Exhibitions

Old Masters in New Light Late in 2008, the Museum's galleries of European art underwent their first major rotation in over a decade. The new installation highlights some of the museum’s familiar masterpieces—Giorgione’s Portrait of a Man (ca. 1506... Read More >>	Black Womanhood Through the display of more than 100 sculptures, prints, postcards, photographs, paintings, textiles, and video installations by artists from Africa, Europe, America, and the Caribbean, Black Womanhood: Images, Icons, and... Read More >>	Tastes in Asian Art Some of the most significant works in SDMA's extensive Asian collection form part of this rotating exhibition in the Museum's Asian Court. The latest and final rotation features new works, including a 14th-century Chinese... Read More >>
Collections in Context This exhibition in the John M. & Sally B. Thornton Rotunda supports the Museum’s fundamental mission to collect, preserve, display, and interpret the finest works that men and women have created over time. As museum collections grow,... Read More >>	Art of North America This new installation features the highlights of the Museum’s permanent collection of U.S. and Mexican art. The Art of the Americas has been a particular collecting interest of the Museum since its founding. Paintings by Robert Henri and... Read More >>	Oceanic Art: A Celebration of Form Curated by George Ellis, director emeritus of the Honolulu Academy of Arts, Oceanic Art: A Celebration of Form features 97 three-dimensional works, primarily from Melanesia and Polynesia, and objects from Micronesia and Taiwan. ... Read More >>