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Goya's Disasters of War
September 4 - December 12, 2010

Goya’s Disasters of War series has often been hailed as the earliest form of war reporting, preceding the Civil War photography of Matthew Brady and the photojournalism seen in the long succession of wars throughout the 20th and into the 21st centuries. This series of prints captures all the gruesome horror that war brings with it, from battle scenes, to rape, to mass executions. More Info >>

China: Insights. New Documentary Photography from the People's Republic
October 9 - December 31, 2010

This exhibition brings together the work of seven photographers from mainland China, each of whom have undertaken the creation of a long-term documentation of one or more aspects of Chinese culture that he or she feels reflects something new about China now—whether that is something emerging or something vanishing. More Info >>

Earth Transformed: Ceramics from the Collection
November 27, 2010 - October 9, 2011

Earth Transformed celebrates the growing section of decorative arts in the CRMA's collection, and shares with the public for the first time the extraordinary art produced by these artists. While individual pieces have been included in group exhibitions in the past, a separate, dedicated exhibition of ceramics from the collection has never happened at the CRMA. More Info >>

Wizards of Pop!
January 22 - May 1, 2011

Wizards of Pop! includes more than 60 images from 13 picture and pop-up books. The book art reveals a variety of media and techniques — with picture book illustrations in batik, marbleized paper mosaic, and delicate cut-paper, and pop-up books rendered in pencil, marker, watercolor, acrylic, and linoleum block print. The exhibition features imaginative two-dimensional artworks, as well as innovatively engineered three-dimensional pages. More Info >>

Like Mother, Like Son: The Photography of Joan Liffring-Zug Bourret and David B. Heusinkveld
April 30 - August 21, 2011

In this exhibition, the work of mother and son has been paired for the first time. Drawing from the thousands of images each photographer has produced, certain common themes emerge, especially a love of and reverence for nature. Interesting connections and divergences can be seen in the way that each photographer approaches similar subject matter. In this sampling of their photographs, they can be seen to sometimes share a vision, while in other images distinctly different approaches can be witnessed. More Info >>

Shout Freedom! Photo League Selections from the Columbus Museum of Art
May 21 - September 4, 2011

Founded in 1935 as a split from The Film and Photo League, The New York Photo League consisted of early pioneers in the documentary photography field. The Photo League members were for the most part working class New Yorkers from the lower east side, Brooklyn, and the Bronx. They were very purposeful in their mission to use art to effect social change. More Info >>