All Past Exhibitions

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  Experimental Geography

  This exhibition explores the distinctions between geographical study and artistic experience of the earth, as well as the juncture where the two realms collide.

  Curated by Nato Thompson Find out more »
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  Image Transfer: Pictures in a Remix Culture

  Featuring the work of artists who freely adopt and adapt materials from myriad sources such as the Internet, magazines, advertisements, television and other works of art, Image Transfer spotlights evolving attitudes toward the appropriation of extant photographic imagery.

  Curated by Sara Krajewski Find out more »
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  Raymond Pettibon: The Punk Years, 1978–86

  Raymond Pettibon: The Punk Years, 1978–86 taps into the steady stream of this California artist’s early graphic arts production, before he appeared on the contemporary art stage. This exhibition includes over 200 examples of Pettibon’s powerful designs made between 1978 and 1986, when he was immersed in the Los Angeles punk rock scene, doing the graphic design for Black Flag and other punk bands.

  Curated by David Platzker Find out more »
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  The Storyteller

  Responding to the rapid, often violent transformations of the 21st century, contemporary artists have displayed a growing desire to activate art’s documentary capacity: its ability to bear witness to events in the world.

  Curated by Claire Gilman, Margaret Sundell Find out more »
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  Broadcast

  Broadcast explores the ways in which artists since the late 1960s have engaged with, critiqued, and inserted themselves into official channels of broadcast television and radio.

  Curated by Irene Hofmann Find out more »
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  People’s Biennial

  This innovative project proposes an alternative model to the standard contemporary art biennial, aiming to recognize the talent and unique expression that is present within many communities.  At the same time, the openness of this model is intended to reflect upon the often exclusionary and insular nature of contemporary art.

  Curated by Jens Hoffmann, Harrell Fletcher Find out more »
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  The New Normal

  The New Normal brings together thirteen recent artworks that use private information as raw material and subject matter.

  Curated by Michael Connor Find out more »
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  FAX

  FAX invites a multigenerational group of artists, as well as architects, designers, scientists and filmmakers, to conceive of the fax machine as a tool for thinking and drawing.

  Curated by João Ribas Find out more »
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  Mixed Signals: Artists Consider Masculinity in Sports

  Despite all that has changed since sexual and social identity became a hot-button topic in art production and discourse throughout the 1970s, ’80s, and ’90s, one American stereotype still remains particularly entrenched: that of the male athlete.

  Curated by Christopher Bedford Find out more »
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  Project 35

  Project 35 is a program of single-channel videos selected by 35 international curators who have each chosen one work by an artist that they think is important for audiences around the world to experience today. The resulting compendium is released in four installments and is presented simultaneously in an ever-expanding number of venues.

  Curated by Mai Abu ElDahab, Magalí Arriola, Ruth Auerbach, Lars Bang Larsen, Zoe Butt, Yane Calovski, Amy Cheng, Ana Paula Cohen, Joselina Cruz, Sergio Edelsztein, Charles Esche, Lauri Firstenberg, Alexie Glass-Kantor, Julieta Gonzalez, Anthony Huberman, Mami Kataoka, Constance M Lewallen, Lu Jie, Raimundas Malasauskas, Francesco Manacorda, Chus Martínez, Viktor Misiano, David Moos, Deeksha Nath, Simon Njami, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Jack Persekian, José Roca, Bisi Silva, Franklin Sirmans, Kathryn Smith, Susan Sollins, Mirjam Varadinis, WHW, Weng Choy Lee Find out more »
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  Slightly Unbalanced

  Slightly Unbalanced features work that deals with a range of psychological tendencies, including anxiety, obsessive behavior, depression and narcissism. The artists question what constitutes normalcy, and what qualifies as neurosis, a slippery and suggestive endeavor.

  Curated by Susan Hapgood Find out more »
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  Jess: To and From the Printed Page

  Jess (1923–2004) was an influential artist who emerged in the 1950s from within the literary context of Beat culture in San Francisco. Focusing on his intimate ties to poetry, books, and printed matter, Jess: To and From the Printed Page features examples of his celebrated impastos together with many of his collages and designs, as well as the books and magazines in which they were reproduced.

  Curated by Ingrid Schaffner Find out more »
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  Phantasmagoria: Specters of Absence

  Phantasmagoria includes works by contemporary artists who create ghostly images to reflect on notions of absence and loss, using spectral effects and immaterial mediums such as shadows, fog, mist, and breath.

  Curated by José Roca Find out more »
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  Beyond Green: Toward a Sustainable Art

  Balancing environmental, social, economic, and aesthetic concerns, sustainable design has the potential to transform everyday life and is reshaping the fields of architecture and product design. Beyond Green: Toward a Sustainable Art explores the influence of this design philosophy on artists who combine a fresh aesthetic sensibility with a constructively critical approach to the production, dissemination, and display of art.

  Curated by Stephanie Smith Find out more »