Past Exhibitions

Exhibition

On View Now

// Dec 01 – Mar 03

Nathaniel Mary Quinn:

This is Life

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Frida Kahlo, Pitahayas, 1938. Oil on aluminum, 10 x 14 inches. Collection of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. Bequest of Rudolph and Louise Langer. © 2013 Banco de México Diego Rivera Frida Kahlo Museums Trust, Mexico, D.F. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.0

Exhibition

// Oct 13 – Feb 03

Friday Kahlo:

Pitahayas

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Joel Shapiro, Untitled, 1990-91. Bronze, 35 x 71 x 37 inches. ©2018 Joel Shapiro / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Courtesy of the artist.0

Exhibition

// Sep 23 – Jan 13

JOEL SHAPIRO:

The Bronzes

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William J. O'Brien, Reliquary, 2017. Installation view, Shane Campbell Gallery (Dec. 17, 2017 - Feb. 4, 2018). Courtesy of the Artist, Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago, and Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York. Photo: Evan Jenkins.0

Exhibition

// Aug 18 – Nov 11

WILLIAM J. O'BRIEN:

Reliquary

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Exhibition

// Jun 02 – Sep 30

THE HOUSE OF SPARKLING GLASSES:

A Celluloid Experience by M.J. Paggie

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Marko Spalatin, Marko to Kim, 1968. Color screenprint, 23 x 28 inches. Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Birkhauser.0

Exhibition

// Jul 14 – Sep 02

Far Out:

Art from the 1960s

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Irene Grau: construction season, 2018. Image courtesy of the artist.0

Exhibition

// May 05 – Aug 05

Irene Grau: construction season

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Jane Hammond, Irregular Plural II, 1995. Oil and paper collage on shaped canvas, 73 x 87 1/2 inches. Collection of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. Gift of Lillian Heidenberg. © Jane Hammond, New York.0

Exhibition

// Dec 02 – Jul 29

Art/Word/Image

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José Carlos Teixeira. ON EXILE, elsewhere within here (video still), 2017. Single-channel video with sound, 70 minutes. Courtesy of the artist.0

Exhibition

// Jan 13 – May 20

José Carlos Teixeira: ON EXILE

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Ed Paschke, Suture, 1985. Oil on linen, 42 x 80 inches. Collection of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. The Bill McClain Collection of Chicago Imagism.0

Exhibition

// Nov 04 – May 06

BIG

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Jaume Plensa, Talking Continents, 2013. Stainless steel, 19 components, dimensions variable. © Jaume Plensa. Courtesy Galerie Lelong & Co.0

Exhibition

// Dec 02 – Apr 15

Talking Continents

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Installation

// Jun 17 – Dec 17

SONJA THOMSEN:

in the space of elsewhere

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Rashaad Newsome, Stop Playing in My Face! (video still), 2016. Single-channel video with sound, 04:02 minutes. Courtesy of the artist and De Buck Gallery, NY.0

Exhibition

// Aug 11 – Dec 03

Rashaad Newsome:

ICON

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Chele Isaac, the understory (video still), 2017. Seven-channel video with sound. Courtesy the artist.0

Exhibition

// Sep 02 – Nov 12

Chele Isaac:

the understory

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Kenneth Josephson, New York State, 1970, 1970. Gelatin silver print, 10 7/8” x 13 7/8” inches. Collection of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. Purchase, through National Endowment for the Arts grant with matching funds from Mr. and Mrs. Frederic Renfert. © Kenneth Josephson, Courtesy of Stephen Daiter Gallery, Chicago.0

Exhibition

// Dec 02 – Nov 12

Reconfigured Reality:

Contemporary Photography from the Permanent Collection

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Ed Paschke, Kontato, 1984. Color lithograph on paper, 34 1/4 x 24 1/8 inches. Collection of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. Anonymous gift.0

Exhibition

// Jun 10 – Oct 15

Taking Sides

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Exhibition

// May 06 – Aug 13

KAMBUI OLUJIMI:

Zulu Time

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Cassils: Inextinguishable Fire (video still), 2007–2015. Single-channel video, 28:00 minutes. Courtesy of Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York.0

Exhibition

// May 20 – Aug 06

Digital Aura

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Installation view, Do Ho Suh, MOCA Cleveland, 2015. ©Do Ho Suh, Courtesy of the artist and Lehmann Maupin, New York and Hong Kong. Photo: Jerry Birchfield. © MOCA Cleveland.0

Exhibition

// Feb 11 – May 14

Do Ho Suh

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Pamodou Juldeh Barry, Ancha Gaye Barry, and Ramatoulie Kujabi Barry, grade 5, Shorewood Hills Elementary0

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// Feb 11 – Apr 23

Young at Art 2017

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Lois Bielefeld, Wednesday: Willie Mae. 2013, from the series Weeknight Dinners, 2013–present. Color photograph, 25 x 36 inches. Courtesy of the artist.0

Exhibition

// Sep 24 – Jan 08

Wisconsin Triennial 2016

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Frances Myers, Bonzoi Watching, 1971. Aquatint and stencil, 20 x 11 ¾ inches. Gift of Impressions, Inc.0

