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Featured Exhibition

Hyphen American: Intersections of Identity

January 24, 2026 through July 12, 2026

Now extended through July 12.

How does an artist’s work reflect the American experience? As the United States celebrates the 250th anniversary of the country’s founding, Sheldon Museum of Art explores this question by showcasing how identity is presented and interrogated in visual art.

Highlights

People viewing a gallery wall featuring various portraits and artwork on a blue background.

Hyphen American: Intersections of Identity

January 24, 2026 through July 12, 2026

Now extended through July 12.

Three minimalist sculptures installed on white platforms in a travertine room.

Precarious

June 22, 2026 through December 13, 2026

This installation in the Great Hall highlights works that challenges sculpture’s inherent qualities as a stable and static art form.

Rochelle Feinstein, "Someone Else’s Country," 2022. Acrylic, cotton drop cloth, rainbow thread, 60 × 58 inches.

Upcoming

Gender, Genre, Generation: Women Painting Abstraction

August 15, 2026 through January 3, 2027

This exhibition explores the lasting potency of abstraction to address critical issues in both aesthetics and politics through recent work of four female painters, the artists who offer the most consequential proposition for abstract painting today: Candida Alvarez, Rochelle Feinstein, Carrie Moyer, and Amy Sillman.

Grace Hartigan's 1954 painting Grand Street Brides from the collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.

Upcoming

Grace Hartigan: The Gift of Attention

August 15, 2026 through January 3, 2027

This exhibition explores the creative exchange between Grace Hartigan and the bold New York poets who inspired her, sharing a fresh perspective on a pioneering American artist.