American Folk Art Museum
Past Exhibitions
Exhibition History
Index of Exhibitions
Recent Exhibitions
Thomas Chambers (1808–1869): American Marine and Landscape Painter
September 29, 2009–March 7, 2010
Perspectives: Setting the Scene in American Folk Art
September 1, 2009–August 15, 2010
Textural Rhythms: Constructing the Jazz Tradition—Contemporary African American Quilts
March 24–October 11, 2009, Lincoln Square branch
Kaleidoscope Quilts: The Art of Paula Nadelstern
April 21–Sept. 13, 2009
The Treasure of Ulysses Davis
April 21–September 6, 2009
Recycling and Resourcefulness: Quilts of the 1930s
October 21, 2008–March 15, 2009, Lincoln Square branch
Up Close: Henry Darger
October 7, 2008–September 6, 2009
Martín Ramírez: The Last Works
October 7, 2008–April 12, 2009
In the Atrium: Recent Gifts to the Collection
October 7, 2008–April 5, 2009
The Seduction of Light: Ammi Phillips | Mark Rothko Compositions in Pink, Green, and Red
October 7, 2008–March 29, 2009
Dargerism: Contemporary Artists and Henry Darger
April 15–September 21, 2008
Asa Ames: Occupation Sculpturing
April 15–September 14, 2008
Earl Cunningham’s America
March 4–September 7, 2008, Lincoln Square branch
A Legacy in Quilts: Cyril Irwin Nelson’s Final Gifts to the American Folk Art Museum
October 31, 2007–February 24, 2008, Lincoln Square branch
Gilded Lions and Jeweled Horses: The Synagogue to the Carousel
October 2, 2007–March 23, 2008
In the Atrium: Landscapes from the Collection
June 5, 2007–September 11, 2007
The Great Cover-up: American Rugs on Beds, Tables, and Floors
June 5, 2007–September 9, 2007
Martín Ramírez
January 23, 2007–May 13, 2007
A Deaf Artist in Early America: The Worlds of John Brewster Jr.
October 4, 2006–January 7, 2007
Midwestern Amish Quilts
August 4, 2006–July 29, 2007, Lincoln Square branch
Concrete Kingdom: Sculptures by Nek Chand
April 4–September 24, 2006
White on White (and a little gray)
March 28–September 17, 2006
Surface Attraction: Painted Furniture from the Collection
September 20, 2005–March 26, 2006
Obsessive Drawing
September 14, 2005–March 19, 2006
Self and Subject
March 16–September 11, 2005
Ancestry and Innovation: African American Art from the Collection
February 8–September 4, 2005
Folk Art Revealed
November 16, 2004–August 23, 2009