Animal is a lively film that takes you on an exhilarating journey through David Ellis’ spontaneous creative process. The rhythmic time-lapse shows the artist creating creatures, landscapes, and abstractions to an accompanying soundtrack.

Benito Huerta’s elaborate work addresses the mythical notion of an axis mundi—or center of the world that connects heaven and earth—through spiritual, earthly, and autobiographical emblems that draw broader connections to political and global concerns.

Organized in celebration of a recent acquisition, American Still Life highlights the ability of 19th and 20th-century American artists to celebrate the ordinary through their paintings, whether trompe l’oeil masters or modernist photographers.

In Our Own Words features a portfolio of vibrantly colored printed portraits by Daniel Heyman and Lucy Ganje, who collaborated in portraying present-day members of North Dakota Indian nations.

Horizon Lines uses visual perspective to remind us that our experience of space and our relationship to our environment—whether the sea, land, or constructed urban landscape—shifts depending on our different points of view.

This exhibition focuses on the evolution of Cosindas’s career, from textile designer to abstract painter to renowned photographer. Her use of instant-developing color film proved instrumental in revealing the artistic potential of color photography for future artists in the medium.

This intimate exhibition of part of the renowned collection of the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute celebrates the monumental painting Fumée d’Ambre Gris and provides insight into the remarkably talented work of John Singer Sargent.

This exhibition focuses on nocturnes, or rendered night scenes, from the Carter’s works-on-paper collection, highlighting the night as a constant source of artistic inspiration from the still quiet of abandoned places to the bright lights of the bustling city.

This exhibition of paintings and sculptures selected from the Carter’s extensive collection offers visitors an opportunity to gain insight into the works of Frederic Remington and Charles M. Russell, two of the greatest practitioners of the art of the American West.

This exhibition presents the first major survey of the art of Dave Heath, one of the most original and respected photographers of the mid-20th century, juxtaposing loss and hope through works that strive for human connection.

This exhibition highlights Samuel F.B. Morse’s iconic painting Gallery of the Louvre. Filled with miniature reproductions of the Louvre’s finest treasures, this painting is a signal work of transatlantic exchange intended to connect American audiences with great European artworks.

Spanning photography’s history from 1840 to the present, this exhibition features highlights of the collection, including photographs from the Museum’s archives and several recent acquisitions, that intimate the diversity and richness of America’s photographic traditions.

American Photographs brings together more than 70 photographs that span the history of the medium and reflect the diversity of photographic practices during America’s industrial development, highlighting the central role of photography in the United States.

This exhibition, commemorating the centennial of the death of well-known Mexican printmaker José Guadalupe Posada, presents a variety of his depictions of male figures; outlaws, fugitives, demons, lovers, politicians, and matadors all can be found in his unique style.

Featuring 23 prints, this exhibition offers an unusual opportunity to compare the visions of photographers Edward Weston and his son Brett to see how each balanced recording the world’s direct appearance with a sense of abstraction.

This display of rare large-format photogravures by Alfred Stieglitz reveals how the artist tested inks and papers in his efforts to best relay the beauty of the world and his vision to create exquisite versions of some of his most important photographs.

This exhibition, built from the exquisite collection of Jeanne and Rex Sinquefield, highlighted the work of Midwestern artists between the World Wars and their interpretation of the region as vital to the national story of American art.

A New American Sculpture investigates the integral relationships between modernism, classicism, and popular imagery in the sculpture of these four immigrant artists, showing how they redefined sculpture’s expressive potential during this rapidly changing time.  

Commanding Space celebrates the work of five contemporary female sculptors who have driven the traditional medium into new directions and have breathed new life into old materials to create sculptures that connect the diverse themes of history, myth, and memory.

Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the assassination of John F. Kennedy, this exhibition reunites the paintings, sculptures, and works on paper installed in the president’s suite at the Hotel Texas in 1963 before his tragic death.