Current Exhibitions
| Current Exhibitions |
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Histories: The Sheldon Permanent Collection
August 5, 2011 thru July 15, 2012
The term “history” suggests a single, unified explanation and understanding of events and actors on the world stage. And yet in both academic settings and popular culture, history reveals itself to be a complex, multifaceted topic, explored and interpreted in a variety of different ways.
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Media Revolution: Early Prints from the Sheldon's Vault
December 9, 2011 thru February 19, 2012
This exhibition brings to light little-seen masterpieces from the Sheldon Museum of Art's collection vault. Early modern woodcuts, engravings, and etchings are all on display.
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Railroads and the Making of Modern America
January 20, 2012 thru May 27, 2012
Railroads and the Making of Modern America features fifty works from the Sheldon Museum of Art’s permanent collection—as well as a handful of local loans—and examines the ways artists captured and shaped the modern ideas and practices made possible by the railroad, emphasizing the broader cross-border movements and their global consequences.
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All is Pretty: Warhol Polaroids
February 3, 2012 thru April 15, 2012
Coinciding with the 25th anniversary of Warhol’s death in February 1987, the exhibition debuts photographs donated to the Sheldon Museum of Art in 2008 by the Andy Warhol Foundation.
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Partners and Adversaries: The Art of Collaboration
February 3, 2012 thru May 27, 2012
Drawn largely from the Sheldon Museum of Art’s permanent collection, Partners and Adversaries: The Art of Collaboration explores the often productive—and sometimes contentious—world of artistic partnerships.
