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September 28, 2018 - January 1, 2225

The Collection

Come see the newly organized collection! We've gathered ancient and modern works of art, together in one space, that explore our shared archetypes, myths, and ideals.

August 28, 2020 - January 3, 2021

The Mind of a Renaissance Man: A Celebration of Dr. Randy Mack

The Mind of a Renaissance Man: A Celebration of Dr. Randy Mack focuses on the life and generosity of Charles Randall Mack. His connection with the museum began in 1970, and over the course of three decades he not only shared his expertise, including writing many of the essays in the CMA’s Renaissance art catalogue, but he and his family also donated over 135 art works to the collection, ranging from Renaissance pieces to contemporary works on paper and photography to Bunzlauer ceramics.

October 10, 2020 - January 10, 2021

Island Nations / Lands Divided

Sara Schneckloth uses drawing to question how science, imagination, and the body inform one another. The works in this exhibition combine the visual languages of biology and geology into mixed-media drawings.

October 17, 2020 - January 10, 2021

Visions from India

Visions from India presents a breathtaking sweep of 21st-century painting, sculpture, and multimedia works from India and its diaspora.

February 6, 2021 - June 6, 2021

The Imaginative Worlds of M.C. Escher

This is the largest private traveling Escher exhibition in the world, including woodcuts, lithographs, drawings, and all eight mezzotints from his career.

July 3, 2021 - September 12, 2021

The Ironic Curtain: Art from the Soviet Underground

The Ironic Curtain features artists who worked under political repression in the decades just before the fall of the Soviet Union, making “official” art by day and their own experimental art in secret.

October 9, 2021 - January 9, 2022

30 Americans

30 Americans features an incredible “Who’s Who” list from among the most acclaimed Black artists of our time, including Nick Cave, Glenn Ligon, Lorna Simpson, Mickalene Thomas, and Kehinde Wiley.