Archive of past exhibitions presented chronologically below.
Past Exhibitions
2024
- Disguise the Limit: John Yau's Collaborations
- Jan 9 - June 1, 2024
- Walid Raad: Sweet Talk: Commissions (Beirut)
- Jan 9 - June 1, 2024
- Susan Silas: natural histories
- Aug 1, 2023 - Jan 20, 2024
- Barbara Rossi: Bodily Forms
- Aug 1, 2023 - Jan 20, 2024
- Edward Fisk: Legacies
- Aug 1, 2023 - Jan 20, 2024
2023
- Marlene McCarty: Thicker than Water
- Aug 23, 2022 - Jan 14, 2023
- RAUSCHENBERG: A Gift in Your Pocket from the Collections of Friends in Honor of Bradley Jeffries
- Aug 23, 2022 - Jan 7, 2023
- Louis Zoellar Bickett: Wrapped and Waxed
- Aug 23, 2022 - Jan 14, 2023
- Site of a Dangerous Leap
- Jan 10 - May 27, 2023
- Ralph Eugene Meatyard: Georgetown Street
- Feb 7 - July 8, 2023
- Among Women
- Feb 7 - July 8, 2023
2022
- Sally Davies: New Yorkers
- Oct 12, 2021 to Mar 19, 2022
- After
- Oct 12, 2021 to Mar 19, 2022
- Spaces - Bodies - Objects
- Oct 12, 2021 - Mar 19, 2022
- Bookworks II
- Oct 12, 2021 - Mar 19, 2022
- Mortal Coil: James "Son Ford: Thomas & David Farris
- July 5 - Nov 22, 2022
- The Life and Death of Charles Williams
- July 5 - Nov 22, 2022
- Francisco de Goya: Los Disparates
- Apr 12 - July 30, 2022
- Guy Mendes: Cohorts
- Apr 12 - July 30, 2022
- Todd Hido: The Poetry of Darkness
- Jan 18 - June 4, 2022
- Brilliant Illusions: Crafted Forms by Li Hongwei
- Jan 18 - June 4, 2022
2021
- The Exquisite Landscape
- Apr 20 - Sept 18, 2021
- Treasures from the Ancient Middle East
- Apr 20 - Sept 18, 2021
- Bookworks
- Apr 6 - Sept 18, 2021
- Intersections: Gifts from Henry V. Heuser, Jr.
- Apr 6 - Sept 18, 2021
- Hermann Kätelhön: Das Werk Arbeit
- Apr 6 - Sept 18, 2021
- Sew What: Jessie Dunahoo, Elana Herzog, Ben Venom
- Mar 16 - July 10, 2021
- Come Together: Assemblage and Collage from the Collection
- Mar 16 - July 10, 2021
2020
- Celebration of Donors: Richard B. Freeman and the Patrons of Graphics
- Nov 10, 2020 to Apr 3, 2021
- Face Off: Patrick Smith with Victor Hammer
- Nov 10, 2020 to Apr 3, 2021
- Larry Rivers: Boston Massacre
- Nov 10, 2020 to Apr 3, 2021
- Paul Sawyier: Kentucky Watercolors
- Oct 27, 2020 to Mar 20, 2021
- How 'Bout Them Cats
- Oct 27, 2020 to Mar 20, 2021
- Jeanne Silverthorne: More Flesh and Bone
- Oct 6, 2020 to Feb 13, 2021
- Erika Larsen: Ritual for a Changing Planet
- Jan 25, 2020 to Oct 10, 2020
- Robert C. May: The Photographer
- Jan 25, 2020 to Oct 24, 2020
- A Celebration of Donors
- Jan 25, 2020 to Oct 24, 2020
- Susan King: Redressing the Sixties
- Jan 25, 2020 to Sep 12, 2020
- Body Language: Hunter Stamps and Mike Goodlett
- Jan 25, 2020 to Sep 12, 2020
- The Sketch: Willard Leroy Metcalf and Thomas Satterwhite Noble
- Jan 25, 2020 to Mar 20, 2021
- Cabinet of Wonder - Online
- May 15, 2020 to Nov 1, 2020
- This is America*
- Oct 6, 2020 to Feb 13, 2021
2019
- Michael Flomen: Recent Work
- Jan 26, 2019 to May 5, 2019
- TLC: Conservation and the Collection
- Jan 26, 2019 to Aug 4, 2019
- CoBrA: Hope After Destruction
- Jan 26, 2019 to Jun 30, 2019
- Stephanie Syjuco: Recent Work
- Jan 26, 2019 to Aug 5, 2019
