MMoCA Exhibition List Organized by opening date* 2020 1. James Cagle: A Final Meditation on Art (February 29, 2020 – January 31, 2021) 2. Uncommon Accumulation: The Mark and Judy Bednar Collection of Chicago Imagism (March 14 – October 11, 2020) 3. Sebura&Gartelmann (June 6 - September 27, 2020) 4. Gladys Nilsson: Out of This World (August 6, 2020 – June 6, 2021) 5. Santiago Cucullu: The Wandering Rocks (August 6, 2020 – August 1, 2021) 6. Jojin Van Winkle: The Destruction Project (October 17 – December 20, 2020) 7. Full Circle: Acquisitions and Exhibitions (November 14, 2020 – March 21, 2021) 2019 1. Mirror Image (February 23-May 19, 2019) 2. Young at Art (March 16-April 21, 2019) 3. Shimon Attie: The Crossing (April 20-September 29, 2019) 4. Tyanna Buie: After Image (May 4-September 22, 2019) 5. Jeffrey Gibson: Like a Hammer (June 8-September 15, 2019) 6. Ray Yoshida: The Spaces in Between (June 29, 2019-April 12, 2020) 7. 2019 Wisconsin Triennial (October 19, 2019-February 16, 2020) 2018 1. José Carlos Teixeira: On Exile (January 13-May 20, 2018) 2. Civic Exchange Society (May 4-December 31, 2018) 3. Irene Grau: Construction Season (May 5-August 5, 2018) 4. Far Out: Art From The 1960s (May 19-September 2, 2018) 5. The House Of Sparkling Glasses: A Celluloid Experience by M.J Paggie (June 2- September 2, 2018) 6. Eye Deal: Abstract Bodies of the Chicago Imagists (August 11, 2018-June 9, 2019) 7. William J. O’Brien: Reliquary (August 18-November 11, 2018) 8. Joel Shapiro: The Bronzes (September 23, 2018-January 13, 2019) 9. Frida Kahlo: Pitahayas (October 12, 2018-Februray 3, 2019) 10. Nathaniel Mary Quinn: This is Life (December 1, 2018-March 3, 2019) 2017 1. Do Ho Suh (February 11-May 14, 2017) 2. Young At Art (February 11-April 23, 2017) 3. Kambui Olujimi: Zulu Time (May 6-August 13, 2017) 4. Digital Aura (May 20-August 6, 2017) 5. Taking Sides (June 10-October 15, 2017) 6. Sonja Thomsen: in the space of elsewhere (June 17-December 17, 2017) 7. Rashaad Newsome: Icon (August 11-December 3, 2017) 8. Chele Isaac: the understory (September 2-November 12, 2017) 9. BIG (November 4, 2017-May 6, 2018) 10. Jaume Plensa: Talking Continents (December 2, 2017–April 15, 2018) 11. Art/Word/Image (December 2, 2017-July 29, 2018) 2016 1. William Kentridge: The Heart has Its Own Memory (January 22-April 24, 2016) 2. Frank Stella Prints: A Retrospective (February 6-May 22, 2016) 3. All-Licensed Fool: Animations by Allison Schulnik and Wong Ping (April 29-August 28,2016) 4. Compassionate Eye: The Art of Frances Myers (May 14-November 6, 2016) 5. Claire Stigliani: Half-Sick of Shadows (May 26-September 3, 2015) 6. Our Good Earth (June 4-August 21, 2016) 7. 2016 Wisconsin Triennial (September 24, 2016-January 8, 2017) 8. Reconfigured Reality: Contemporary Photography from the Permanent Collection (December 2, 2016-November 12, 2017) 2015 1. Eric and Heather ChanSchatz: 22nd Century (February 7-May 17, 2015) 2. Young at Art 2015 (March 28-May 10, 2015) 3. Wisconsin Pastorale: The Early Paintings of Lois Ireland (May 16-July 19, 2015) 4. Coordinates (June 6-August 23, 2015) 5. Death in Venice: Warrington Colescott and Thomas Mann (June 5, 2015-April 17, 2017) 6. Natasha Nicholson: The Artist in Her Museum (August 22-November 8, 2015) 7. Taking Their Place: Recent Acquisitions in Context (September 12, 2015-January 3, 2016) 8. Kim Schoen: Have You Never Let Someone Else Be Strong? (September 19, 2015- January 10, 2016) 9. Curious Worlds: The Art of Ellen Lanyon (December 5, 2015-April 17, 2016) 2014 1. Real/Surreal (January 25-April 27, 2014) 2. The Mystery Beneath (January 25-April 13, 2014) 3. A Tumultuous Assembly (May 17-July 27, 2014) 4. Turn Turn Turn (May 24-August 24, 2014) 5. StoryBook: Narrative in Contemporary Art (August 16, 2014-May 31-2015) 6. Jason S. Yi: A Fragile Permanence (August 23-November 9, 2014) 7. From Here to There: Alec Soth’s America (September 14, 2014-January 4, 2015) 8. Narayan Mahon: Lands in Limbo (December 6, 2014-March 15, 2015) 2013 1. Ellsworth Kelly Prints (January 19-April 28, 2013) 2. The Force of Color (January 19-March 30, 2013) 3. Simon Payne: Color Field Videos (January 19-April 28, 2013) 4. Young at Art 2013 (April 12-May 19, 2013) 5. Focal Points: American Photography Since 1950 (May 18-September 1, 2013) 6. Los Grandes del Arte Moderno Mexicano (June 7, 2013-August 10, 2014) 7. I Dream Too Much: Leslie Smith III (June 8-September 1, 2013) 8. 