Past and Present Exhibitions

Detail of an abstract collage of layered paper by Minna Citron that features a large black shape that looks like a backwards P in the center

Minna Citron: The Uncharted Course from Realism to Abstraction

A detail of an abstract painting by John Haley called "Orange and Blue." It does feature those colors prominently, with a big splash of blue on the left and a number of smaller orange rectangular shapes throughout, but it also features other colors of rectangles and other shapes.

John Haley: Berkeley School Abstract Expressionist

A detail of a drawing by Jack Davis of Abraham Lincoln, sitting at a desk, and holding his head with his thumb and index finger of his left hand, as though he's having a hard time processing information

Beyond the Bulldog: Jack Davis

Close-up detail of a piece of eye jewelry, a gold-framed pendant with details in blue that features a close-up painting of a woman's blue eye

The Look of Love: Eye Miniatures from the Skier Collection

A detail of a relief sculpture of Hermes

Object in Focus: The Orpheus Relief Project

A color photograph of a large, circular, red sculpture by light and space artist DeWain Valentine, installed at the museum

De Wain Valentine: Human Scale

A detail of James Routh's black-and-white lithograph "Blue Ridge Farm," a view of a cotton field seen from far away, with Black laborers picking cotton and a small, rustic house in the background.

The South in Black and White: The Graphic Works of James E. Routh Jr., 1939 – 1946

A detail of Francisco Goya's etching "Will She Rise Again?" from his series "The Disasters of War." It focuses on a dead woman, lying on her back, with rays of light emanating from her body while people gather around her.

Francisco De Goya’s “Disasters of War”

Detail of an abstract print by Lee Bontecou from the "New York Collection for Stockholm" portfolio. It looks like intersecting ellipses that call to mind a galaxy, rendered in white on black.

The New York Collection for Stockholm

Detail of a drawing in red chalk, white chalk and blue pencil on blue paper of a person reclining, tangled in fabric

The Epic and the Intimate: French Drawings From the John D. Reilly Collection at the Snite Museum of Art

A detail of George Beattie's mural of the cotton gin in use. Two white landowners in top hats inspect the ginned cotton, surrounded by Black laborers hard at work.

George Beattie’s Agriculture Murals

Detail of an etching of a young girl by Gerald Brockhurst

Prints and Drawings by Gerald L. Brockhurst from the Daniel and Rosalyn Jacobs Collection