- Pushing the Envelope: Mail Art from the Archives of American Art
- Feb 16, 2019 to May 5, 2019
- Off the Menu: Looking at Food
- Jun 1, 2019 to Aug 11, 2019
- Ralph Steadman: A Retrospective
- Feb 16, 2019 to May 5, 2019
- Illumination
- Jun 1, 2019 to Dec 8, 2019
- The Good Earth
- Jun 1, 2019 to Feb 9, 2020
- Mistaken Identity
- Jun 1, 2019 to Dec 8, 2019
- TLC, Part II: Conservation and the Collection
- Aug 17, 2019 to Feb 17, 2020
- Encounters
- Jul 13, 2019 to Dec 8, 2019
- Laura Letinsky: Recent Works
- Sep 14, 2019 to Dec 8, 2019
- Bethany Collins: Benediction
- Sep 14, 2019 to Dec 8, 2019
- Interwoven: Joan Snyder, Judy Ledgerwood, Crystal Gregory
- Sep 14, 2019 to Dec 8, 2019
2018
- Water Ways
- Jan 13, 2018 to Jul 22, 2018
- Looking at Men
- Jan 13, 2018 to Apr 8, 2018
- Edward Melcarth: Points of View
- Jan 13, 2018 to Apr 8, 2018
- R.C. May Photography Lecture Series: Dan Estabrook
- Jan 13, 2018 to Apr 1, 2018
- American Impressions
- Feb 24, 2018 to Jul 22, 2018
- In the Abstract, Part II
- Feb 24, 2018 to Jul 22, 2018
- On Sitting
- May 4, 2018 to Jul 22, 2018
- Up in Arms
- Apr 13, 2018 to Jul 22, 2018
- Reuben Kadish: Witness
- May 11, 2018 to Jul 29, 2018
- Frankensteinian
- May 11, 2018 to Jul 29, 2018
- Alix Pearlstein: Grass
- Sep 8, 2018 to Dec 9, 2018
- Ralph Eugene Meatyard: Stages for Being
- Sep 8, 2018 to Dec 9, 2018
- Downstage from Meatyard
- Sep 8, 2018 to Dec 9, 2018
2017
- The Gaines Challenge Fund
- Jan 18 - May 20, 2017
- Cityscapes
- Jan 18 - May 20, 2017
- Andrea Modica: Best Friends
- Jan 18 - May 20, 2017
- Embodied
- Jan 18 - May 20, 2017
- Still Lifes
- Jan 18 - May 20, 2017
- Mike McKay: Singularities
- Jan 28 - Apr 23, 2017
- Face Value: Photographs by Doris Ulmann & Andy Warhol
- Jan 28 - Apr 23, 2017
- Frank Doring: I Would Redesign That Udder
- May 20 - Aug 20, 2017
- Thomas Nozkowski: Touchstones
- May 20 - Aug 20, 2017
- R.C. May Photography Lecture Series: Teju Cole
- Oct 7 - Dec 15, 2017
- R.C. May Photography Lecture Series: Lori Nix
- Oct 7 - Dec 15, 2017
- Alison Saar: Breach
- Sep 9 - Dec 3, 2017
- Modern Women
- Dec 2, 2017 - Apr 8, 2018
- Hugh Evans: Recent Gifts
- Dec 2, 2017 - Apr 1, 2018
2016
- Bill Adams: Blue Madness
- Jan 23 - Apr 3, 2016
- Open House: Selections from the Sue and John Wieland Collection
- Jan 23 - Apr 3, 2016
- Natalie Frank: The Brothers Grimm
- May 6 - Jul 31, 2016
- Lawrence Tarpey: Figures & Ground
- May 6 - Jul 31, 2016
- Paul Shambroom: Lost
- Mar 4 - May 22, 2016
- One + One
- Feb 12 - May 22, 2016
- Ralph Eugene Meatyard & Duane Michals: Camera Drama
- May 6 - Jul 31, 2016
- James Baker Hall: The Poet's Eye
- Jul 30 - Nov 27, 2016
- POTUS
- Jul 30 - Nov 27, 2016
- Louis Zoellar Bickett: Saving Myself
- Aug 27 - Nov 27, 2016
- Donald Lipski: Pieces of String Too Short to Save
- Jul 30 - Nov 27, 2016
- Mira Schor: Time & Flesh
- Jul 30 - Nov 27, 2016
2015
- Edward Troye: Theme and Variation
- Jan 24 - Apr 12, 2015
- Same Difference: Michelle Grabner, Simone Leigh, Russell Maltz
- Jan 24 - Apr 12, 2015
- Lexington Tattoo Project
- Jan 24 - Apr 12, 2015
- Tanya Habjouqa: Recent Photographs
- Jan 24 - Apr 12, 2015
