October, 2020 National Calendar of Art Exhibitions

American Representational Art Exhibitions Hosted by Art Museums and Other Non-Profit Organizations



 

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Art Museum of Greater Lafayette

Inside Outside: paintings by Dan Annarino

October 2 through March 12

See coverage at Indiana Art History

 

Birmingham Museum of Art

An Epic of Earth and Water: Clare Leighton and the "New England Industries

October 5 through May 2

Researched 4/21

 

Booth Western Art Museum

Southwest Rising: Contemporary Art & the Legacy of Elaine Horwitch

October 10 through April 25

See coverage at Southwest Painting and Sculpture: 19th-21st Century

 

Booth Western Art Museum

Indians & Cowboys: Redefined by Duke & Woodard

October 22 through February 21

Researched 4/21


Craft and Folk Art Museum

Jaishri Abichandani: Flower-Headed Children

October 4 through January 10

Researched 4/21

 

Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens

Cross Pollination: Heade, Cole, Church and Our Contemporary Moment

October 28 through January 17

 

Detroit Institute of Arts

Off-Site | American Paintings from the Nancy and Sean Cotton Collection, 1850-1940

October 15 through December 20

 

Fred Jones Jr Museum of Art

Kiowa Agency: Stories of the Six

October 1 through January 17

 

Giertz Gallery, Parkland College

Calamitous Microcosm: An Online Exhibition of Artwork by Jave Yoshimoto

October 19 through November 20

 

Gilcrease Museum

Weaving History into Art: The Enduring Legacy of Shan Goshorn

October 9 through March 28

 

Grand Rapids Art Museum

Mathias J. Alten: An Enduring Legacy?

October 24 through April 24

 

Grand Rapids Art Museum

Hand and Machine in Harmony: Regional Arts & Crafts

October 24 through January 23

Grand Rapids Art Museum

An Art of Changes: Jasper Johns Prints, 1960-2018

October 24 through January 24

 

Laguna Art Museum

Wayne Thiebaud: Clowns

October 11 through January 10

Researched 4/21

 

LSU Museum of Art 

Southbound: Photographs of and about the New South

October 22 through February 14

Researched 4/21

See coverage at Southern and Southeast photography

 

New Mexico Museum of Art

For America: Paintings from the National Academy of Design

October 24 through January 17

See coverage at  Academies, Associations, Ateliers and Societies

 

Provincetown Art Association and Museum

Mimi Gross: The Arrival, 1620 

October 2 through January 31

Researched 4/21

 

Rehoboth Art League

Reflections en Estambre

October 2 through November

Researched 4/21

 

Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art 

Michael Rakowitz: Nimrud

October 3 through June 13

See coverage at  Installation Art

 

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

David Park: A Retrospective

October 4 through January 18

1/21 See coverage at California Artists: 19th-21st Century

 

Taft Museum of Art

A Splendid Century: Cincinnati Art 1820-1920

October 3 through January 24

Researched 4/21

 

Please also see:

 
What is included in the calendars
 
How to make the most of your visit to an exhibition
 
How TFAO updates calendars
 
How TFAO uses the National Calendar of Art Exhibitions
 

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