so many of these singular depictions of the Old West been brought together.
Special Exhibition
March 11, 2012–June 17, 2012
Four spectacular paintings by John Singer Sargent (1856–1925) are part of the renowned collection of the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts.
Special Exhibition
June 9, 2012–August 19, 2012
During the early twentieth century, the enigmatic and charismatic John Graham (1886–1961) and his circle of New York artists, which included Stuart Davis, Arshile Gorky, and Willem de Kooning, forged their identities and dramatically transformed conceptions of what a painting or sculpture could be.
Special Exhibition
October 6, 2012–January 6, 2013
Founded by Duncan Phillips in 1918, The Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C., opened to the public in 1921 as America’s first museum of modern art. To See as Artists See is the first large-scale, traveling presentation of The Phillips’ celebrated collection of American art, chronicling the broad scope and richness of its holdings from 1850 to 1960.
From the Permanent Collection
August 13, 2011–February 5, 2012
Landscape has long been a key subject of American art and a particular strength of the Amon Carter. This exhibition, drawn from the museum’s magnificent holdings of landscape photography, brings together an array of photographs, ranging from jewellike daguerreotypes to oversized ink-jet prints.
From the Permanent Collection
September 10, 2011–February 19, 2012
Work has been a key subject for photographers from the medium’s earliest days. This modest survey exhibition, drawn from the museum’s extensive permanent collection, showcases photographers’ acknowledgement of work in many forms, their recognition of how people are often defined by their jobs, and their documentation of labor’s troubles and successes.
From the Permanent Collection
February 18, 2012–July 22, 2012
Like most artists, photographers generally work in series. This display of new acquisitions and little-seen collection gems shows how multiple exposures and project groupings reveal new insights about the world and the artistic process.
From the Permanent Collection
March 3, 2012–August 12, 2012
Since the announcement of the invention of photography in 1839, artists and writers have often used potent metaphors to describe the medium’s unique qualities.
From the Permanent Collection
March 13, 2012–September 16, 2012
San Francisco artist Ruth Asawa (b. 1926) first gained renown in the 1950s for the inventive wire sculptures she crocheted by hand. These daring new art forms earned Asawa critical acclaim and a fellowship to the Tamarind Lithography Workshop in Los Angeles in 1965.
