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Past Museum Exhibitions

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For information on exhibitions between 1963 – 2003,
please contact the Curatorial Department at 516-463-5673.

2025
Love Is the Message Photography by Jamel Shabazz September 2 – December 16, 2025 Emily Lowe Gallery
EVERY body EVERY mind Honoring the 35th Anniversary of the Americans With Disabilities Act January 28 – July 11, 2025 Emily Lowe Gallery

2024
Yonia Fain (1913–2013): Tracing History September 3 – December 16, 2024 Emily Lowe Gallery
Les Visionnaires In the Modernist Spirit January 30-July 26, 2024 Emily Lowe Gallery

2023
New Perspectives: The Museum of Art at 60 September 5-December 15, 2023 Emily Lowe Gallery
When We All Stand January 31 - July 28, 2023 Emily Lowe Gallery
The Barack Obama Presidency February 14 – April 13, 2023 David Filderman Gallery April 18 – May 15, 2023 Lobby, President’s Suite, Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, Second Floor, South Campus

2022
Off the Press August 16, 2022 - January 27, 2023 David Filderman Gallery
New York, New York: Photographs from the Collection September 6 - December 9, 2022 Emily Lowe Gallery
Art of the Dogon February 8 - July 22, 2022 David Filderman Gallery
Drawing Matters January 25 - June 17, 2022 Emily Lowe Gallery

2021
Nevertheless She Persisted  September 1, 2021-January 21, 2022 David Filderman Gallery
Where Were You? Witnessing History September 1 – December 10, 2021 Emily Lowe Gallery

2020
Uncharted: American Abstraction in the Information Age January 28 – June 19, 2020 Emily Lowe Gallery

2019
Other People's Parties August 13, 2019 – March 13, 2020 David Filderman Gallery
Environmental Impact September 3 – December 13, 2019 Emily Lowe Gallery
Pushing Boundaries: American Art After World War II January 29 – August 16, 2019 Emily Lowe Gallery
Inspiration: Japanese Woodblock Prints March 26 – July 26, 2019 David Filderman Gallery

2018
Hidden in Sight: Photographing Incarceration August 14, 2018 – March 10, 2019 David Filderman Gallery
Changing Perceptions: World War I and the Visual Arts September 4 – December 14, 2018 Emily Lowe Gallery
Romare Bearden: Storyteller January 23 – August 17, 2018 Emily Lowe Gallery
Portfolios II: Offset Lithographic Prints March 27 – July 27, 2018 David Filderman Gallery

2017
Andy Warhol September 5, 2017 – March 11, 2018 David Filderman Gallery
Converging Voices: Gender and Identity May 2 – December 15, 2017 Emily Lowe Gallery
Women in Contrast March 28 – August 18, 2017 David Filderman Gallery
Danny Lyon: Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement January 31 – April 13, 2017 Emily Lowe Gallery

2016
Political Slant II: Editorial Cartoons October 4, 2016 – March 12, 2017 David Filderman Gallery
Over the River: Transforming Long Island September 6 – December 16, 2016 Emily Lowe Gallery
In Print February 16 – September 18, 2016 David Filderman Gallery
AFRICA: Sub-Saharan Diversity January 26 – August 12, 2016 Emily Lowe Gallery

2015
Enduring Images May 4, 2015 – January 31, 2016 David Filderman Gallery, Axinn Library, 9th floor
Doug Hilson: Urbanscapes September 1 – December 11, 2015 Emily Lowe Gallery
Portfolios I: The 1970s May 26 – August 14, 2015 Emily Lowe Gallery, Lowe Hall
From Portraits to Tweets: Imagery, Technology and the U.S. Presidency February 3 – May 8, 2015 Emily Lowe Gallery, Lowe Hall
The George W. Bush Presidency: Points of Perspective February 23 – April 10, 2015 David Filderman Gallery, Axinn Library, 9th floor

