Founded in 1941, the Museum's permanent collection consists of some 7,600 works of art concentrated in five curatorial departments: European, American, Chinese, Contemporary and Photography.
Holdings of 19th- and 20th-century painting and sculpture include works by Brancusi, Gauguin, Matisse, Miró, Monet, Picasso, Davis, Hassam, Hopper, Manship, O'Keeffe, Pollock and Sheeler.
Since 2011, the Museum has hosted an annual exhibition series of solo exhibitions highlighting the contributions of living female painters and sculptors.
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Exhibitions & Dates
Dürer, Rembrandt and Picasso: Three Masters of the Print
Mar 13 2022 - Sep 11 2022
Thirty works explore how these artists transformed the printed image
The Howard and Judie Ganek Collection
Feb 5 2022 - Sep 25 2022
Selections from the promised gift collection of contemporary art
A Remarkable Gathering: The Fisher Landau Family Collection
- Sep 11 2022
A diverse collection of late-20th century art and its critical ideas
Summer Silk: Qing Dynasty Robes and Signs of the Season
- Sep 4 2022
Two Qing dynasty summer silk gauze robes
Years of Glass: The Norton Collection 1982-2022
- Sep 4 2022
Four decades of collecting contemporary glass
Picasso in Warmer Climes: Works on Canvas, Clay, and Paper
- Aug 28 2022
Explore Picasso's recurring outdoor motifs
A Personal View on High Fashion & Street Style: Photographs from the Nicola Erni Collection, 1930s to Now.
Oct 8 2022 - Feb 5 2023
More than 250 photographs explore fashion and street-style photography
Joseph Stella: Visionary Nature
Oct 15 2022 - Jan 15 2023
90+ paintings and works on paper focus on his nature subjects
Lalla Essaydi: Un/Veiled
Jul 23 2022 - Nov 6 2022
10 years of large-scale intimate portraits of Arab women
Henry Ossawa Tanner: Intimate Pictures
Aug 20 2022 - Mar 12 2023
The intimate relationship of human beings to each other, their world, and the divine