Past Exhibitions

We've been presenting exhibitions since 1877. Information and images for many of these exhibitions is available here. Exhibitions are the result of research and partnerships and generate creative responses.

You can entry search terms below, click on a decade, or check out a random exhibition. All our collections records are living documents. They are frequently revised and enhanced.

Past Exhibitions

Showing 24 Exhibitions

Following the Light

Impressionist Paintings by Frank Weston Benson
September 20 - November 10, 1991

African Improvisation

Textiles from the Collection of the Indianapolis Museum of Art
September 20 - November 10, 1991

The English Eye

British Painting from the 17th to the 19th Centuries; Contemporary British Art; Old Master British Drawings and Watercolors; British Picture Books for Children; Three Centuries of British Decorative Arts, Textiles, and Costume
June 21 - September 1, 1991

Hokusai's Mount Fuji

A Selection of Prints from the Series Thirty-Six Views of Mt. Fuji
June 14 - August 17, 1991

The Art of this Century

Painting, Sculpture, and Decorative Arts from the Permanent Collection
February 1 - June 2, 1991

The RISD Eye

Photographs by Faculty and Alumni from the Permanent Collection
March 8 - May 5, 1991

Small Pleasures

Surimono from the Nineteenth Century
March 15 - April 28, 1991

James Turrell

Works from the "Afrum" and "Aperture" Series
January 25 - April 14, 1991

Esther Solondz

Images from Amos House
January 11 - February 24, 1991

Milt Hinton

Photographs
January 11 - February 24, 1991

Thedlow

Twentieth Century Interior Designs for "Town and Country"
November 9 - December 30, 1990