2014
Exploring the Centuries: 3rd - 20th Century Asian Art September 16, 2014 – February 8, 2015 David Filderman Gallery
Past Traditions/New Voices in Asian Art September 2 – December 10, 2014 Emily Lowe Gallery, Lowe Hall
Don Resnick: Essence of Place May 13 – August 15, 2014 Emily Lowe Gallery, Lowe Hall
Spirit and Identity: Melanesian Works from the ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ Museum Collections February 18 – August 1, 2014 David Filderman Gallery, Axinn Library, 9th floor
David Jacobs: Sight and Sound February 4 – April 27, 2014 Emily Lowe Gallery, Lowe Hall

2013
Land of the Rising Sun: Art of Japan September 30, 2013 – February 2, 2014 David Filderman Gallery, Axinn Library, 9th floor
Arnold Newman: Luminaries of the Twentieth Century in Art, Politics and Culture September 3 – December 13, 2013 Emily Lowe Gallery, Lowe Hall
The Lyon, the Which, and the Warhol: The Sequel Celebrating Fifty Years of the ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ Museum May 28 – September 15, 2013 David Filderman Gallery, Axinn Library, 9th floor
We Hold These Truths ... April 16 – July 26, 2013 Emily Lowe Gallery, Lowe Hall
50/50: Celebrating Fifty Years of the ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ Museum February 5 – March 28, 2013 Emily Lowe Gallery, Lowe Hall
The Lyon, the Which, and the Warhol Celebrating Fifty Years of the ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ Museum January 14 – May 19, 2013 David Filderman Gallery, Axinn Library, 9th floor

2012
Political Slant: Editorial Cartoons October 1 – December 21, 2012 David Filderman Gallery, Axinn Library, 9th floor
Toward Greater Awareness: Darfur and American Activism September 4 – December 7, 2012 Emily Lowe Gallery, Lowe Hall
Opportunity and Impact: Works by Émigré Artists April 2 – September 9, 2012 David Filderman Gallery, Axinn Library, 9th floor
Yonia Fain: Remembrance April 19 – August 3, 2012 Emily Lowe Gallery, Lowe Hall
Barbara Roux: Environments February 7 – April 5, 2012 Emily Lowe Gallery, Lowe Hall
The Disappearing Landscape: Selections from the ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ Museum Collection January 23 – March 18, 2012 David Filderman Gallery, Axinn Library, 9th floor

2011
B. Amore: Naples - New York September 30 – December 4, 2011 David Filderman Gallery, Axinn Library, 9th floor
Burton Silverman: The Humanist Spirit September 1 – December 16, 2011 Emily Lowe Gallery, Lowe Hall
From the Hand:  Drawings From the ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ Museum Collection June 8 – September 11, 2011 David Filderman Gallery, Axinn Library, 9th floor
Body Mapping May 10 – July 29, 2011 Emily Lowe Gallery, Lowe Hall
1930s: Art in America February 28 – May 27, 2011 David Filderman Gallery, Axinn Library, 9th floor
Soweto Art: From the Collection of Violet and Les Payne February 1 – April 21, 2011 Emily Lowe Gallery, Lowe Hall

2010
75 Stories for 75 Years In celebration of the 75th Anniversary of ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ September 23, 2010 – February 4, 2011 David Filderman Gallery, Axinn Library, 9th floor
Acquired Riches: Highlights from the ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ Museum Collection September 1 – December 17, 2010 Emily Lowe Gallery, Lowe Hall
Settling Into Nature: La Bassee, a Contemporary Landscape in France, Photographs by Mikael Levin May 4 – July 30, 2010 Emily Lowe Gallery, Lowe Hall
Children's Pleasures: American Celebrations of Childhood February 2 – April 18, 2010 Emily Lowe Gallery, Lowe Hall
Something's A Foot: Small Works from the ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ Museum Collection January 4 – September 12, 2010 David Filderman Gallery, Axinn Library, 9th floor

