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Black Friday by Willem de Kooning on a beige background.

Museum Exhibition

Willem de Kooning: The Breakthrough Years, 1945–50

Willem de Kooning: The Breakthrough Years, 1945–50 traces the development of de Kooning’s approach to painting in the period when he cemented his position as a leader of the American avant-garde.

Final Weeks
Closes July 26, 2026
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A multicolored clay sculpture made of various pieces.

Museum Exhibition

Clay Has Memory: Creative Lineages from Africa

Clay Has Memory examines the ways in which African and African Diasporic artists use clay to sustain creative legacies from Africa.

Now On View
Through July 3, 2027
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A woven textile with blue fluff exuding from the center of the piece.

Faig Ahmed: Textiles of Consciousness

March 28, 2026–August 2, 2026

Museum Exhibition

Composite image of three black and white photographs.

Photography as a Way of Life: Minor White, Aaron Siskind, and Harry Callahan

April 19, 2026–September 7, 2026

Museum Exhibition

A lithograph print with hand-painted striding figure in profile wearing traditional Native American attire with a red-white-and-blue stream coming out of their open palm.

“What Is an American?”: Artists Reflect

May 16, 2026–November 1, 2026

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Black-and-white photograph of a mirrored sphere reflecting a woman sitting at a table with a child peering at the sphere.

What Photographs Look Like

June 13, 2026–December 5, 2026
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July 19, 2026 | 12–4:30 p.m.

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July 19, 2026 | 1–2 p.m.

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Willem de Kooning: The Breakthrough Years, 1945–50

July 19, 2026 | 3–4 p.m.
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