Past Exhibitions

Inventing Marcel Duchamp: The Dynamics of Portraiture

March 27, 2009 - August 2, 2009

This groundbreaking exhibition cast a new light upon Marcel Duchamp (1887–1968), one of the most influential artists of the recent past. This show demonstrated that Duchamp harnessed the power of portraiture and self-portraiture both to secure his reputation as an iconoclast and to establish himself as a major figure in the artworld.
One Life: The Mask of Lincoln

November 7, 2008 - July 5, 2009

To both his contemporaries and posterity, Abraham Lincoln has been an endless subject of mystery and fascination. "One Life: The Mask of Lincoln" examined how Lincoln used the new art of photography to convey his image to Americans, letting them see in him what they most desired.
Tokens of Affection and Regard: Photographic Jewelry and Its Makers

October 24, 2008 - June 21, 2009

Photographic jewelry flourished throughout the period from 1840 to 1875 and beyond. This poignant exhibition, drawn primarily from the collection of Larry J. West, featured rare and exquisite jewelry containing portraits in the 19th century's four main photographic processes—daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, tintypes and paper prints.
Ballyhoo! Posters as Portraiture

May 9, 2008 - February 8, 2009

Featuring sixty posters ranging in date from the late 19th century to the present, this exhibition demonstrated how posters function as portraiture.
Women of Our Time: Twentieth Century Photographs

October 10, 2008 - February 1, 2009

In the exhibition "Women of Our Time: Twentieth Century Photographs," celebrates women who have challenged and changed America.
Four Indian Kings

September 12, 2008 - January 25, 2009

In 1710, a delegation of four Native American leaders—three Mohawk from the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) alliance and one Mohican from the Algonquin nations—traveled to the Court of Queen Anne in London.
Herblock's Presidents: "Puncturing Pomposity"

May 2, 2008 - November 30, 2008

The political cartoons of Herbert Block (1909--2001) appeared in American newspapers for more than seven decades under the pen name Herblock. This exhibition contained Block's original drawings of presidential cartoons from Franklin Roosevelt through Bill Clinton.

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