Looking at Men

As the behavior of prominent male figures in public positions undergoes strong scrutiny in this country, we turn to the Museum’s collection to see how artists have pictured men from varied social, economic, and cultural backgrounds at different points in time.

We look at images featuring a variety of masculine identities—fathers, sons, laborers, soldiers, artists, and athletes—by a range of artists including Berenice Abbott, Van Deren Coke, David Hilliard, An-My Lê, Hank Willis Thomas, and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.

Credit: Exhibition overview from museum website.