Articles in EXHIBITIONS
Portraits by Mari Kloeppel
Now – May 31
Mari Kloeppel’s paintings are portraits of animals, with personalities, thoughts, and sometimes even a sense of humor. She paints horses, dogs, rabbits, chickens, and cattle, along with less domesticated …
Titus Kaphar: History in the Making
April 3 – September 6
Contemporary artist Titus Kaphar makes oil-on-canvas copies of European and American portrait paintings from the 18th and 19th centuries and reconfigures them in strategic ways to …
Black Womanhood: Images, Icons and Ideologies of the African Body
Now – March 15, 2009
This is the first major exhibition to explore the direct relationship between historic and contemporary representations of the black female body as …
Paul Klee: Social Creatures
Now – July 12
With his early line drawings of distorted, exaggerated or fantastic characters, Paul Klee laid the groundwork for generations of artists creating figures that traffic in social stereotype. In his …
APEX: Chris Jordan
Now-July 12
Through Running the Numbers: An American Self-Portrait, a large-format series of photographic prints comprised of repeatedly patterned objects, Seattle artist Chris Jordan visualizes statistics otherwise easy to overlook. In Cans Seurat, Jordan …
Roni Horn aka Roni Horn
Now – May 25
Using a variety of materials including rubber, glass and gold, Roni Horn’s work has an immense beauty and sensuality to it. The exhibition explores ideas that interest the …
Pride of Place: Dutch Cityscapes of the Golden Age
Now – May 3
In the 17th century a new genre of painting – the cityscape – emerged. Images of towns and cities became expressions of enormous civic …
Stage Pictures: Drawing For Performance
Now–August 24
Visual artists have long been interested in the stage as an arena for experimentation, and their interdisciplinary collaborations have immeasurably enriched the history of modern art. The exhibition presents a …
Becoming Edvard Munch
Now – April 26
Who was the man behind The Scream and other iconic images of modern anxiety and despair? Two potent myths continue to define our understanding of Norwegian artist Edvard Munch: first, …
H BOX
April 12-September 26
H BOX is an innovative, roaming screening room for presenting major new video commissions by international artists. Designed by Portuguese artist/architect Didier Fiuza Faustino, this state-of-the-art collapsible video gallery travels to exhibition …
Charting the Canyon: Photographs by Klett & Wolfe
March 22-June 28
Arizona’s Grand Canyon – natural wonder, national park, tourist attraction, sacred land – is perhaps the world’s best “photo op.” The collaborative photographic team of Mark …
Made in Monterey
April 18 – June 15
Illuminating the rich history of the Monterey artistic landscape, this exhibition will feature the most important works in the Museum’s permanent collection. Both floors of the Museum’s Pacific Street …