Exhibition

// May 14 – Nov 06

Compassionate Eye:

The Art of Frances Myers

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Claire Stigliani, Drawing, 2015. Acrylic, colored pencil, gold leaf, 18 ⅞ x 24 ⅞ inches. Courtesy the artist.0

Exhibition

// May 28 – Sep 04

Claire Stigliani: Half-Sick of Shadows

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Allison Schulnik, Eager, 2014. Traditional clay-mation and stop-motion animated film, 8 minutes 30 seconds. Courtesy of the artist and Mark Moore Gallery.0

Exhibition

// Apr 29 – Aug 28

All‐Licensed Fool:

Animations by Allison Schulnik and Wong Ping

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Charles Munch, Fire Signs, 1989. Oil on canvas, 41 x 53 inches. Museum Purchase Fund.0

Exhibition

// Jun 04 – Aug 21

Our Good Earth

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Frank Stella, Extracts, from Moby Dick Deckle Edges, 1993. Lithograph, etching, aquatint, relief, and screenprint on white TGL, handmade paper, 34 ½ x 42 ¾ inches. National Gallery of Australia, Canberra. Purchased with the assistance of the Orde Poynton Fund 2002. © 2016 Frank Stella / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.0

Exhibition

// Feb 06 – May 22

Frank Stella Prints:

A Retrospective

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William Kentridge, Felix in Exile, 1994. Still from 35mm film transferred to video, 8 min, 43 sec loop. Collection of Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. Gift of Susan and Lewis Manilow, 2001.23. Courtesy of the artist and Marian Goodman Gallery.0

Exhibition

// Jan 22 – Apr 24

William Kentridge:

The Heart has Its Own Memory

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Ellen Lanyon, Arabian Nights, 1998. Acrylic on canvas, 44 x 52 inches. Collection of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. Gift from the Estate of Ellen Lanyon.0

Exhibition

// Dec 05 – Apr 17

Curious Worlds:

The Art of Ellen Lanyon

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Warrington Colescott, Death in Venice: Aschenbach Aboard, from the portfolio Death in Venice, 1971. Etching, 15¹¹⁄₁₆ x 11¹⁵⁄₁₆ inches (image size). Collection of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. Museum Purchase, in memory of Lois Hartshorne.0

Exhibition

// Jun 06 – Apr 17

Death in Venice:

Warrington Colescott and Thomas Mann

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Robert von Sternberg, Arlanda Airport, Stockholm, 2012. Archival inkjet print, 13 x 19 inches. Collection of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. Gift of the artist.0

Exhibition

// Sep 12 – Jan 03

Taking Their Place:

Recent Acquisitions in Context

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Natasha Nicholson, Strata view. Photography © Eric Ferguson0

Exhibition

// Aug 22 – Nov 08

Natasha Nicholson:

The Artist in Her Museum

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Sylvia Plimack Mangold, Untitled, from the Corner Series, 1974. Watercolor, 15 x 14⅞ inches. Collection of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. Purchase, through funds from Mr. and Mrs. Frederic Renfert.0

Exhibition

// Jun 06 – Aug 23

Coordinates

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Lois Ireland, The Homestead, c. 1944. Oil on canvas, 34¾ x 28½ inches. Collection of the Wisconsin Regional Art Program, University of Wisconsin, Madison.0

Exhibition

// May 16 – Jul 19

Wisconsin Pastorale:

The Early Paintings of Lois Ireland

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Eric and Heather ChanSchatz, PTG.0222 Slavery (Human Trafficking) / Stateless children in Chiang Mai, Thailand (detail), 2012–2015. Screenprint on silk and polished stainless steel, 80½ x 134½ inches. Courtesy of the artists.0

Exhibition

// Feb 07 – May 17

Eric and Heather ChanSchatz:

22nd Century

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Exhibition

// Mar 28 – May 10

Young at Art 2015

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Narayan Mahon, Store, Stepanakert, Nagorno Karabakh, 2006. Archival pigment print, 24 x 30 inches. © Narayan Mahon Photography.0

Exhibition

// Dec 06 – Mar 15

Narayan Mahon:

Lands in Limbo

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Alec Soth, Charles, Vasa, Minnesota, 2002. Chromogenic print, 50 x 40 inches. Courtesy the artist.0

Exhibition

// Sep 14 – Jan 04

From Here to There:

Alec Soth’s America

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Jason S. Yi, installation detail images from A Fragile Permanence. Photos © Claire Larkins.0

Exhibition

// Aug 23 – Nov 09

Jason S. Yi:

A Fragile Permanence

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Terry Husebye, Stella Jones, Harrisburg Flood Victim, 1973. Gelatin silver print, 11⅜ x 7⅝ inches. Collection of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. Museum Purchase Fund. © Terry Husebye, 1973.0

Exhibition

// May 24 – Aug 24

Turn Turn Turn

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Fred Stonehouse, Trying To Be A Problem, 2012. Acrylic on canvas banner, 55 x 67 inches. Courtesy of the artist and Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee.0

Exhibition

// Sep 21 – Jan 05

Wisconsin Triennial 2013

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