2013 Wisconsin Triennial (September 21, 2013-January 5, 2014) 2012 1. ¡Tierra y Libertad! Revolution and the Modernist Mexican Print (January 14, 2012 to April 16, 2012) 2. Houdini: Art and Magic (February 11-May 13, 2012) 3. Seen/Unseen (May 11, 2012-May 26, 2013) 4. Cecelia Condit: Within a Stone’s Throw (May 26-September 23, 2012) 5. one must know the animals (June 2-August 19, 2012) 6. Animal Cams (June 22-August 19, 2012) 7. Leo Villareal (September 9-December 30, 2012) 8. Structural Films (September 9-December 30, 2012) 9. The Singing Bird Room of Robert Lostutter (October 5, 2012-January 6, 2013) 2011 1. True Self: The Search for Identity in Modern and Contemporary Art (August 18, 2010- June 2011) 2. Shinique Smith: Menagerie (January 22-May 28, 2011) 3. Young at Art (March 20-May 15, 2011) 4. Picturing Technology: Land and Machine (May 21-August 21, 2011) 5. The Industrial Modern (May 28-September 4, 2011) 6. Chicago School: Imagists in Context (September 11, 2011-January 9, 2012) 7. Chicago Imagists at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art (September 11, 2011- January 15, 2012) 2010 1. Cage and Cunningham: Chance, Time, and Concept in the Visual Arts (October 24, 2009-May 9, 2010) 2. Apple Pie: Symbols of Americana in MMoCA’s Permanent Collection) (January 23-April 11, 2010) 3. From Nature: Realist Works in MMoCA's Permanent Collection (July 25, 2009-August 15, 2010) 4. Then and Again: A Public Project by Nicolas Lampert (April 24-September 26, 2010) 5. Wisconsin Triennial (May 22-August 15, 2010) 6. Focus/Madison: Works from the Permanent Collection (August 28-November 14, 2010) 7. Clayton Brothers: Inside Out (September 12, 2010-January 2, 2011) 8. Shirin Neshat: Rapture (December 11, 2010-March 6, 2011) 2009 1. Something Wicked This Way Comes (January 24-April 11, 2009) 2. Young at Art (March 15-May 17, 2009) 3. An Art of Inner Necessity: Expressionist Works from MMoCA's Permanent Collection ( - July 19, 2009) 4. Return to Function (May 2-August 23, 2009) 5. Curators' Choice: New Works in MMoCA's Collection (June 6-Novemer 8, 2009) 6. Signs of the Times: Robert Rauschenberg's America (September 13, 2009-January 3, 2010) 2008 1. Jasper Johns: The Prints (February 2-April 13, 2008) 2. Altered Geometry: Contemporary Sculpture from MMoCA’s Collection (March 1-May 18, 2008) 3. TL Solien: Myths & Monsters (May 17–August 17, 2008) 4. Girls and Company: Feminist Works from MMoCA’s Permanent Collection (May 24-July 20, 2008) 5. Roberto Behar and Rosario Marquardt: The Absent City (August 2-November 16, 2008) 6. George Segal: Street Scenes (September 13-December 28, 2008) 7. Barbara Probst: Exposures (December 6, 2008-March 8, 2009) 2007 1. Making Visible the Invisible: Abstract Art from MMoCA’s Permanent Collection (July 2007-July 13, 2008) 2. In Depth: A Closer Look at MMoCA's Permanent Collection (February 2-April 15, 2007) 3. Young at Art (March 3-April 15, 2007) 4. Wisconsin Triennial (May 5-July 15, 2007) 5. Jess: To and From the Printed Page (August 4-September 23, 2007) 6. California Context (August 4-September 23, 2007) 7. Tim Laun: Sunday, September 20th, 1992 (August 11-November 11, 2007) 8. Karl Wirsum: Winsome Works(some) (October 14, 2007-January 6, 2008) 9. Hairy Who (and some others) (October 14, 2007-January 6, 2008) 10. Individual Experience: The Photographs of Ida Wyman (November 9, 2007-July 13, 2008) 11. Stephen Hilyard: The Beautiful Lie (December 1, 2007-February 17, 2008) 2006 1. Between the Lakes: Artists Respond to Madison (April 23-July 16, 2006) 2. Animal Series (April 23-September 20, 2006) 3. At Home: Recent Acquisitions (April 23-November 5, 2006) 4. Chuck Close Prints: Process and Collaboration (July 30-October 8, 2006) 5. Transvideo (October 10, 2006-January 7, 2007) 6. LeWitt x 2 (November 5, 2006-January 14, 2007) 7. Alyson Shotz: Topologies (December 9, 2006-February 11, 2007) 2005 1. MACROPOLIS (Spring 2005) 2. Starry Transit: An Installation by Martha Glowacki (August 27-November 6, 2005) 2004 1. Art on Site: Madison Museum of Contemporary Art at Olbrich Botanical Gardens (June 2004-Spring 2005) 2003 1. Highlights from the Permanent Collection 2. Rodney Graham (March 9-May 25-2003) 3. Layered, Stitched, & Assembled: Works from the Permanent Collection (June 7-August 17, 2003) 4. Some Assemblage Required: Collage Culture in Post-War America (June 8-August 24, 2003) 5. La Vida en Marcha: Mexican Prints from the Permanent Collection (September 7, 2003- January 4, 2004) 6. Concrete Abstraction: Aaron Siskind Photographs (September 7, 2003-January 4, 2004) 2002 1. Highlights from the Permanent Collection (January 26, 2002-June 1, 2003) 2. Wisconsin Triennial (March 10-June 2, 2002) 3. Social Context: Art from the Mid-Twentieth Century (June 23-September 1, 2002) 4. Jane Hammond: The John Ashbery Collaboration, 1993-2001 (June 23-September 1, 2002) 5.