2009
Indian Art After Independence: Selected Works From the Collections of Virginia & Ravi Akhoury and Shelley & Donald Rubin October 13 – December 18, 2009 Emily Lowe Gallery, Lowe Hall
America's Irreplaceable Dance Treasures: The First 100 September 29 – December 6, 2009 David Filderman Gallery, Axinn Library, 9th floor
Andy Warhol: The Photographic Legacy Program, Recent Gifts to the ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ Museum July 20 – September 20, 2009 David Filderman Gallery, Axinn Library, 9th floor
Burton Morris: Pop! July 14 – September 27, 2009 Emily Lowe Gallery, Lowe Hall
Cultural Diversity Awareness Program Posters  June 1 – August 31, 2009 Lowenfeld Exhibition Hall, Axinn Library, 10th floor
Tranquil Power: The Art of Perle Fine April 7 – June 26, 2009 Emily Lowe Gallery, Lowe Hall
Perle Fine and Friends: An Intimate Portrait by Maurice Berezov April 7 – June 26, 2009 David Filderman Gallery, Axinn Library, 9th floor
A Celebration of Darwin's Legacy February 20 – May 22, 2009 Lowenfeld Exhibition Hall, Axinn Library, 10th floor
Ancient Echoes in Contemporary Printmaking January 27 – March 20, 2009 Emily Lowe Gallery, Lowe Hall
Out of Africa: Works from the ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ Museum Collection January 12 – March 15, 2009 David Filderman Gallery, Axinn Library, 9th floor
Sacred to the Memory: Photographs by Robert Reinhardt November 7, 2008 – February 6, 2009 Lowenfeld Exhibition Hall, Axinn Library, 10th floor

2008
The Presidents: 1933 - 2001, History of Presidential Conferences at ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ September 8 - October 26, 2008 Lowenfeld Exhibition Hall, Axinn Library, 10th floor
The Presidents: 1933 - 2001, History of Presidential Conferences at ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ September 8 – December 8, 2008 David Filderman Gallery, Axinn Library, 9th floor
The Greatest of All Time: Muhammad Ali September 23 – December 2, 2008 Emily Lowe Gallery, Lowe Hall
A Painter's Witness to History: Recent Work by Yonia Fain May 5 – August 8, 2008 Lowenfeld Exhibition Hall, Axinn Library, 10th floor
On Location: Women Photographers from the ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ Museum Collection January 14 – June 27, 2008 David Filderman Gallery, Axinn Library, 9th floor
Stan Brodsky: The Figure: 1951 - 2006 April 8 – June 6, 2008 Emily Lowe Gallery, Lowe Hall
Bells, Baubles & Farce February 5 – April 27, 2008 Lowenfeld Exhibition Hall, Axinn Library, 10th floor
African American Highlights from the Reader's Digest Art Collection January 29 – March 20, 2008 Emily Lowe Gallery, Lowe Hall

2007
Photographing Suburbia: Crewdson, Owens, and Weiner September 24, 2007 – January 28, 2008 Lowenfeld Exhibition Hall, Axinn Library, 10th floor
ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ Person of Color Sculpture Competition Finalists September 17 – December 9, 2007 David Filderman Gallery, Axinn Library, 9th floor
American Perspectives: 1907 - 1992 September 4 – December 14, 2007 Emily Lowe Gallery, Lowe Hall
What We Wear April 16 – August 10, 2007 David Filderman Gallery, Axinn Library, 9th floor
Looking and Thinking Past Auschwitz Internationally recognized photographer Jillian Edelstein's portraits of Primo Levi. April 2 – June 22, 2007 Lowenfeld Exhibition Hall, Axinn Library, 10th floor
Opening Windows to Gernika April 25 – May 21, 2007 Main Floor, Axinn Library
Twardowicz and Dodson: Artists in Parallel February 6 – May 11, 2007 Emily Lowe Gallery, Lowe Hall
Bearden, Lawrence, Parks: Artists of Influence January 29 – April 5, 2007 David Filderman Gallery, Axinn Library, 9th floor
Rhoda Sherbell, NA: Looking East En Plein Air December 11, 2006 – March 23, 2007 Lowenfeld Exhibition Hall, Axinn Library, 10th floor

