Past Exhibitions
Art, Provenance, and the Nazi Era
Hidden HistoriesHidden Histories: Art, Provenance, and the Nazi Era provides insight into the Hood Museum’s Nazi-era provenance research initiative. While the exhibited artworks span diverse time periods and media, they are united by significant gaps in their ownership histories as well as their connections to dealers who sold looted art. By examining these red flags in provenance, this exhibition draws upon the hidden stories behind each piece to explore the ethical complexities of art acquisition and stewardship.
A Space for Dialogue is a student-curated exhibition program that began in 2001. Hood Museum of Art interns create an installation drawn from the museum's permanent collection by engaging with every aspect of curation, from doing research and selecting objects, to choosing frames and a wall color, to planning a layout and writing labels and a brochure, to giving a public talk. There have been over 100 A Space for Dialogue exhibitions on a wide variety of themes.
Fleeting Moments and Elusive Urbanity
Chasing ModernityChasing Modernity: Fleeting Moments and Elusive Urbanity explores parallels between New York's 20th-century Ashcan School and 19th-century Parisian modernism, movements dedicated to capturing the ephemerality of urban life. Works on view include John Sloan's A Roof in Chelsea, New York, Edward Steichen's The Flatiron, and Leon Levinstein's Pinstriped Suited Man.
A Space for Dialogue is a student-curated exhibition program that began in 2001. Hood Museum of Art interns create an installation drawn from the museum's permanent collection by engaging with every aspect of curation, from doing research and selecting objects, to choosing frames and a wall color, to planning a layout and writing labels and a brochure, to giving a public talk. There have been over 100 A Space for Dialogue exhibitions on a wide variety of themes.
In the Space Between
In the Space Between encourages visitors to embrace moments of introspection as a means of making progress. It questions the conventional view of time as a straight line propelling us forward by revealing how our past—marked by our memories and unresolved experiences—shapes our present and future. By suggesting that true progress is rooted in self-reflection, these 20th- and 21st-century paintings and photographs illustrate how personal history is a continuous presence informing an ongoing reflection on who we have been and who we are becoming.
A Space for Dialogue is a student-curated exhibition program that began in 2001. Hood Museum of Art interns create an installation drawn from the museum's permanent collection by engaging with every aspect of curation, from doing research and selecting objects, to choosing frames and a wall color, to planning a layout and writing labels and a brochure, to giving a public talk. There have been over 100 A Space for Dialogue exhibitions on a wide variety of themes.
Exploring Masculinity and Gender Expectations within Women's Sports
Elegantly ViolentElegantly Violent: Exploring Masculinity and Gender Expectations within Women's Sports highlights the subversion of Western societal expectations of women in sports. It invites viewers to analyze the gendered history of sport, its impact on female athletes, and the opinions of the spectator. A mixture of modern and contemporary works from the past 120 years addresses the relationship between masculinity and female athletes' bodies, actions, and identities.
A Space for Dialogue is a student-curated exhibition program that began in 2001. Hood Museum of Art interns create an installation drawn from the museum's permanent collection by engaging with every aspect of curation, from doing research and selecting objects, to choosing frames and a wall color, to planning a layout and writing labels and a brochure, to giving a public talk. There have been over 100 A Space for Dialogue exhibitions on a wide variety of themes.
Indigenous Solidarity Throughout Pasifika and Beyond
Across OceansAcross Oceans: Indigenous Solidarity Throughout Pasifika and Beyond provides a glimpse into a diversity of contemporary Indigenous art based largely in cultures connected to the Pacific Ocean. These works, whose origins range from Australia to Hawaiʻi to the west coast of the United States and Canada, are brought together to reveal possibilities for solidarity and empowerment rooted in community, continuity, and self-determination.
A Space for Dialogue is a student-curated exhibition program that began in 2001. Hood Museum of Art interns create an installation drawn from the museum's permanent collection by engaging with every aspect of curation, from doing research and selecting objects, to choosing frames and a wall color, to planning a layout and writing labels and a brochure, to giving a public talk. There have been over 100 A Space for Dialogue exhibitions on a wide variety of themes.
Illuminating the Beauty of Islamic Art
Faces of FaithFaces of Faith presents a focused look at a group of artists who engage in diverse forms of the Islamic visual tradition from the 11th century to the present. It begins with Quranic scriptures, calligraphy, and geometric patterning, modes that have long occupied a defining position in historical Islamic art. This is juxtaposed with photography and contemporary art prints that focus on the individual experience. This exhibition demonstrates that Islam is not a monolithic culture but a dynamic and rich faith.
What is Islamic art? What is the role of individual identity in the face of the universal principles of Islam? Faces of Faith argues for a complex response to these questions. Themes like gender and diaspora have long shaped feelings of identity and belonging. By engaging in these themes within the Islamic visual tradition, these artists both capture and contribute to the beauty and diversity of Muslim identity. Viewers are invited to explore the interconnected and enduring themes of resilience, empowerment, identity, and spirituality that infuse Islamic art.
A Space for Dialogue is a student-curated exhibition program that began in 2001. Hood Museum of Art interns create an installation drawn from the museum's permanent collection by engaging with every aspect of curation, from doing research and selecting objects, to choosing frames and a wall color, to planning a layout and writing labels and a brochure, to giving a public talk. There have been over 100 A Space for Dialogue exhibitions on a wide variety of themes.