- "(In the) Paint" with Craig Drennen
- Feb 11 - Feb 13, 2015
- Vivian Maier: On the Street
- May 9 - Jul 26, 2015
- Other Streets: Photographs from the Collection
- May 9 - Jul 26, 2015
- Chester Cornett: Beyond the Narrow Sky
- May 9 - Jul 26, 2015
- Wayne Koestenbaum: Unfamiliar Grammar, Paintings from 2010-2015
- Sep 12 - Dec 20, 2015
- Robert C. May Photography Endowment Lecture Series: Nina Katchadourian
- Sep 12 - Dec 20, 2015
- Bottoms Up: A Sculpture Survey
- Sep 12 - Dec 20, 2015
- Sculptors on Paper
- Sep 12 - Dec 20, 2015
2014
- Wide Angle: American Photographs
- Jan 26 - Apr 27, 2014
- Robert C. May Photography Series: Catherine Opie
- Feb 7 - Mar 9, 2014
- Robert C. May Photography Endowment Lecture Series: Eugene Richards
- Mar 14 - May 18, 2014
- Landscape/Mindscape: Selections from the Wells Fargo Collection
- May 18 - Aug 17, 2014
- Take My Word For It
- Sep 6 - Dec 23, 2014
- Prints for the People: Student Research on the WPA Collection
- Mar 23 - Jul 27, 2014
- Laurel Nakadate: Strangers and Relations
- Sep 6 - Dec 23, 2014
- Kurt Vonnegut: Madmen and Moonbeams
- Sep 6 - Dec 23, 2014
2013
- Innovators and Legends: Generations in Textiles and Fibers
- Oct 13 - Dec 23, 2013
- Robert C. May Photography Endowment Lecture Series: Penelope Umbrico
- Oct 18 - Nov 10, 2013
- Robert C. May Endowment Photography Series: Carl Corey
- Nov 15, 2013 - Feb 2, 2014
- What Dreams May Come: Works on Paper from the Permanent Collection
- Dec 20, 2013 - Jul 27, 2014
Works from Our Exhibition Archives
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Three Heads Frontal
Lester Johnson, Three Heads Frontal, 1963, lithograph on paper. Collection of the UK Art Museum, gift of the Patrons of Graphics
2020: Celebration of Donors: Richard B. Freeman and the Patrons of Graphics
Lester Johnson, Three Heads Frontal, 1963, lithograph on paper. Collection of the UK Art Museum, gift of the Patrons of Graphics
Color Me Grape Goya Through the Looking Glass
GERALD FERSTMAN, "COLOR ME GRAPE GOYA THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS", ETCHING ON PAPER
2014: What Dreams May Come: Works on Paper from the Permanent Collection
GERALD FERSTMAN, "COLOR ME GRAPE GOYA THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS", ETCHING ON PAPER
Armour Defeat (detail)
Barbara Rossi, Armour Defeat, (detail), 1969, etching on paper. Collection of the UK Art Museum, gift of Kohler Foundation, Inc.
2024: Barbara Rossi: Bodily Forms
Barbara Rossi, Armour Defeat, (detail), 1969, etching on paper. Collection of the UK Art Museum, gift of Kohler Foundation, Inc.
Captain Kentucky, a.k.a. Ed Mclanahan, Lexington, KY
Guy Mendes, Captain Kentucky, a.k.a. Ed Mclanahan, Lexington, KY, 1972, gelatin silver print. Courtesy of the artist.
2022: Guy Mendes: Cohorts
Guy Mendes, Captain Kentucky, a.k.a. Ed Mclanahan, Lexington, KY, 1972, gelatin silver print. Courtesy of the artist.
Pink March
AMBER BOARDMAN, Pink March, 2017, oil on polyester. Collection of the UK Art Museum, gift of the artist.
AMBER BOARDMAN, Pink March, 2017, oil on polyester. Collection of the UK Art Museum, gift of the artist.