2006
Euclid to E-books: ideal books moving ideas September 18 – December 8, 2006 David Filderman Gallery, Axinn Library, 9th floor
"Voiceless in the Presence of Realities": 9/11/01 Remembrances from the Long Island Studies Institute September 5 – December 10, 2006 Emily Lowe Gallery, Lowe Hall
The Betrayal of Srebrenica: A Commemoration September 27 – December 3, 2006 Lowenfeld Exhibition Hall, Axinn Library, 10th floor
Baile Y Música: Preserving Hispanic Culture on Long Island May 15 – September 10, 2006 David Filderman Gallery, Axinn Library, 9th floor
2006 Fine Arts Students Exhibition: Selected Works April 24 – June 18, 2006 Lowenfeld Exhibition Hall, Axinn Library, 10th floor
Views of Old New York City: D. T. Valentine's Manuals, 1841-1870 January 23 – May 7, 2006 David Filderman Gallery, Axinn Library, 9th floor
Robert Rauschenberg, Artist-Citizen: Posters for a Better World February 11 – April 23, 2006 Emily Lowe Gallery, Lowe Hall
Sally Gall: Selected Landscapes February 1 – April 13, 2006 Lowenfeld Exhibition Hall, Axinn Library, 10th floor

2005
Quilt National '03 November 15 – December 16, 2005 Emily Lowe Gallery, Lowe Hall
Clinton and New York November 7, 2005 – January 15, 2006 Lowenfeld Exhibition Hall, Axinn Library, 10th floor
A New Democrat: Remembering the Clinton Presidency November 7, 2005 – January 15, 2006 David Filderman Gallery, Axinn Library, 9th floor
A Tale of Two Cities: Eugene Atget's Paris and Berenice Abbott's New York September 6 – October 23, 2005 Emily Lowe Gallery, Lowe Hall
R.B. Kitaj: Selections from "In Our Time: Covers for a Small Library After the Life for the Most Part" August 22 – October 23, 2005 David Filderman Gallery, Axinn Library, 9th floor, and Lowenfeld Exhibition Hall, Axinn Library, 10th floor
Lifting the Rose-Colored Glasses: Three Social Realists June 7 – July 29, 2005 Emily Lowe Gallery, Lowe Hall
Hofstra at Seventy: New Views of Our Past May 18 – August 14, 2005 David Filderman Gallery, Axinn Library, 9th floor
The Photographs of Ruth Orkin April 25 – August 12, 2005 Lowenfeld Exhibition Hall, Axinn Library, 10th floor
"Our Local Heavens" F. Scott Fitzgerald's Years on Long Island and New York City, 1922 - 1924 April 11 – May 8, 2005 David Filderman Gallery, Axinn Library, 9th floor
Poetic Dimensions in the Modern Still Life February 1 – May 8, 2005 Emily Lowe Gallery, Lowe Hall
France - Near and Far: Ralph Gibson Photographs January 18 – April 17, 2005 Lowenfeld Exhibition Hall, Axinn Library, 10th floor
From the Market to the Mall New Visions of Suburban Life Conference Exhibition February 7 – April 1, 2005 David Filderman Gallery, Axinn Library, 9th floor

2004
Visual Interpretations of Don Quixote November 4, 2004 – January 9, 2005 Lowenfeld Exhibition Hall, 10th floor, Axinn Library
The Provost Collects: Dreidels as Art September 27 – December 17, 2004 David Filderman Gallery, 9th floor, Axinn Library
Playing, Learning, Working in Amsterdam's Golden Age: Jan Luyken's Mirrors of Daily Life September 21 – December 5, 2004 Emily Lowe Gallery, Lowe Hall
New, New Media: Recent Trends in Web Design September 7 – October 31, 2004 Lowenfeld Exhibition Hall, 10th floor, Axinn Library
Trophies, Cups and Titles: Sports on Long Island June 14 – September 17, 2004 David Filderman Gallery, 9th floor, Axinn Library
Where the Island Begins June 7 – August 31, 2004 Lowenfeld Exhibition Hall, 10th floor, Axinn Library
From the Collection: Print and Photograph Portfolios June 1 – July 29, 2004 Emily Lowe Gallery, Lowe Hall
Places Made Sacred: Houses of Worship in Nassau County February 23 – June 2, 2004 Lowenfeld Exhibition Hall, 10th floor, Axinn Library
President Abraham Lincoln's Funeral Procession in New York City, April 24-25, 1865 February 2 – May 28, 2004 David Filderman Gallery, 9th floor, Axinn Library
Over There! World War I and World War II Posters and Artifacts from the Long Island Studies Institute February 10 – May 9, 2004 Emily Lowe Gallery, Lowe Hall