Temporary exhibitions on view now at the Johnson Museum of Art

Paintings by Elena Kalman: Catastrophe and What Survives presents recent works by Ukrainian-born artist Elena Kalman that reflect on moments of disruption and what endures beyond them

Exhibition on view July 18, 2026 – January 5, 2027.

The American Century marks the 250th anniversary of the United States by celebrating and exploring the emergence of a distinct American art that redefined the aesthetic landscape of our era.

“But when from a long-distant past nothing subsists, after the people are dead, after the things are broken and scattered, taste and smell alone, more fragile but more enduring, more unsubstantial, more persistent, more…

Exhibition on view July 18, 2026 - October 25, 2026.

Born in Chicago in 1940, Gladys Nilsson is best known for her watercolors of long-limbed figures engaged in everyday micro-dramas. As a member of Chicago’s Hairy Who in the 1960s, Nilsson made watercolors that earned her…