Art Show Calendar

The Best Fairs, exhibitions and Events Coast to Coast

Winslow Homer (1836–1910), Fisherman’s Family (The Lookout), 1881. Watercolor over graphite pencil on paper, sheet: 13½ x 193⁄8 in. Bequest of John T. Spaulding. Photograph © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Nov. 2, 2025-Jan. 19, 2026
Of Light and Air: Winslow Homer in Watercolor
Museum of Fine Arts Boston • Boston, MA
The exhibition brings together dozens of Homer’s watercolors and related oils, drawings and prints for the first time in nearly 50 years.
www.mfa.org

Ongoing
Grandma Moses: A Good Day’s Work
Smithsonian American Art Museum • Washington, D.C.
The Smithsonian presents a significant exhibition honoring the life, work and impact of Anna Mary Robertson Moses.
americanart.si.edu

Ongoing
Emily Sargent: Portrait of a Family
The Metropolitan Museum of Art • New York, NY
This exhibition highlights Emily Sargent, and sheds light on her entire family, including her more famous younger brother.
www.metmuseum.org

Ongoing
Carolyn Campbell Mase: Estate of an Impressionist Master
Hawthorne Fine Art • New York, NY
The gallery exhibits a virtual showcase of 20 of Mase’s landscapes, marine scenes and figurative works in varying mediums.
www.hawthornefineart.com

Ongoing
A Fountain of Forms: The Rise of the American Woman Sculptor, 1910–1929
Westmoreland Museum of American Art • Greensburg, PA
This exhibition explores how early 20th-century women sculptors redefined representations of the female body.
www.thewestmoreland.org

Ongoing
Frances Kornbluth: Paintings of the 50s and 60s
J. Kenneth Fine Art • Shelburne, VT
The gallery features the abstract expressionist works of Kornbluth, marking the first major posthumous exhibition of the artist’s work.
www.jkennethfineart.com

Ongoing
Cecilia Beaux: Inventing the Modern Portrait
Westmoreland Museum of American Art • Greensburg, PA
This exhibition includes nine paintings by Beaux, with examples spanning 1885 to roughly 1918, each one key in showcasing her artistic evolution.
www.thewestmoreland.org

Ongoing
Emma Stebbins: Carving Out History
The Heckscher Museum of Art • Huntington, NY
Featuring 14 sculptures and archival material, this exhibition is the first to recognize Stebbins as one of the most significant American sculptors of the 19th century.
www.heckscher.org

Ongoing
Making History: 200 Years of American Art from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1776-1976
Taubman Museum of Art • Roanoke, VA
This exhibition reinterprets American art through one institution’s iconic collection, spotlighting contributions by Black, women and LGBTQ+ artists.
www.taubmanmuseum.org

Ongoing
American Modernism from the Charles Butt Collection
Amon Carter Museum of American Art • Forth Worth, TX
This exhibition includes paintings and works on paper from the early 20th century through the 1970s, by major artists.
www.cartermuseum.org

Ongoing
The Art of Elizabeth Catlett from the Collection of Samella Lewis
Westmoreland Museum of American Art • Greensburg, PA
This exhibition dives into the artwork of trailblazing sculptor and printmaker, Elizabeth Catlett.
www.thewestmoreland.org

Ongoing
Draw Me Ishmael: The Book Arts of Moby Dick
Peabody Essex Museum • Salem, MA
This is the first exhibition to focus on the illustrations, binding designs, typography and physical forms that Moby Dick has taken over time.
www.pem.org

Through November 2
Hirschfield: Strokes of Genius
Helicline Fine Art • New York, NY
Helicline hosts an expansive exhibition of Hirschfield’s work, including roughly 50 original drawings and lithographs depicting Broadway, Hollywood, TV music and comedy personalities.
www.heliclinefineart.com

November 6-10
Salon Art + Design
Park Avenue Armory • New York, NY
Salon Art + Design returns to the Park Avenue Armory for its 14th edition, presenting patrons with an elegant array of top-quality artwork and dynamic programming.
www.thesalonny.com

The annual Delaware Antiques Show. Courtesy Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library.

November 7-9
Delaware Antiques Show
Chase Center on the Riverfront • Wilmington, DE
This event brings together the finest art and decorative objects for its 62nd edition.
www.winterthur.org

Through November 9
Ever Present: Romare Bearden and Music
The Mint Museum • Charlotte, NC
This selection of more than a dozen examples, drawn entirely from the museum’s holdings, highlights some of the many ways Bearden explored musical subjects in drawings, prints and collages.
www.mintmuseum.org

Nov. 14, 2025-Apr. 19, 2026
The Lost World: The Art of Minnie Evans
High Museum of Art • Atlanta, GA
The High Museum presents a major retrospective for mid-20th-century artist Minnie Evans
www.high.org

Through November 16
Henry Strater’s Ogunquit
Ogunquit Museum of American Art
This exhibition explores Strater’s love of coastal Maine from his first exposure to the state in 1919 through the following 60 years.
www.ogunquitmuseum.org

Nov. 25, 2025-Mar. 1, 2026
Shattered Glass: The Women Who Elevated American Art
Canton Museum of Art • Canton, OH
Honoring women artists from the past 250 years, the Canton Museum of Art offers an original and compelling exhibition.
www.cantonart.org

Through November 30
East of the Pacific: Making Histories of Asian American Art
Amon Carter Museum of American Art Fort Worth, TX
Featuring 31 artists, East of the Pacific celebrates the longstanding artistic influence of people of Asian descent, as well as their role in shaping American art and culture at large.
www.cartermuseum.org

Dec. 12, 2025-Mar. 29, 2026
Ruth Orkin: Women on the Move
National Museum of Women in the Arts

Washington, D.C.
The museum celebrates trailblazing female photographers of the early-to-mid 20th century, through 21 vintage photographs.
www.nmwa.org

Through December 20
Monuments: Commemoration and Controversy
Fairfield University Art Museum • Fairfield, CT
Through nearly 30 works, by 19th-century to early 20th-century artists, the exhibition explores public monuments as instigators of debate over national identity, politics and race.
www.fairfield.edu

Through December 21
Making a Name for Himself: The Life and Art of F. Edwin Church 1876-1975
Preservation Long Island • Cold Spring Harbor, NY
Preservation Long Island’s latest exhibition focuses on the life and work of F. Edwin Church, a celebrated 20th-century portrait painter with strong ties to Long Island’s North Shore.
www.preservationlongisland.org

Through December 31
Romare Bearden: Artist – Activist – Visionary
Fenimore Art Museum • Cooperstown, NY
Bearden’s legacy as an artist, activist and visionary is currently being celebrated in an exhibition drawn from the Romare Bearden Foundation Collection.
www.fenimoreartmuseum.org

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