Past Exhibitions

Sean Scully Paintings and Watercolors

Oct 22, 2011–Jan 15, 2012

Exhibition Overview Sean Scully is one of the most significant and influential abstract painters working today. He was born in Dublin and raised in a […]

Discerning Taste: Paintings from the Simona and Jerome A. Chazen Collection

Oct 22, 2011–Mar 11, 2012

The relationship between a work of art and the private collector is direct and personal—and the Chazens’ primary criterion in acquiring paintings has always been […]

The Leslie and Johanna Garfield Collection: A Passion for Prints

Oct 22, 2011–Jan 15, 2012

Over six decades of collecting, Leslie and Johanna Garfield have acquired a rich selection of prints by German Expressionist artists, British printmakers of the Grosvenor […]

The Loaded Image: Printmaking as Persuasion

Jun 18–Oct 30, 2011

Printmakers not only create beautiful art, they often want to deliver a specific message, whether high-minded, humorous, or appalled. Drawn from the Chazen’s collection, The Loaded […]

Holy Image, Sacred Presence: Russian Icons, 1500–1900

Mar 12–Jun 5, 2011

The icon is a distinctive form of holy image in Eastern Orthodox cultures, intended to evoke sacred presence by appealing to the senses. Holy Image, Sacred […]

Hidden Treasures: Illuminated Manuscripts from Midwestern Collections

Dec 18, 2010–Feb 27, 2011

Madison, Wisconsin, October 22, 2010—The Chazen Museum of Art will present Hidden Treasures: Illuminated Manuscripts from Midwestern Collections, an exhibition that brings together rarely seen ornate […]

Andy Warhol Photographic Studies

Oct 9–Dec 5, 2010

Exhibition Overview Andy Warhol was a relentless photographer of the people and places around him. He constantly documented the steady stream of friends, acquaintances, celebrities, […]