Past Exhibitions Archives | Hunter Museum of American Art

Paul Caponigro

by Hannah Brawley | Feb 27, 2023 | Uncategorized

A master photographer, Paul Caponigro has been at the forefront of American photography for the better part of seventy years. Caponigro is renowned for his breathtaking, ethereal images that have often been described as intuitively spiritual, with subjects that range...

Tennessee Triennial

by Hannah Brawley | Jan 26, 2023 | Uncategorized

In honor of the Tennessee Triennial, we are reinstalling the Hunter’s contemporary gallery with artworks that speak to repairing, and examine ideas of identity, of healing fractured bodies, of community and relationship. Artists include Nick Cave, Deborah Luster,...

Really Free: The Radical Art of Nellie Mae Rowe

by Savannah Smith | Nov 16, 2022 | Uncategorized

Really Free: The Radical Art of Nellie Mae Rowe is the first major presentation of Nellie Mae Rowe’s works in more than 20 years – the first time this artist has had a significant exhibition at the Hunter Museum – and the first-ever exhibition to consider Rowe’s...

Beauford Delaney’s Metamorphosis into Freedom

by Savannah Smith | Oct 4, 2022 | Uncategorized

Beauford Delaney’s Metamorphosis into Freedom  examines the career evolution of modern painter Beauford Delaney (1901–1979) as influenced by the places in which he lived—Knoxville, TN, New York City, and Paris. Also explored is the deep friendship between the...

Dynamic Range: Collecting Black and White Photography

by Savannah Smith | Jul 20, 2022 | Uncategorized

Explore the work of photography greats Alfred Stieglitz, Edward Steichen, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Paul Caponigro and others, all drawn from the private collection of Dr. David Dennard. Dennard, an avid photographer, was inspired by the Photo-secessionists,...